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America’s military leaders are engaging in informal discussions about how they would respond if President-elect Donald Trump issued orders to use active-duty U.S. troops against civilians and aid his mass...

Police in Florida have charged a second woman in connection with a deadly shooting captured on Facebook live. Lakevia Pringle, 31, was taken into custody on Friday after turning herself...

Democrats in California are looking to turn a new leaf with the election of San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, who defeated incumbent Mayor London Breed. Lurie, a first-time candidate, Levi...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs filed a new request for bail, arguing that changed circumstances, along with new evidence, meant the hip-hop star should be allowed to prepare for his trial from...

The highest court in the state of Massachusetts just decided what to do with a $70,000 engagement ring at the center of a dispute between a former couple. It overruled...

A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms....

A Chinese citizen who tried to enter Mar-a-Lago, the Florida residence of President-elect Trump, multiple times over the past few months was arrested Thursday, authorities said.  It was one of...

The Justice Department says it has thwarted an Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump in the leadup to the election.  A criminal complaint filed in federal court in New...

Dan Gallagher, Robinhood’s top lawyer, is on Donald Trump’s transition team’s short list to become the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gallagher, a former SEC commissioner between 2011...

Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed has conceded the city’s mayoral race to challenger Daniel Lurie following a heated election cycle focusing on the city’s homelessness, crime and drug overdose...