Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Friday staunchly denied influencing the Justice Department’s recent reinterpretation of the federal WireAct — a move that could further restrict internet gambling.
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President Donald Trump says his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Hanoi.
More than 120 visitors and staff who were snowbound in a Sierra Nevada resort for five days have been freed, authorities said Friday.
Police in Kentucky say a 1-year-old boy has died after being mauled by the family pit bull mix dog.
A 6-year-old Houston-area girl with cancer had a dream come true when she was sworn in as an honorary police officer.
Police in Pennsylvania say a groom forced himself on a teenage waitress at his wedding reception and then was taken from the hall in handcuffs over a drunken brawl.
Thousands of people attended the city of New Orleans’ protest parties on Super Bowl Sunday, and many of those who attended a special fundraiser contributed more than $57,000 for a foundation that works to improve the community.
Police say five juveniles in Tennessee are charged with fatally shooting a Nashville musician.
London Zoo says one of its female Sumatran tigers has been killed by a potential mate while the two animals were being introduced.
Police say an American Airlines pilot has been arrested at Britain’s Manchester Airport on suspicion of being drunk.
Prosecutors say a 31-year-old security guard fired five shots into the windshield of a school bus that had scraped his car on a snowy highway near downtown Minneapolis, wounding the driver but not striking a child who was on board.
The National Enquirer’s parent company said Friday that it will investigate Jeff Bezos’ claim that the magazine tried to blackmail him.
A city commissioner in Florida has resigned after the state ethics commission fined her over accusations she sexually harassed a former city official by licking his face and groping him.
The embattled operators of an Arizona long-term care facility agreed Friday to be regulated by the state, effectively nixing a plan to close down the unit where an incapacitated woman gave birth after being raped.
A fire tore through the sprawling training complex of one of Brazil’s biggest soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 people and leaving three teenagers injured, firefighters said.
