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NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that he has chosen Republican U.S. Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon and vociferous critic of the Affordable Care Act, as health and […]

ASHEVILLE — A 20-year-old Asheville man accused of murdering his neighbor and offering to pay someone to kill his own parents pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting mass shooting attacks in the name of Islamic State.Justin […]

LA UNION, Colombia/ CHAPECO, Brazil — A chartered plane carrying top-tier Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense to the biggest game in its history crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing 75 people on board, authorities said on […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department, a source with knowledge of the decision said on Tuesday.The source, who requested anonymity, confirmed the […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge on Monday granted a request by Dylann Roof, the white man accused of killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston, S.C., church last year, to represent himself at his […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — At least nine people were injured at Ohio State University in an attack that was carried out by two assailants at the Columbus campus on Monday, according to local officials and media.Local […]

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his search for a new U.S. secretary of state, with the focus on former CIA head David Petraeus, who is a candidate despite admitting […]

HAVANA, Cuba — Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday. He was […]

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is less than three weeks removed from his win over Hillary Clinton, and with his inauguration approaching on Jan. 20 the New York billionaire’s appointments and intentions are coming […]