U.S. News
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The final sections of a 600-year-old white oak tree that's believed to be among the oldest in the nation have been taken down at a New Jersey church
April 26, 2017 -
Immigration authorities are detaining a gay Russian man infected with HIV who was seeking U.S. asylum in California
April 26, 2017 -
About two dozen people witness executions in Arkansas, though the term "witness" is a misnomer
April 26, 2017 -
A federal appeals court has denied the latest request from former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi for a new trial on corruption charges
April 26, 2017 -
President Donald Trump proposed dramatic tax cuts for U.S. businesses and individuals Wednesday, dismissing concerns about federal deficits and promising to spur economic growth while simplifying the nation's tangle of tax code rules
April 26, 2017 -
The children of a suburban Chicago couple married 69 years say the couple died just minutes apart while holding hands at a hospital
April 26, 2017 -
Relatives of a man whose death was caused by Arkansas death row inmate Kenneth Williams say they forgive him
April 26, 2017 -
Police say a man with mental health problems kidnapped a neighbor who had reported receiving harassing phone calls from him and kept her trapped in a small pit in his backyard shed, where her cries for help alerted others and led to her rescue
April 26, 2017 -
Police in North Carolina say the mother of an elementary school student has been arrested, accused of spraying a teacher with lighter fluid and threatening to burn her
April 26, 2017 -
Suspended Alabama Chief Justice and gay marriage opponent Roy Moore says he is running for the US Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions
April 26, 2017 -
Charges have been filed against two fired Georgia police officers who authorities say were captured on video kicking and hitting a man during a traffic stop
April 26, 2017 -
A grand jury has indicted two doctors and a third person in an alleged scheme to perform genital mutilation on two girls from Minnesota at a Detroit-area clinic
April 26, 2017 -
Boston's mayor and top cop are standing by the police department's tactics after an Associated Press review found little has changed in how often minorities are subject to police stops, searches and frisks
April 26, 2017 -
Oklahoma's new attorney general says the state is moving forward with new protocols for executing death row inmates, despite a recommendation from a bipartisan study group that a death penalty moratorium remain in place
April 26, 2017 -
Texas prison officials are asking a federal judge to rescind a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order that blocks the corrections agency from receiving a foreign shipment of a drug to use for executions
April 26, 2017