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New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents

Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy

Authorities say four people are dead after the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a train in rural Idaho

Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer

A California woman with a history of convictions for driving under the influence has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a crash that killed a 23-year-old pregnant woman and left her baby in critical condition

A conservative Utah State Board of Education member who faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on social media has lost her nomination for reelection

Artist and award-winning children’s book author Faith Ringgold has died

Israel has deployed a multilayered air-defense system

Israel's multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles

Iran launched a first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday, sending drones and cruise and ballistic missiles toward Israel