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WASHINGTON —  Homicides in the U.S. dropped significantly in 2022 and have plummeted even faster this year, putting the country on track for one of the biggest declines in killing ever …

Laphonza Butler has been living a whirlwind these last few weeks. Overnight, she went from being a campaign strategist and behind-the-scenes operative — unknown to most, save political insiders — …

WASHINGTON —  President Biden used a rare Oval Office address Thursday to urge Americans to support more military funding for Israel in the wake of a deadly Hamas attack and more …

SACRAMENTO —  Having closed the book on his fifth year of making laws for California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has put down his veto pen and started packing his suitcase. The governor …

REDDING —  To the native Wintu people it was Bohem Puyuik, the “Big Rise,” and no wonder. Mt. Shasta towered above everything else, her loins delivering the natural springs and snowmelt …

NEW YORK —  A judge warned Donald Trump and others at his New York civil fraud trial to keep their voices down Wednesday after the former president threw up his hands …

When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig …

WASHINGTON —  The House on Wednesday again declined to elect Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as speaker, leaving the chamber in chaos as the Republican majority remains unable to choose a leader …

INDIANAPOLIS  —  Brent Terhune speaks in soft syllables and walks in hushed steps. But his avatar, a red-bearded, pissed-off man with a MAGA streak and working-class insecurities, rants like a …

WASHINGTON — President Biden departed Tuesday for the Middle East on a high-stakes mission to ease the Palestinian humanitarian crisis and reiterate support for Israel. The trip went ahead even …