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With the number of U.S. households counted topping 95%, there is no reason for a judge to order the U.S. Census Bureau to extend by a month the head count of every U.S. resident, government attorneys said in court papers Tuesday.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte defended his drug crackdown, dismissed criticism from human rights advocates and underscored his country's claims in the South China Sea as the sometimes aggressive critic of the United Nations addressed its annual ga...

Federal agents have arrested a northern Nevada homicide suspect in southcentral Mexico.

This will be the first debate in a presidential campaign season upended by a pandemic that has complicated plans to hold in-person voting and killed more than 200,000 Americans.

The city of Baltimore must stop withholding tens of thousands of dollars from an alleged victim of police misconduct, despite the citys accusation that the Black woman violated a nondisparagement clause that was part of a 2014 settlement, a federal judge...

The U.S. government plans to execute William LeCroy, a convicted rapist and murderer, on Tuesday, the sixth in a spate of federal executions after a long hiatus in capital punishment.

Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped out campgrounds, hot springs and wooded retreats that have been touchstones for generations in a state known for its unspoiled beauty.

Two U.N. agencies on Tuesday appealed to the European Union to set aside years of divisive debate over the best way to manage migrants and refugees and make a fresh start, as Brussels prepares to unveil a major overhaul of Europes failed asylum system.

Judicial authorities in Greece received instructions Tuesday to pursue the prosecution of antimask activists with fasttracked trials and penalties for convictions of up to a year in prison.

A woman arrested by U.S. authorities on suspicion of sending a ricinfilled envelope to the White House and to five other addresses in Texas will appear before a federal court in Buffalo, New York, later on Tuesday.

Russian security forces detained a prominent mystic and other leaders of the "Church of the Last Testament" sect in a remote part of Siberia on Tuesday over allegations they had damaged followers' health, police said.

It's so on brand for Sen. Susan Collins to be in a pressure cooker over how she'll vote in a showdown riveting the nation.

The day after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the bench wearing a black necklace with crystals. It was a piece she typically wore to express her displeasure while read...

Australia's virus hotspot of Victoria on Tuesday reported a more than doubling in new COVID19 infections likely as a result of increased testing, while states elsewhere in the country said border restrictions would be relaxed as case numbers dwindled.

The family of a barbecue cook who was shot to death by a National Guard member during tense Louisville protests has filed a wrongful death suit against Louisville police officers and guard members.

The Red Cross on Monday announced the opening of a new field hospital in southern Yemen specifically to treat coronavirus patients, as the virus continues to spread largely unchecked in the wartorn country.