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“Republicans’ ultimate plans include allowing cities throughout the state to file for bankruptcy protection, which they admitted today would permit cities and school districts to end their contracts with teachers and workers – stripping thousands of their...

American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights ahead of a winter storm forecast to hit the Northeastern United States Friday. Our updated travel policy now covers 42 airports – including our CLT, DCA, JFK, LGA and PHL hubs – and allows...

Florida is among the top-selling POWERBALL states of any US lottery, exceeding more than $3.2 billion in sales, yielding $1.3 billion in education funding to date.

The Detroit school district filed a lawsuit Wednesday to try to stop sick-outs by teachers as thousands of students again were forced to stay home.

Faculty, staff and students from all three University of MI campuses are coming together over the water crisis in the city of Flint to offer everything from research expertise and accurate information on the situation to water filters and bottled water.

All Republicans on hand voted yes, and all Democrats voted no late Wednesday on measures to reduced Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid reimbursements for prescription drugs – and to make the group ineligible for federal Title X family planning funds.

Memphis and Shelby County are under a winter weather advisory until Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

A homeowner on Lower Matecumbe Key certainly wouldn’t argue after finding a crocodile in his swimming pool.

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby that had claimed his sexual assault denials amounted to defamation.

It forecast up to 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in Washington, and as much as 30 inches (75 cm) in western suburbs, with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour (80 kph). Blizzard watches have been issued from Arkansas through Virginia and up the East Coast. “You have heavy snow and...

The storm is expected to kick off with snow and ice on Thursday followed by a major snowstorm with blizzard conditions starting on Friday.

Easing pension costs was made harder after the Illinois Supreme Court last May tossed out a 2013 state law that would have saved as much as $145 billion over 30 years, ruling that public sector workers have iron-clad protection in the state constitution against cuts to retirement...

A former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping four women and sexually assaulting several others while he was on duty faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison at a sentencing hearing on Thursday.

The Obama administration is easing new visa requirements for certain European travelers who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years, a move that quickly angered some in Congress who pushed for new travel restrictions.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore was unanimously confirmed Thursday as the state’s chief judge to lead the Court of Appeals and the state’s judicial branch. Cuomo praised Garcia as “a talented, experienced and skilled prosecutor” who will...