Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates...
New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is creating a new process aimed at cutting the time it takes to decide the fates of newly...
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally...
Rain, cooler temperatures help prevent wildfire near Canada’s oil sands from growing
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada's oil sands hub city of...
Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of ‘crazy’ ocean heat
Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst...
The number of child migrants arriving in an Italian city has more than doubled,...
ROME (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the northern Italian city of Trieste through the Balkan migratory route more than...
Iowa center called police nearly 1,000 times in 3 years before teen killed staffer,...
Officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment center where a staff member was killed by a...
Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked this week's 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public...
West Virginia candidate hospitalized after being bitten by snakes while removing campaign signs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A candidate for West Virginia secretary of state said he has been hospitalized for copperhead snake bites sustained while removing...
A look at high-profile political assassinations and attempts this century
Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just...