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A police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at a central Pennsylvania hospital where the suspected gunman also was killed, officials said.

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.

Egg prices hit a record high in January as avian influenza continues decimating flocks around the country and in Maryland.

President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.

A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search was in court Friday for the first time since his December arraignment on state murder and terror charges.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to stop the layoffs, though he acknowledged chaos caused by President Donald Trump's blitz of second-term executive actions.

The White House posted a picture of April Amaya-Luis on its X account as an example of crimes it claims were committed by immigrants.

FBI directors are given 10-year terms as a way to insulate them from political influence and keep them from becoming beholden to a particular president or administration.

McConnell, first elected in 1984, intends to serve the remainder of his term ending in January 2027.

The wife of a man who died in last month’s collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has filed what are believed to be the first legal claims over the crash that killed 67 people.

A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.

A passenger jet made a hard landing before it lost a wing, burst into flames and flipped onto its roof at Toronto’s airport — the fourth major aviation accident in North America in the past three weeks.

The Zizians are a dangerous, extremist group, Allegany County State’s Attorney James Elliott told the judge.

Donald Trump's first joint TV interview with adviser Elon Musk airs in prime time Tuesday night.

Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cult-like group tied to at least six deaths, was arrested Sunday evening in western Maryland.

A traffic stop in Vermont has cracked open a cultlike group called Zizians linked to six deaths in three states.

Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.