USA

It’s the first time since 2015 that the combination of the day and date associated with bad luck has recurred three times in a calendar year.

The installation is the latest in a series of satirical statues created by an anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake.

It would be the first income tax in Washington, affecting an estimated 20,000 households. Some of the wealthiest are leaving for Florida.

The Trump administration will expand the power of government attorneys to initiate court proceedings for veterans “unable to make their own health care decisions.”

The majority leader is getting pounded for not pushing hard enough, but he says the votes just aren’t there to circumvent the filibuster.

The victory by Mr. Thompson, the state’s longest-serving Black Democrat, offers a counterpoint to the broader push nationwide for younger leadership in Congress.

Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty to stealing at least $270,000 from the St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, Calif.

Carmen Mejia was cleared of murder this week in connection with the death of a baby in her care, who was scalded by hot water in 2003 in Austin, Texas. …