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After 16 days of a government shutdown that kept vital services behind locked doors for the public, paychecks out of the pockets of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and pushed the economy to the brink of disaster, the Republican government shutdown ended last night when the Senate (81–18) and House (285–144) passed, and President Barack Obama signed, a bill to fund and reopen the government and raise the nation’s debt ceiling.AFGE President J. David Cox said the bill would “put our members back to work and restore the services American taxpayers count on.”
In yesterday's special U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, Democrat Cory Booker soundly defeated his opponent Steve Lonegan and made history by becoming the state's first African American U.S. senator.
One of the two girls charged over the death of a 12-year-old Florida girl who jumped to her death said she was “saddened” by the suicide but expects to be cleared, in statement released through her attorney on Thursday.
The federal government blinked back to life Thursday, hours after Congress swerved at the last minute to dodge a threatened economic catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers were ordered back on the job.
As she faced the ex-convict who raped her in Central Park, a 74-year-old woman condemned him Wednesday with composed anger, calling him a "sexual terrorist" and an "evil infestation.
A prosecutor in Missouri who's faced intense criticism over his handling of a case involving a 14-year-old girl who says she was raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance says he wants a special prosecutor to decide if new charges should be filed.
Two people were airlifted to hospital in “critical condition" after a house exploded in Peoria, Arizona late Wednesday, officials said. A 21-year-old female and 30-year old male suffered 30 to 50 percent burns after the blast at 9:43 p.m. local time (12.43 a.m.
No charges will be filed against a grieving man who sprinkled some of his dead fiancee's ashes in an eyewear store, causing a Florida mall to be evacuated and shut down for two hours.Sarasota Police said a man on Tuesday sprinkled some of the ashes in places that were special to the couple.
Senate leaders said Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to end a protracted government shutdown and avert default on the national debt.Watch here for live updates, photos and videos throughout the day.
A wounded and presumed unconscious soldier whose valiant salute during a hospital Purple Heart ceremony made grown men weep and quickly became hugely popular online — and his wife says she understands why people are reacting with so much emotion to her hero husband.
