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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel apologized to the newest Medal of Honor recipient on Wednesday for having to wait so long between his nomination and the time he was actually presented the medal.
Attorneys for the man accused of killing 12 people at a Colorado movie theater last year asked the judge Wednesday to throw out all evidence — including two pistols and a black ski mask — found in his car just hours after the mass shooting.
The government shutdown ground Washington to a halt for 16 days, furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and put the spotlight on various political players, many of whom weren't exactly household names before D.C. turned out its lights.
If you're looking for a new line of work, consider a rewarding career in pot in Washington state, where regulators officially opened the door Wednesday to selling marijuana legally.
A Florida man is suffering serious second-degree burns following a Halloween prank gone wrong.Ron Nielson, 50, was setting up the prank with his wife outside their Palm Bay-area home.
Ohio lawmakers have given initial approval to a bill that would provide Ariel Castro's three kidnapping victims up to $25,000 for each year they were held captive, plus other benefits.
The 9-year-old boy who eluded security officials at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and sneaked aboard a Delta flight to Las Vegas two weeks ago must live away from his parents while they all undergo therapy, a judge ordered Wednesday.
Two men were indicted Wednesday in the kidnapping of a 14-year-old Georgia girl last month, and authorities said both were in federal custody.
A federal judge said Wednesday that a lawsuit filed by a lesbian couple seeking the right to wed in Michigan will go to trial early next year in a long-awaited legal challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage ban.U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman said the trial will begin Feb. 25.
An elderly couple killed in a car accident in rural Washington state was found holding hands in the wreckage, a state trooper said.
