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LOS ANGELES -- A high-profile California state legislator was charged Friday with two dozen federal corruption counts for allegedly supporting legislation in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes paid to members of his family and corporate entities they controlled.
A car plunged headfirst into a 10-foot-wide sinkhole on Long Island on Friday as a woman pulled into her driveway.
Firefighters and 911 dispatchers were recommended for disciplinary action after they didn't take action to respond to a nearby medical emergency.
A traffic pileup shut down part of a Michigan highway Friday as an estimated 30 to 40 vehicles crashed, flipped or spun out amid whiteout conditions and a slippery roadway.
The Supreme Court is hearing a case that tests whether the EPA can regulate greenhouse gases in power plants.
A high-profile California state legislator was charged Friday with some two dozen federal crimes, including bribery and influence peddling, in connection with one of the largest healthcare and worker’s compensation fraud cases in state history, law enforcement sources tell NBC News.
President Barack Obama met with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House on Friday, despite warnings from China that the visit would damage ties between the two countries.The White House released this photo through its Flickr account.
Speaking at a Democratic Governors Association meeting at the White House President Obama says, “This is not just good policy, it also happens to be good politics."
Drugs were discovered in the cabin where two former Navy SEALs’ bodies were found Tuesday on the Maersk Alabama Vessel — a ship made famous by a pirate attack dramatized in the movie “Captain Phillips” — a spokesman for the ship’s company said Thursday.
A federal agency said California farmers hit hard by a withering drought will receive no irrigation water this year from a sprawling system of rivers, canals and reservoirs across the parched state.The U.S.
