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Authorities are considering whether to charge an Indiana homeowner who they say shot and killed a woman working as a house cleaner after she came to the wrong address.

Despite facing a $12 billion deficit this year, California's Legislature still managed to spend at least $415 million for local projects to help lawmakers win their next elections.

The California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using the wrong pronouns to address a resident or ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges.

On Nov. 15, New Orleans voters will decide whether to approve three bond propositions, which together could provide an infusion of $510 million to support capital projects across the city.

Texas can enforce a 2023 law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

President Donald Trump says he's considering granting Hungary an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy.

Michigan regulators on Thursday adopted landmark standards for the booming data center industry with a plan they say tries to protect residents from subsidizing the industry's hefty energy use.

Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low in November, a month into the government shutdown, led by pessimism in both personal finances and anticipated business conditions.

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.