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Costco got off to a good start this holiday shopping season as the retailer racked up increased sale

A manhunt is underway for a convicted child sex offender who escaped custody while receiving treatme

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office on Thursday sent a cease-and-desist lette

CATOOSA, Okla. − A suspect and a person of interest wanted in connection to the weekend mass slaying

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A southeast Louisiana official has been accused of committing perjury for failing

As an age debate rages around members of Congress, a 96-year-old federal judge has just been barred

PARIS (AP) — Two French journalists have been expelled from Morocco this week in a move denounced by

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fundraising platform GoFundMe said Thursday it has refunded money to donors aft

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United Nations — "Drop by drop, the poison of war is infecting our world," U.N. Secretary-General An

BOSTON (AP) — Climate activists briefly disrupted the morning commute Thursday in Boston to put pres

TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard pleaded not guilty Thursday to all charges

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

ROME (AP) — An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city’s Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists

Family dramas are all the rage in literature these days, according to the Booker Prize shortlist. Th

Two debut books make the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist