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A defective update to an obscure piece of security software knocked out computer systems around the globe Friday, causing widespread disruptions to travel, medical care and businesses of all stripes while revealing in stunning fashion the fragility of a world economy built on shared technology.

When the Biden administration laid out a suite of plans this week to address housing affordability, it added a bold update to previous proposals -- and sent the housing industry and the economics world buzzing.

The president of the United States had spoken - with 24 million Americans watching on TV. Every Democratic leader knew Joe Biden would continue his campaign. Statements like that used to mean something.

Rachél Thompson didn’t notice the danger lurking below the water's surface until it was too late.

President Biden is "absolutely" in the race for a second term, his campaign leader said Friday, just as four more Democratic lawmakers called on Biden to leave the contest.

Last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed execution warrants for six Florida inmates, the most in any year in the state since 2014. He was also running for president.

 The reckless driving case against comedian Pete Davidson has been dismissed after the former “Saturday Night Live” star completed a pretrial diversion program months ahead of schedule.

MILWAUKEE – Former President Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night, capping a momentous six days in which he survived a nearly fatal assassination attempt, selected a running mate and made nightly appearances before adulatory crowds and speakers at the party’s national convention.

MILWAUKEE – Dozens of speakers this week have taken to the sleek Republican National Convention stage to present a united front on opposing leftism at home and promoting conservative populism.

MILWAUKEE – At the Republican National Convention in 2016, delegates from Washington and Idaho arrived with their loyalties split between two candidates. When former President Donald Trump took the stage at the close of this year’s convention on Thursday, the GOP appeared more united than ever.

A summer COVID wave has washed over most of the United States, bringing yet another round of gatherings turned into superspreaders, vacations foiled by illness and reminders that pandemic life has not been fully erased. Not even President Biden was spared.

Three weeks after the faltering debate performance that rocked his candidacy, President Biden is facing the most concerted effort by leading Democrats seeking to force him out of the presidential race amid concerns over his advanced age and sluggish poll numbers.

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Biden’s new student loan repayment plan, leaving millions of borrowers enrolled in the cost-cutting program in the lurch.

MILWAUKEE — Three U.S. House committees will hold hearings next week on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, and Butler officials have been asked to testify at a fourth. Congress on Monday returns from its one-week break for the Republican National Convention on Monday and three hearings on the shooting, which grazed Trump, killed one person and seriously injured two ...

An Oregon sex offender who officials say escaped from a prison work detail in 1994 was captured Tuesday in Middle Georgia, where he had assumed the name of a boy who died in Texas more than half a century ago.

Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, according to multiple people briefed on his thinking.

While J.D. Vance jumped into the national spotlight when former President Donald Trump announced him on Monday as his running mate, he first rose to fame as the bestselling author of 2016's "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis."