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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Zachariah Bacote says he still doesn’t know why he was stabbed at Bertie Correctional Institution in January.

He also can’t figure out why correctional officers put him, the victim of an attack, in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Staycee Dains was about a month into her job overseeing the Los Angeles city animal shelters when an employee openly defied her.

Dains asked the employee to clean a kennel. Instead, the employee picked up ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Man's best friend appears to have a bone to pick with U.S. Postal Service workers in Los Angeles, which just ranked No. 1 in the nation when it comes to canine attacks on mail carriers.

Seventy-seven ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal agents raided a nightclub early Friday and arrested 36 Chinese and Taiwanese citizens suspected of being in the country illegally, authorities said.

Los Angeles Homeland Security officers, U.S. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An alleged hit-and-run driver was arrested after striking two pedestrians south of downtown early Friday, killing one, according to San Jose police.

Police said the collision was reported at 2:46 a.m....Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy will start fielding an anti-ship version of its Tomahawk cruise missile on destroyers by late September in what the service’s readiness boss sees as a “game-changer” against a numerically...Read more

A hiker who fell 30 feet down a waterfall and into a pool in Butte County, California, had to be harnessed to the end of a 150-foot rope and pulled out by a helicopter over the Memorial Day weekend, according to ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to tap the private sector to pave the way for human missions to Mars in a proposal that closely aligns with the goals of Elon Musk.

The White House’s 2026 budget proposal, released ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — United Launch Alliance’s years-long delays with its new Vulcan rocket have flipped the script for national security missions, making SpaceX the new reliable provider.

The shift to Elon Musk’s company...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke to Emmanuel Macron after a viral video showed the French president being shoved in the face by his wife.

“He’s fine. They’re fine. They’re two really good ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia that proudly stood among the strongest of sanctuary cities has formally discarded the name.

It’s now a “welcoming city.”

That’s according to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s top ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A fire ignited in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park on Friday afternoon and burned 165 acres in a region that experts say is critical to the species' future in a warming climate.

Meg ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Louisville woman who sued Kentucky late last year in an effort to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban withdrew her lawsuit on Friday without explanation.

Represented by the American Civil ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Scott Peterson’s hope that the California Court of Appeal would overturn his murder conviction were dashed this week when it instead directed his lawyers to return their case to the same Redwood City...Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Three transgender senior cadets earned their diplomas from the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but they did not commission as officers with their peers.

Hunter Marquez is among the three, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump-Elon Musk partnership ended much like it began, with plenty of mutual flattery and a little awkwardness — capped off by a surreal Oval Office send-off.

The president bid farewell to the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Calling former House Speaker Michael Madigan “steeped in corruption,” federal prosecutors on Friday asked for a whopping 12 1/2-year prison term and $1.5 million fine for Madigan’s conviction nearly four ...Read more