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Phillies pitching prospect Andrew Painter is trying to get himself right against lefties, who have hit him well this season, ...

Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

One way you can tell is the Republican candidates’ for U.S. Senate social media pages. Both former Attorney General Daniel ...

The US Olympic and Paralympic Training Committee will allow the two-time world champion in two sports into the facility July ...

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after ...

The promise of more funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is receiving both support and resistance ...

The two candidates that are seeking to become the next mayor of Albany are weighing in on a violent Fourth of July weekend.

Follow live updates on the Texas floods, where the death toll has surpassed 100, including Camp Mystic counselors and campers ...

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash ...

In an event marking another anniversary of the July 11 mass protests in 2021, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau told a gathering of Cuban activists in Havana on Tuesday that the ...

Authorities have mobilized a multi-agency search following a possible sighting of Travis Decker in the Bear Creek area.