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5:25 PM on Thursday, April 16

Virginia’s former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is accused of killing himself and his wife while their children were home

5:25 PM on Thursday, April 16

Netflix cofounder and chairman Reed Hastings will step down from the streaming service's board of directors in June when his term expires, the company said on Thursday

5:01 PM on Thursday, April 16

4:50 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on two sons of Nicaragua’s copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, along with other officials and companies tied to the country’s gold sector

4:46 PM on Thursday, April 16

Police say a man carrying a backpack with an AR-style pistol inside has been arrested after walking into Aetna's headquarters in Connecticut

4:36 PM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment

4:22 PM on Thursday, April 16

During a contentious era, one of journalism's leading figures says he's concerned about news outlets that may be losing their moral compass

4:16 PM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. stock market ticked upward to another record high

4:14 PM on Thursday, April 16

Chinese government officials are urging travels to avoid entering the U.S. through Seattle

3:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by the Senate Banking Committee

3:46 PM on Thursday, April 16

New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department says that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last year

3:40 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:57 PM on Thursday, April 16

A longtime DEA informant has avoided prison after admitting he didn't pay taxes on nearly $4 million earned for undercover work

1:23 PM on Thursday, April 16

Minnesota prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a Minneapolis highway

12:14 PM on Thursday, April 16

Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continue to threaten rain and pose flooding risks after causing at least one death when a man apparently was struck by lightning in Wisconsin

10:35 AM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports

12:40 AM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. stock market ticked upward to another record high

12:12 AM on Thursday, April 16

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests

6:02 PM on Wednesday, April 15

OpenAI executives say they will introduce a new artificial intelligence model for “high-value professional work” as the company faces heightened competition with rival Anthropic in attracting corporate customers to adopt AI assistants in their workplaces

4:39 PM on Wednesday, April 15

The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 85-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody in Louisiana after she was detained earlier this month