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Key Republicans are retreating from their blanket defense of Border Patrol agents who fatally shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on a Minneapolis street, part of a larger effort by the White House after the killing provoked widespread outrage.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that military tensions could be escalated in Venezuela if new leaders stray from U.S. goals.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, speaking just before the first anniversary of a catastrophic crash that claimed 67 lives outside Washington, D.C., said "people are raising red flags" about Burbank Airport.

A new study found that by 2035, almost 50% of Americans will be medically obese. In 1990, that number was just 20%. Nonwhite Americans are much more likely to suffer.

Gregory Bovino's future is now in limbo as public outrage has swelled against the Trump's administration's aggressive tactics, particularly in Minnesota. But will his departure really change the administration's playbook?

Police leaders, civil rights advocates and other experts say the actions of immigration officials and agents run counter to law enforcement's best practices.

A one-two punch of unflattering videos caused many to write off Porter's gubernatorial candidacy. But the former O.C. congresswoman remains a top contender.

Jury selection was scheduled to began in L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday in the first of a series of closely-watched lawsuits seeking to prove social apps inflict harm on children, but a last-minute agreement by TikTok left uncertainty around how the case would proceed.

Instead of going through the usual regulatory process, residents using federal emergency funds to rebuild would have certify compliance with local standards.

An attorney for Ryan Wedding, a former pro snowboarder who competed for Canada in the Olympics, said his client would plead not guilty to charges that accuse him of running a drug cartel empire and ordering the killing of a witness while on the run in Mexico.

The standoff has revealed fractures among GOP lawmakers, who called for a federal and state investigation into the shooting and congressional hearings.

On social media and beyond, supporters -- and bots -- twist themselves like pretzels to support a president with autocratic aspirations.

With the Greenland crisis seemingly averted, the U.S. and its European allies still face a larger long-term challenge: Can their shaky marriage be saved?

Critics of California's proposed billionaire tax say similar measures in Europe failed. Backers of the measure say they took lessons from those failures in drafting the California proposal.