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(Headline USA) Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89. Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice president for...

(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on Friday that he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility. Murphy, 53, said in a statement that doctors...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The guessing game over who follows President Donald Trump has already reached his Cabinet in the wake of the 2026 midterms. The Independent reported Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may quit the administration to prepare a 2028 presidential campaign. Reporters David Maddox and Andrew...

(Headline USA) More than one grizzly may have been involved in a bear attack that relatives say left a mother and daughter dead in Bella Coola along the province’s central coast, the Conservation Officer Service in British Columbia said. The service’s Inspector Jeff Tyre said in a video message that...

(Headline USA) A fire barreled through a multifamily row house in New York early Thursday, killing six people and injuring nine others, including some firefighters and police officers, the city's fire department said. More than 200 first responders descended on the two-story building in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood, where Kevin...

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he’ll change more than 500 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of those cases. Newsom’s decision comes as he prepares to...

(Headline USA) A female postal worker shot two fellow female employees at the main post office in Iowa’s capital city Thursday before being captured nearby, authorities said. A male employee was injured in a fall while trying to escape. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, police said. “They’re...

(Headline USA) An FBI agent drove his government car the wrong way down a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare, blew through a red light and then struck a pedestrian before speeding away, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Andrew Reyes later lied to investigators about the Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left the victim seriously...

(Headline USA) A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested in Colombia on Sunday and faces a...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is vowing to pursue “justice and accountability” after winning reelection. The Democrat won Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District with 76.5% of the vote, a slight shift toward Republicans compared with the 2024 election. “We’re getting justice and accountability for every single Minnesotan...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some Republicans have come up with a response to the Democrats' stunning November victories: try to strip incoming Democratic officials of some of their powers and leverage before they take office in January. The efforts echo the Biden administration's attempts to "Trump-proof" the executive branch before President...

(Misty Castile, The Center Square) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Wednesday that Republicans could spend years recovering from their midterm election losses, with consequences for President Donald Trump’s ability to secure approval of judicial and Cabinet nominees. Speaking at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, the outgoing Republican governor described the...