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The former vice president is the eighth candidate to qualify for the leadoff debate on Aug. 23

Forecasters received more than 900 reports of wind damage from Monday’s storms. Nearly 300 of those reports came from North Carolina and South Carolina

That 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. slot is quite popular, whereas before the 7 p.m. slot was really the most coveted

Just over 9,000 people were admitted to the hospital in the week ending July 29, which was up by about 12% from the previous week

The court Tuesday voted 5-4 to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Biden administration’s regulation of firearms without serial numbers

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero has signed a new measure to prohibit alcohol sales after certain hours. The code is scheduled to go into effect in November

Rep. Gloria Johnson has launched an exploratory committee as she considers running for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn

While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time

Dairo Antonio Úsuga headed the Gulf Clan, a cartel and paramilitary group with a blood-drenched grip on much of northern Colombia

The changes come as the Republican governor of Florida has made two big staff cuts in the past few weeks, laying off about a third of his staff in late July as his campaign faced financial trouble

Picket lines went up before dawn Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and other locations and a rally was planned for later in the day at City Hall

Prosecutors quickly countered the lawyers’ request with their own filing accusing Trump of objecting to their proposal because he wants to use the government’s evidence to ‘try the case in the media rather than in the courtroom’

If inflation were to remain elevated for too long, the Fed might feel compelled to further raise its key rate from its current 5.4%, a 22-year high

In both states, the impact of the overturning of Roe remains unsettled as GOP-controlled legislatures push to tighten laws surrounding abortion and the doctors and clinics who provide them wage fierce court battles

Residents had been warned to stay indoors Monday, as the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornados stretched from Alabama to New York

Saturday’s event was astonishing because the water gushed so quickly, raising the river’s flows to about 1 1/2 times the highest previously recorded

Lifeguards cleared all swimmers from the water, and the police used a helicopter to search the area for sharks

The sister of the former New York governor orchestrated a crusade to discredit the women who had accused her brother of sexual harassment

Democrats in both states won full control of their state governments last year and have already passed gun safety packages, expanded voting rights, free meals for all students, and increased protections for abortion rights and LGBTQ+ people

The shooting happened Saturday night in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood

‘People counted you out, saying you were past your prime. Hell, I know something about that,’ joked the president, who in 2020 became the oldest president ever elected, at age 77

The president leaves on Monday for a three-night trip to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. In Arizona, he is expected to announce a new national monument to protect land and limit uranium mining

A federal judge ruled Monday that the former president can’t claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him by continuing to say she was not only sexually abused but raped

Haitians’ daily lives have been disrupted by incessant gang violence that has worsened poverty across the country as it awaits a decision from the UN Security Council over a potential deployment of an international armed force

Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show American health care workers are now far more likely to suffer nonfatal injuries by violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement

Former officer Tou Thao testified previously that he merely served as a ‘human traffic cone’ when holding back bystanders as former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck as the Black man pleaded for his life in 2020

The measure, known as Issue 1, would raise the threshold to pass amendments to the Ohio Constitution from a simple majority to 60%. If voters approve Issue 1, it would make it more difficult for an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot to succeed