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President Donald Trump says he's backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, dropping to its lowest level in more than a year.

The hundreds of National Guard troops still deployed to Washington, D.C., have unnerved some residents. But aspects of the Washington deployment have elicited a measure of approval among some in the city.

The NCAA has approved a rule change that will allow athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports.

Three people were arrested Thursday in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.

A man suing the District of Columbia claims police officers violated his free speech rights when they detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader's theme song from "Star Wars" on his phone.

The East Wing has been demolished as part of the president's plan to build what he says is a $300 million ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House itself.

A hurricane watch was in effect for Jamaica and the southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince.

Zohran Mamdani was attacked over his thin resume, Republican Curtis Sliwa strove to prove his seriousness as a candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was pressed on the sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office in a contentious final . ...

FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to provide more details at a New York news conference Thursday. The NBA has no immediate comment.