Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A shooting on a street in Wyoming’s capital Thursday killed one man and wounde

An avalanche on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skier and injured two others, prompt

The police chief of a small Iowa town was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of lying to federal

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has 182 more teacher vacancies than last year, bringing the total

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NEW YORK (AP) — Auto workers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for month

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale costs in the United States picked up sharply last month, signaling that

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William “Sam” McCann a

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The carcass of a North Atlantic right whale found floating off the coast of Geo

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Educati

DAMASCUS — A hip bone in a blown-out building, part of a spine amid some debris, a few foot bones in

On Thursday, the college basketball world will be fixated on Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Ca

Federal judges sound hesitant to overturn ruling on North Carolina Senate redistricting