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Health authorities in Dallas, Texas, said on Tuesday they had received confirmation of the first transmission of the Zika virus through sexual contact.

Before the sentence was imposed, Sweat told Clinton Supreme Court Justice Patrick McGill he was sorry to have caused fear among residents in the community.

Storm survey teams will be heading to west Alabama later this morning to look at damage from Tuesday’s severe storms, according to the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

Bush told voters what he called “the Florida story:” that as governor, he cut taxes every year, made it possible to fire underperforming state employees and balanced the state’s budget.

In a joint statement, the Jewish Federations of North America and Reform and Conservative movements said in a new statement that the new space is a critical, dramatic and unprecedented acknowledgment by Israel that the holy site must incorporate traditions of both Reform and...

The testimony came at a court hearing where Cosby’s lawyers asked a judge to throw out the sexual assault charges because of what they said was a binding, decade-old commitment from Castor that Cosby would never be prosecuted. The former DA said he privately hoped that she...

Flint residents pick up bottled water and water filters at a fire station in Flint, Michigan, Jan. 13, 2016.

The storm is expected to bring blizzard-like conditions to far southern Minnesota through Tuesday night.

The money, Sanders has suggested, undercuts Clinton’s ability to push for the kind of Wall Street reforms needed to avoid a repeat of activities that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis – a notion she vigorously disputes.

After almost 15 minutes, Kentucky was up 21 points.

Clinton defeated Sanders by less than three-tenths of 1 percent, the closest in Iowa Democratic caucus history, the state party said.

A 72-year-old man convicted of killing a convenience store manager in a robbery more than 30 years ago has been executed. The Georgia Department of Corrections says Jones recorded a final statement and accepted a final prayer.

Yet the DNC and its chairwoman, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz – who co-chaired Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign – have refused to acquiesce, despite Clinton’s strong debate performances and accusations they’re shielding her from...

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders this week proposed holding an additional three Democratic debates, as the jockeying among the party’s candidates continued over how often they should face off in the weeks ahead.

The former district attorney who declined a decade ago to bring sex-crime charges against Bill Cosby testified Tuesday that he believes his decision is binding on his successors and forever closes the door on prosecuting the comedian.