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The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against an unexpected surge of pro players trying to ...

A 35-year-old California man was arrested Tuesday on charges of possessing an assembled guillotine, which U.S. Capitol Police spotted in the bed of his pickup truck near the U.S. Supreme Court.

Congressional Democrats and voting rights advocates mounted new challenges Tuesday to President Trump's plans to have the post office police this year's elections, moving just a day after the Supreme Court gave the administration some wiggle room.

A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention.

Tulsa businessman Mike Mazzei hopes to win Tuesday's hotly contested Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma governor after President Donald Trump endorsed him and sharply attacked Mazzei's rival, state Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

With states and schools struggling to control themselves, Congress is eyeing an intervention into collegiate athletics that would set national standards for students' compensation and try to preserve some of the athletic conference system.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed drew a wave of criticism from conservative commentators Monday night after comparing Islamic Sharia law to Catholic canon law during a contentious interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters.

The Big Ten became the first conference Tuesday to adopt a rule barring football players who have signed professional contracts from returning to play at its 18 member schools as college sports finds itself mired in lawsuits and chaotic disputes over ...

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used an alias when he sent text messages over two days to a woman he believed to be a prostitute before he was arrested in a sting operation in Ohio, according to a police incident report obtained Tuesday.

Maryland officials declared a measles outbreak Monday in Carroll, Cecil and St. Mary's counties.