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A New York woman says the 2-carat white diamond she unearthed at an Arkansas state park will be used in her engagement ring

7:01 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation

6:44 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The governor of New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities

6:37 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California

6:17 PM on Wednesday, August 13

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration

5:22 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic

5:01 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A jury in South Texas has found two bakery owners accused of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally guilty

3:29 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Mexico says it sent 26 alleged cartel figures to the United States at the request of the Trump administration and to prevent these individuals from running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons

3:24 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A New York man has been charged with cyberstalking a family member of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly leaving threatening voicemails that expressed glee about the insurance executive's killing

2:15 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing and another possible retrial in his New York City sex crimes case

2:06 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade takes place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife officials

1:44 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A pickup truck has crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish group in rural Michigan, killing at least six people

1:09 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A judge is considering why it was necessary for the Trump administration to sue Maryland's entire federal bench over an order stopping the immediate deportation of immigrants challenging their removals

12:04 PM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set for a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today

9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 13

An official says a mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car as heavy rain and flooding hit Tennessee

9:10 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year

5:03 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Wildfires are raging across southern Europe, killing at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania

1:13 AM on Wednesday, August 13

U.S. stocks rose after a rally spurred by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates wrapped around the world

1:01 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream