[ad_1] Police were responding on Monday to an active shooter at a Charleston, South Carolina shopping mall, according to media reports. A police dispatcher told Reuters there was a report of an active shooter at…

[ad_1] By Karen Pierog and Dave McKinney | CHICAGO CHICAGO The Illinois House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill for the final piece of the state’s fiscal 2018 budget that includes authorization for $6…

[ad_1] Canadian National Railway Co said about 20,000 gallons of oil was released following a freight train derailment at Plainfield, the U.S. state of Illinois on Friday, according to a filing with state pollution regulators.…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON The United States on Sunday lifted a ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States, saying the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airways had put in place required…

[ad_1] An Amtrak train with more than 250 people aboard derailed on Sunday near Puget Sound in Washington state, injuring several passengers, although no one was believed to have been seriously hurt, local fire officials…

[ad_1] DENVER The engine of a SkyWest passenger jet caught fire moments after the aircraft landed at Denver International Airport on Sunday, but all 63 people aboard exited the plane safely, an airline spokeswoman said.…

[ad_1] A small plane enroute from Chicago to Canada on a fishing trip crashed in northern Wisconsin, killing all six people aboard, authorities said on Sunday, a day after at least four people died in…

[ad_1] A rapper who was performing at an Arkansas nightclub when more than two dozen people were wounded in a burst of gunfire this weekend was arrested early on Sunday for outstanding warrants unrelated to…

[ad_1] By Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump honored military veterans in Washington on Saturday at a Kennedy Center event that resembled both a political rally and an evangelical Christian religious service…

[ad_1] NEW YORK A doctor who killed another physician at a New York City medical center and wounded six other people before taking his own life had sent an email to a newspaper blaming hospital…

[ad_1] Police officers across the United States shot 492 people dead in the first half of 2017, on track to approach 1,000 such incidents for the third year in a row, the Washington Post reported…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON President Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday at the growing number of states refusing to give voters’ names, addresses and sensitive personal information to a commission he created to investigate alleged voter fraud.…

[ad_1] A budget impasse between Maine Governor Paul LePage and Democratic lawmakers triggered a shutdown of nonessential state services on Saturday, after the conservative Republican threatened to veto a bipartisan compromise reached by lawmakers. LePage…

[ad_1] At least 17 people were shot after gunfire erupted at a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas early Saturday, police said on social media. At least one person injured in the shooting at a venue…

[ad_1] By Laila Kearney and Melissa Fares | NEW YORK NEW YORK A doctor who had lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday approved a six-month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces, a Pentagon spokeswoman said. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement that…

[ad_1] By Dan Whitcomb | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES A small plane crash-landed on a freeway in Orange County, California, on Friday morning, critically injuring two people on board and snarling traffic on a major…

[ad_1] By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators in a tweet on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new plan to…

[ad_1] By Terray Sylvester | PORTLAND, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore. Police in Portland girded for potential unrest on Sunday, citing “online threats of violence,” ahead of dueling political rallies planned by supporters and opponents of President…

[ad_1] By David Morgan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged the world to stop being “politically correct” in order to ensure security, after three attackers drove a van into pedestrians and…

[ad_1] NEW YORK While dozens of women have leveled sexual assault allegations at comedian Bill Cosby, destroying his reputation as “America’s dad,” the question of whether he will be imprisoned will hang on the words…

[ad_1] By Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will hit the road next week to ramp up his long-promised plan to overhaul the nation’s aging airports, roads and railways, a push that could…

[ad_1] By David Morgan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to complete the job of dismantling Obamacare this summer and move on quickly to another big-ticket item…

[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump “believes the climate is changing,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Saturday after Trump’s decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate accord…

[ad_1] By Timothy Mclaughlin | CHICAGO CHICAGO Evangelical Christian environmental groups on Friday panned President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a global climate change pact, with leaders saying the political left…

[ad_1] By David DeKok | HARRISBURG, Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa. Three former Pennsylvania State University officials were sentenced to jail on Friday for covering up ex-coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual predations and effectively letting him victimize more…

[ad_1] By Alex Dobuzinskis | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that…