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The Justice Department is scrutinizing a trip that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took to Qatar, but the mayor is not a target of the investigation, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, The probe into a trip Bowser took with staff in 2023 is focused on…

A federal judge expressed optimism Friday at the government’s progress in making required changes to a Chicago-area federal immigration facility with alleged “inhumane” conditions

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of mercury pollution and a growing threat to the Amazon

Olivier Rioux made basketball history when he took to the court for Florida Gators on Thursday night

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European Union naval forces are racing to reach a Malta-flagged tanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia

Regina Garcia Cano was behind the story that provided the first comprehensive account of recent strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats

For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads

Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease

Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2025

D.C. Guard deployment will remain, but could be cut in half if red states quietly back away from Trump’s crime suppression campaign