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The magical March Madness cocktail will now include eight more teams, eight more games and more of one other ingredient, too: beer. Maybe wine, too. T...

OLEAN — Congressional candidate Aaron Gies called a Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana "a slap ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and e...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy on Monday sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson urging the immediate consideration of a Department of Homeland Securit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trum...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Newly minted Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Thursday angrily slammed Sen. Chuck Schumer as a “lying scumbag” after the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' Capitol office on Monday, chanting "Free the dogs!" and ...

MILL HALL, Pa. (AP) — An Amish woman and her six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in a swift-moving house fire after an explosion that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered mixed messages Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices dropped more than 10% Friday, and U.S. stocks raced toward another record after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open agai...

ALBANY (AP) — Seven years ago, New York lawmakers set ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future...

The Trump administration is celebrating a new natural gas pipeline expansion in New York City that broke ground Tuesday — boasting that the project wi...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced a sweeping restructuring to “move leadership closer to the forests and c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, over the course of a single day, went from threatening Iran with "annihilation" to proclaiming that the batt...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices plunged back toward $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled bac...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The animal rights group PETA's lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed, with a...

CAIRO (AP) — Iran struck two communities near Israel's main nuclear research site late Saturday, leaving several people seriously injured, hours after...