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Thousands of people are fleeing south Lebanon as Israel carries out its deadliest bombardment in the country since its war with Hezbollah in 2006

More than 200 men and women allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois

Boeing is making what it calls a "best and final offer” to striking union machinists, but the union says it won't vote by Boeing's deadline

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastics pollution crisis

President Joe Biden on Monday said “a woman can do anything a man can do

A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies

The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast

Iran’s president accused Israel of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a wider conflict

The lines that have long defined each party’s policy priorities are blurring as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seek to expand their coalitions in the final weeks of a fiercely competitive presidential election