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Anthony Santander lined a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Lucas Luetge and the Baltimore Orioles avoided a four-game sweep by beating the New York Yankees 9-6 on Thursday.

Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party is officially now complete.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday decried what she says would be a regression of women's rights in the U.S. should the Supreme Court reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in a virtual meeting with abortion providers.

It's hard to glean too many positives from a team with a 13-26 record, but Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray's improvement tops that very short list.

Rhode Island's efforts to encourage people to fill out the 2020 census may have worked too well, with the U.S. Census Bureau releasing a survey Thursday showing an overcount that saved a congressional seat.

The Jan. 6 committee requested an interview from Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday, citing concerns with Capitol tours he gave prior to last year's attack.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will soon be tying the knot.

A Virginia Department of Education report released Thursday accuses the state's public schools of lowering academic standards to avoid being honest with parents about worsening test scores and racial achievement gaps for K-12 students.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been engaged in conversations about ESG with the business community and policymakers - both nationally and internationally - for over a decade. To claim otherwise, as the Editorial Board did in their recent piece, is simply inaccurate.

Republicans are coming out swinging against Wall Street's growing efforts to consider factors like long-term environmental risk in investment decisions, the latest indication that the GOP is willing to damage its relationship with big business to score culture war points.

Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it.

The Washington mayoral race is being driven by a surge of violent crime in the city with Democratic candidates pitching themselves as best equipped to restore law and order.

Supply chain issues and a record number of feline adoptions during the pandemic are driving a growing cat food shortage that won't be solved with a saucer of milk, according to experts.

Jimbo Fisher isn't pulling any punches.

House Democrats narrowly approved a bill Thursday that would require a federal investigation into accusations that the oil industry is bilking drivers, marking the first piece of legislation that Democrats on Capitol Hill have approved, in an effort to address sky-high prices at the pump.

President Joe Biden's order to protect the nation's oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old?

According to "OSS Society revisits, honors Operation Overlord" (Web, May 18), "the 2019 Gallup poll found that 49% of the respondents agreed there are 'people somewhat like ourselves' living on other planets." Could some already be on our planet?

Term limits for Supreme Court justices may require an amendment to our Constitution ("Nearly 70% of Americans support term limits for Supreme Court justices," Web, May 18). If they do, the revision should also consider whether a simple majority of justices should have the authority to infringe upon an individual's right to life, liberty or property until that simple majority is effectively nullified.

It comes as no surprise that the acerbic-tongued, matronly women of "The View" would mock former first lady Melania Trump after the latter criticized Vogue (during an interview with Fox News host Pete Hegseth) for not featuring her on its cover during her time in the White House ("'Never say never': Melania Trump teases 2024 run, calls Vogue 'biased' after snub," Web, May 15).

Florida officials are crediting the state's open door pandemic policy for a record-setting number of tourists during the first three months of the year that surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

Monkeypox is a serious virus that is popping up in unusual places, but public health experts don't expect another deadly plague layered on top of the coronavirus, which spreads far more easily.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is confident Democrats will keep their majority in the lower chamber come November, despite domestic challenges the party faces that show falling voter confidence in their leadership ahead of the midterm elections.

The Biden administration is warning that information technology workers skilled in developing dating apps and mobile games may actually be North Koreans infiltrating the tech sector to benefit their country's weapons and missile programs.

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President Biden on Thursday doubled down on offering U.S. security assurances to Finland and Sweden in his meeting with the two countries' leaders at the White House, just one day after both nations submitted their formal bids to join NATO.