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A California woman who was accused of using counterfeit postage on tens of millions of packages pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the United States Postal Service out of more than $150 million.

One climber died and another was seriously injured after they fell about 1,000 feet from a peak at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska late Thursday, officials said.

A video released by Hamas on Saturday shows Keith Siegel, an Israeli American and a native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Former President Donald Trump is sharpening his attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as new polls show an overlap between their core supporters.

Last fall, the Catalina Island Conservancy labeled its plan to eliminate the island's invasive mule deer population by employing helicopter-bound hunters armed with high-powered rifles "bold and ambitious." But the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chose other descriptors: "inhumane and drastic."

Arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters continued into the weekend, as student groups nationwide resisted orders to break down encampments, and some universities pointed to antisemitic acts on their campuses.

A growing number of elected officials and political groups all suddenly want you to know: they love their dogs. The outpouring of animal love from political social media is in response to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem admitting in her forthcoming book she killed a family dog and goat on the same day.

Five years ago, Britain’s Conservative Party scored a landslide victory in a general election that contained outlines of a realignment in that nation’s politics. Today, Conservatives appear headed for one of their worst defeats in a generation, an unraveling of a party that has come with astonishing swiftness.

The Biden administration announced expansive new protections Friday for gay and transgender medical patients, prohibiting federally funded health providers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Friday defended a story included in her forthcoming biography in which she describes killing a family dog on their farm, to her daughter's distress -- a grisly anecdote that instantly drew criticism from a number of political opponents.

Sitting with Howard Stern, the nation's best-known shock jock, President Joe Biden on Friday replayed the deepest lows of his life story and the highs of a decadeslong political career in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions.

The Biden administration, which has been under pressure for its support of Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, will not withhold military aid from a troubled military unit accused of human rights violations in the West Bank, so long as Israel continues with steps to hold the members of the unit accountable.

The Biden administration said Friday that it was delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol cigarettes as federal officials take more time to consider the move.

Merry Turner thought the noise she heard Tuesday from her home in Newberry County, South Carolina, was from construction. Meanwhile, Lee Foster, the county sheriff, thought it was from yardwork - maybe a neighbor attacking weeds bright and early. But the sound didn’t stop. It grew louder.

At least three women were infected with HIV during cosmetic "vampire facial" procedures at an unlicensed spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, federal officials said Thursday. It is the first time that HIV transmission through cosmetic injection services has been documented, they said.

Russia attacked railway facilities in three different regions across Ukraine on Thursday night and Friday morning, as the country's defense minister vowed to step up strikes aimed at slowing the flow of critically needed U.S. weapons and equipment to the front.

 Under a stern cross-examination by a defense lawyer for Donald Trump, the first witness in the former president's criminal trial insisted Friday that he was being truthful about a plot to protect Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

R. Kelly’s sex-crime conviction and 20-year sentence in Chicago’s federal court will stand, an appeals court ruled Friday in a blistering opinion.

Former President Donald Trump's tough week showed as well as any to date why he is facing a new and unprecedented reality as a presidential candidate — as he ping-ponged among a dizzying array of court appearances, judicial rulings, competing allegations and subsequent grievances.