The GOP health care bill is shaping up to be a tough pill to swallow for many lawmakers, including a handful of Republicans who might doom the attempt. The GOP can spare just two defections—and there are already four who publicly say they are no votes
President Donald Trump conceded that he does not actually have tapes of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, weeks after his implication that he might have such recordings set up a high-stakes showdown with Comey and with Congress
New police footage reveals more of the immediate aftermath of the fatal 2016 police shooting of Philando Castile in a Minnesota suburb, depicting the heartwrenching moment shared in the back of a police car between Castile's girlfriend and her daughter
Protections that have been in place for more than 40 years for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area will be lifted. But the move will allow some hunting outside the park's boundaries
A judge has temporarily halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians living in the Detroit area who fear torture and possible death if sent back to Iraq. Most of them are Chaldean Christians, but some are Shiite Muslims and converts to Christianity
A North Carolina man who fired an assault rifle inside a District of Columbia restaurant during his investigation of a conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate" has been sentenced to four years in prison
A Canadian man from Tunisia shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism. "At this time we view him as a lone-wolf attacker"
The U.N. forecasts that the current world population of nearly 7.6 billion will increase to 9.8 billion in 2050. India and Nigeria are both growing fast, and the populations of 26 African countries are expected to at least double
The governor of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province has raised the death toll in the suicide car bombing outside a bank there to 29, saying most of those killed in the explosion were civilians. The attack also wounded 60 people
After Balenciaga launched a $2,145 version of an Ikea shopping bag, the high-end designer label has done it again with a shopping bag-like tote that retails for $1,100. The difference between the paper bag and the accessory might be the materials
Prince Philip was discharged Thursday from a London hospital after he was treated for an infection. Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital as a precautionary measure after he fell ill with an infection
The head of the Church of England has said that the institution "colluded" with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, made the statement Thursday
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