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Fulton County DA Fani Willis defends 2020 election case in fiery testimony before Senate...

(Georgia Recorder) — A defiant Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified before a GOP-led state Senate committee Wednesday, defending her office and her...

Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing...

Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing. The cash option is $572.1 million, before taxes. It is the...

Georgia Senate set to question Fani Willis over Trump prosecution

ATLANTA (AP) — After more than a year of legal maneuvering, Fani Willis will face questions Wednesday from a Georgia state Senate committee over...

Rob Reiner’s son Nick set to appear in court on 2 counts of murder...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder...

Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64K

(Stateline) — A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Dec. 16 showed an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000...

No US House vote to extend health care subsidies, Speaker Johnson says

WASHINGTON (States News) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he will not allow a floor vote this week on a bipartisan amendment...

Last US cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76 million were worth...

To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the...

Sens. Ossoff, Hyde-Smith introduce bipartisan bill to cut taxes for small businesses

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at cutting taxes for small businesses in Georgia and across the...

Texas woman arrested for hiding razor blades in loaves of bread at Mississippi Walmart...

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday. Camille Benson, 33, of...

Pentagon ‘escalating’ investigation into Arizona Sen. Kelly for illegal-orders video

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department says it has upgraded its investigation into Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over a video where he and other...

Whole milk back on school lunch menus, under bill on its way to Trump

WASHINGTON (States News) — School cafeterias got a step closer to seeing whole milk again after the U.S. House passed a measure Monday to...