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Officers searched cabins in the snowy California mountains for an ex-LAPD officer suspected of a revenge-fueled rampage he mapped out in an online manifesto.

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has signed papers in a plea deal with federal prosecutors in which he admits to violating campaign finance law, according to sources familiar with the case.

A Florida taxi driver who says he "heard a voice tell him to go kill someone" before he shot and killed a nanny who was riding her bicycle in West Palm Beach was arrested late Thursday, police said.

At least one person was shot Friday morning at Florida Atlantic University, possibly on the roof of a campus building, authorities said.

Edith Lauterbach, the last founding member of the first union for flight attendants, died earlier this week in San Francisco. She was 91. In a statement, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA ) said:The flight attendant community lost our hero, our guiding light….As our heavy hearts remember our friend and trailblazing founder, we reflect on Edith’s contributions to our profession and our union each and every day.

CLEVELAND - An Ohio Amish sect leader and 15 of his followers are scheduled to be sentenced in a Cleveland federal court on Friday for their roles in hair and beard-cutting attacks on members of other Amish communities in 2011.

An Ohio Amish sect leader was sentenced on Friday to 15 years in federal prison for his leadership role in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on members of other Amish communities in 2011.

By a better than 2-to-1 margin, the teachers, counselors and social workers at César Chávez Academy, the largest charter school in Detroit, voted overwhelmingly Thursday to join the Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Michigan ACTS), an affiliate of AFT Michigan.

A crippling and potentially historic winter storm is barreling toward the Northeast this weekend, threatening tens of millions of people with 2 feet of snow. How is the blizzard affecting your area?

If the United States implemented trade policies to end currency manipulation—especially by China—not only would that reduce the U.S. trade deficit by $190 billion to $400 billion over three years, it would be a major first step in reviving the nation’s manufacturing sector and creating up to 4.7 million jobs, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).