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Two horses have died the past two days following injuries at Churchill Downs, the 11th and 12th fatalities over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby.

Despite his call for his supporters to protest the proceedings, there was no sign of an organized effort to support Paxton by late morning.

This year some 950 men and women are expected to take part in the graduation ceremony in West Point, New York.

Three friends who came to help the man find his other child reportedly found the baby in her crib with the pacifier taped to her mouth, police said.

Christina Harnish, also known as Christina Stallings, and William Rice were sentenced Friday in the killing of Megan Tilman.

The agency tweeted that roughly over 2.7 million passengers were screened at airports nationwide Friday.

The collision Thursday afternoon outside the prime minister’s official residence and offices set off an intense security response.

Police believe the children may have been abducted.

Law enforcement officials believe the children are in grave or immediate danger.

The treasury secretary renewed her warning in a letter to Congress that inaction on raising the borrowing limit would “cause severe hardship.”

A family’s video from their recent trip to the zoo is going viral.

Authorities in Ohio say a man has been arrested after he commented on his own wanted poster online.

Paxton decried the impeachment proceedings as “political theater” that will “inflict lasting damage on the Texas House,” adding to his earlier claims that it’s an effort to disenfranchise the voters who returned him to office in November.

Child welfare advocates worry such measures represent a coordinated push to scale back hard-won protections for minors.

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a newborn Bactrian camel calf this week.

Select bottles of Texas Pete Buffalo Wing Sauce are being recalled due to the sauces possibly containing soy.

Authorities in North Carolina are mourning the loss of one of their police dogs.

The ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came just about 24 hours after Gov. Henry McMaster signed the bill.

Government officials say chemical fire retardant is sometimes crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes.

Across the country trains are stopping for days, cutting off communities. Children climb between train cars to get to school. First responders can’t reach those in need of help. We speak to lawmakers and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, pushing for action.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, to eight years and six months behind bars and sentenced Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Florida, to four years in prison.

Burgum, first elected in 2016, was reelected in 2020 and is eligible to run for governor again in 2024.

Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor voiced frustration Friday with the Indiana medical board’s decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim.

A woman recently got a pleasant surprise when finding out her lottery ticket was worth a couple million dollars.

As concerns mount in Washington over the impact of social media use on youth mental health, some lawmakers are taking action to begin to tackle what many say is a youth mental health crisis.

Sam Bateman and the three women followers scheduled to appear for their arraignment were arrested last year and charged with kidnapping and impeding a federal investigation. Prosecutors earlier this month expanded the group's charges.

After a Texas high school rescheduled its graduation ceremony because most of the seniors were found ineligible to graduate, the community took matters into its own hands.

The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.

Patrick Xavier Clark had been free on a $1 million bond when a grand jury in Houston indicted him on Thursday.

After a mother posted about it in an online neighborhood group, she found other concerned parents whose kids had also brought the book home.