A substitute teacher in north Texas was fired after she "encouraged students to fight each other during class," the Mesquite Independent School District said.
House Republican leaders are moving behind the scenes to get their conference behind a plan that would raise the debt ceiling for one year with a slew of cuts and revenue raisers, a move intended to strengthen their negotiating position with the White House in the high-stakes standoff.
An evacuation order is in place for those within a half-mile radius of a plant fire that reignited Saturday afternoon in Brunswick, Georgia, according to the Glynn County Board of Commissioners and the mayor of Brunswick.
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley's campaign publicized earlier this month what it boasted as a strong haul for her 2024 bid: The former South Carolina governor had raised "more than $11 million in just six weeks," according to a campaign release.
Wall Street has been hit with a barrage of complex signals about the economy's health over the past month. From banking turmoil to weakening jobs data to slowing inflation, and now the start of earnings season, investors have remained largely resilient.
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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said she has "huge confidence" the US will not allow the country to default on its own debt during an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday.
If you've filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then separately, if your race is White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or another race.
A man convicted for ordering a murder-for-hire hit on his brother and father in the Bronx, New York was sentenced to life in prison Friday, federal prosecutors said.
The train cars that derailed near a village in central Maine Saturday and caused a large fire were not carrying hazardous materials, officials said, adding there was no threat to public safety.
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado signed a trio of bills Friday that further protect the rights to abortion and gender-affirming services in the state, as access to the so-called abortion pill across the country remains in limbo and some neighboring conservative states have moved to restrict such procedures.
Walmart's chief merchandising officer for its US operations is stepping down from the job as the retailer faces a tougher year ahead, an internal memo shared to US associates Friday said.
Last month's upheaval within the banking sector hasn't pushed America off course from achieving a soft landing, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview Friday.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday urged his fellow Republicans to move on from the 2020 presidential election, offering a thinly veiled dig at former President Donald Trump and his continued election grievances.
The New York attorney general has opened an investigation into the death of a 78-year-old man who was shot by police this week after officers responded to 911 calls for a burglary at his apartment, the office said Saturday.
Fulton County, Georgia, Sheriff Patrick "Pat" Labat on Friday announced measures "to address an outbreak of infectious illnesses" at the county jail -- including moving more than 600 inmates to other counties, a statement said.
Supreme Corut Justice Samuel Alito on Friday has extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a temporary move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue.
