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Two of the biggest lottery jackpots in Texas history are under investigation over claims that the winners may have benefitted from more than good luck

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with sometimes strained or distant relations with public authorities

Federal prosecutors say three members of the City Council in South Carolina’s third-largest city accepted kickbacks and bribes to give out grant money and rezone land or lied about what they knew

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change

A deal this week will give the United States access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth

Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work

A federal judge has criticized the Justice Department’s evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol also covers his conviction for illegally possessing guns at his home

A Baltimore judge is weighing whether to reduce Adnan Syed's murder sentence to time served, allowing him to remain free even though murder conviction still stands

Some of America’s governors — mostly Democrats — have a message for the wave of fired federal workers: We want you

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick