An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike has been sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison.

Some U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated.

A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it deported more than 270,000 people over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade.

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are on strike for a second day at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas.

The Philadelphia 76ers have won city council approval for a $1.3 billion downtown arena despite vocal opposition from nearby residents.

American farmers, small business owners and wildfire survivors are among those who will suffer if Congress cannot agree on a new spending bill after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan that included more than $100 billion in disaster aid.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states.

A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing the North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.

Nearly 3 million people could receive a boost in Social Security payments under legislation that's set for a final vote in the Senate.

Authorities say two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city.

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned South Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians.

Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports.

President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035.

The man arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is being held without bail after a New York federal court appearance on charges including a death-eligible murder count.

An Oklahoma man has been executed for killing a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy.

Every year the U.S. egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because they will never lay eggs and so have little monetary value.

Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should think less about partisan politics and more about meeting people’s needs.

Police say the shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin this week brought two guns to the school.

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has been sold at an auction for more than $5 million.

A New Orleans judge has sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage boy in the 1970s.

The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members says it would be “frightening” if the anti-government group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.