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President Trump said Thursday that he is easing federal rules requiring companies to phase out certain chemicals used in commercial refrigeration.

A Virginia judge tossed out the criminal case Thursday against a former assistant principal in connection with a 2023 elementary school shooting in which a 6-year-old took aim at his teacher.

Aimee Bock, who led a fraud that bilked the government of nearly a quarter-billion dollars, was sentenced Thursday to more than 41 years in prison.

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith was arrested on a Friday in Georgia after authorities clocked him driving at 135 miles per hour.

Nearly a decade after sexual misconduct allegations derailed his Hollywood career, James Franco is attempting a major return to mainstream cinema with a supporting role in the expanding "Rambo" franchise.

The Supreme Court backed away from deciding what level of IQ is too low for someone to deserve capital punishment, turning away a case that tried to get the justices to decide the issue.

The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, in what officials say is a push to lower grocery costs.

House Democrats are voting no on the Smithsonian women's history museum bill. Republicans added the phrase "biological women" to the mission -- and erased years of bipartisan support in the process.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency is seeking public comment on whether the television ratings system should include parental warnings for children's programming that features transgender or gender identity themes ...

Senate Republican leaders on Thursday are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump's ballroom amid backlash from members of their own party.