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A driver plowed into people in the center of the German city of Leipzig on Monday, leaving two people dead, authorities said.

A data center developer is asking the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a ruling blocking its plan to build the world's largest strip of data centers near the Manassas battlefield.

The House Judiciary Committee is probing Arlington County over policies that protect illegal immigrants, saying the local prosecutor has "weaponized" her office by treating them more lightly than legal residents.

Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs in Southern California.

The U.S. stock market is falling from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jump following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in the war with Iran.

Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have called lawmakers into special sessions this week to draw new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Iran threatened ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as the U.S. began to guide vessels through the waterway, a bold operation President Trump launched to break an impasse in peace talks and reduce the economic fallout from the war.

Ben Joergens represented the bank in Washington as Treasury updates a strategy to expand account access and reduce unbanked households.

A Pakistani man pleaded guilty to leading an international human smuggling conspiracy that used fake film production companies as cover to bring Pakistani nationals illegally into the United States, federal prosecutors announced.

For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die after getting tangled in fishing ropes or hit by ships, the Trump administration said this month it wants to delay new protections by almost a decade in favor of commercial ...