Initial plans to pass multiple amendments to provide state lawmakers with flexibility to account for changing circumstances when it comes time for second passage next year had been scrapped in favor ...

The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and more.

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members, Union and Confederate, between 1861 and 1865. The first national obs ...

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Trump administration was scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported Tuesday, but ...

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said lawmakers aim to pass a bill that would put a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the state. It comes after an initial bill ...

Early voting begins June 13 and runs through June 21. When is the last day I can register to vote before the election? Applications must be received by a board of elections no later than June 13 to be ...

A star-studded concert series for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this summer is getting attention for all the wrong reasons. Country star Martina McBride, ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and launch talks on Iran's nuclear program, according to a ...

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday in another legal setback for President Donald ...

Some New Yorkers will see a partial increase in their utility bills starting on Monday. The partial increase impacts New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) ...