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A man from Hudson, Wis., is attempting to pump out the water swamping Sweet Destiny, plug any leaks and float the boat to a St. Croix River marina.

The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned in the latest shake-up at the state's retail gambling enterprise amid multiple investigations into large jackpots in 2023 and earlier this year and threats from some lawmakers to ...

A Connecticut jury has convicted a man of murder and evidence tampering in the 2019 killing of his girlfriend, while the disappearance of their young daughter remains a mystery ...

The letter calls for "constructive engagement" with higher education across the U.S. Nearly 200 college and university leaders signed the letter.

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says he's "in good hands" at the Vermont prison where he's being held . ...

In between the killings, he was caught with a loaded gun and pleaded guilty, court records reveal.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District of Columbia Council are scrambling to address a financial crisis created when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives recessed without voting to fix a hole in the city budget ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says a small plane appears to have struck a power line before it crashed into the Platte River in Nebraska ...

The "All About That Bass" hitmaker is due at the grandstand on Aug. 22 after being sidelined by a vocal-cord injury in 2015.

Prosecutors argue the evidence could demonstrate Shane Roper's state of mind in the minutes leading up a fatal Rochester crash that killed Owatonna teenager Olivia Flores.