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2:17 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit to defend census methods used to protect privacy and fill in missing data

2:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Trial has begun in a $40 million lawsuit accusing a former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school of ignoring multiple warnings that a 6-year-old student had a gun hours before he shot his teacher

1:55 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Brazilian police raid on drug gang in Rio de Janeiro leaves at least 60 criminal suspects dead, state governor says

1:42 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The U.S. stock market pushed further into record heights

1:39 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Microsoft Corp. once again surpassed $4 trillion in valuation, joining artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia in the exclusive club that also briefly included Apple on Tuesday

1:31 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews

1:28 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal agent fired shots at an unarmed Black man during a recent traffic stop while patrolling the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge

1:22 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A $180,000 Range Rover customized for NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has been reported stolen in Georgia

12:19 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A man accused of fatally stabbing a Catholic priest at his home beside a church in a small Nebraska town has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges

12:17 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record

12:14 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices across the country

11:51 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

11:35 AM on Tuesday, October 28

An autumn heat wave accompanied by gusty winds raised the wildfire risk for Southern California, with forecasters warning that grass and brush are still dangerously dry despite recent rains

9:41 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Air traffic controllers are missing another paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns about financial stress affecting their work

9:33 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan for overhauling the state’s aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed

6:50 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Authorities say a man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member, and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight

5:19 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November

10:15 PM on Monday, October 27

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza

9:10 PM on Monday, October 27

The U.S. stock market pushed further into record heights

9:03 PM on Monday, October 27

A federal judge has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area