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4:25 PM on Friday, May 29

A pregnant woman from Ghana and her young son who spent more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport have been ordered deported and are flying back to Africa, her lawyers said Friday

3:59 PM on Friday, May 29

Jackson State University’s new president will receive a year of leadership training as she transitions into the role

3:47 PM on Friday, May 29

In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming

3:36 PM on Friday, May 29

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year

3:20 PM on Friday, May 29

A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

3:17 PM on Friday, May 29

A federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship

3:14 PM on Friday, May 29

Stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to the all-time highs they set a day earlier

2:43 PM on Friday, May 29

Atlanta police have launched an investigation to determine if a high-ranking officer found to have had sex with a federal judge in the courthouse is from their department

11:55 AM on Friday, May 29

A federal immigration agent wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown has been arrested in Texas

11:27 AM on Friday, May 29

The Dallas fire chief says firefighters were preparing to evacuate residents due to a reported gas leak when an apartment building exploded, killing at least three people and injuring five more

11:12 AM on Friday, May 29

Pickup trucks were made for work

10:33 AM on Friday, May 29

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth

8:47 AM on Friday, May 29

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government

4:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak

2:36 AM on Friday, May 29

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo

11:07 PM on Thursday, May 28

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been sentenced to two years in prison

11:01 PM on Thursday, May 28

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finished her interview with House lawmakers about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files

10:52 PM on Thursday, May 28

Romanian authorities say a Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania

10:16 PM on Thursday, May 28

Stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to the all-time highs they set a day earlier

8:25 PM on Thursday, May 28

New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers