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In was on Oct. 13 that Yolanda Bryant, 44, started to receive text messages from a family friend’s phone. It was her 10-year-old grandson. After some chit chat, the boy ...

“We can get by on a little food, but if we lose our freedom, we may never get ...

More than 1,500 children die in the United States every year because of abuse or neglect. In many ...

BISBEE, Arizona—Tired of waiting for the federal government to fix the border, Sheriff Mark Dannels decided to take ...

News Analysis In his 1928 book "Propaganda," which helped shape tactics for modern advertising and politics, Edward Bernays ...

Few people are as acquainted with loss as Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves. Despite all of his success on ...

It’s one of the last things a parent wants to encounter—a social worker at the door with allegations ...

The Allies' victory 75 years ago in the battle of D-Day was hard-won by the men on the ...

Among the stranger exchanges of George Washington was a series of letters on the Illuminati of Bavaria, detailing ...

Among children reported as likely victims of child sex trafficking upon running away from home, most have one ...

The U.S., meanwhile, is building on its global economic and strategic leadership

ROMA, Texas—Illegal immigrants and drug traffickers aren’t the only incursions that border ranchers are battling in southeast Texas. ...

A Texas mother who lost half of her face when she fell on hot curling iron during an ...

A Virginia woman called off her engagement photo shoot with her fiancé and rushed to take pictures with her ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on March 20 and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate ...

For years, Jasmine Cornett wandered the streets of San Francisco looking for her uncle Wayne, whom she hadn't ...

WASHINGTON—A former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for China, the Justice Department said ...

Two brothers celebrated their dad’s birthday in a big way and also blew up his phone in the ...

BOSTON—Letters written behind bars by notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have sold for as much as $1,430 ...

NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H.—On a clear, frigid night in a courtyard made of walls of ice, Bruce McCafferty and ...

R. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, won’t get out of jail until Feb. ...

Millions of Americans recovering from drug addiction amid the opioid crisis face a looming danger of losing their ...

LOS ANGELES—Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the ...

SHEFFIELD, England—Tony Foulds has a routine when he visits the memorial for 10 American airmen killed in World ...

A 7-year-old boy has smashed the record for the 100-meter dash, caught in a viral video by his ...

A Texas woman shot dead while setting up a garage sale was trying to raise money for an ...

A mother in Colombia, South Carolina, says her “heart is full” after a video of her young Down ...