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• Extradition of 'El Chapo' son to the US halted after 29 killed in arrest operation

First lady Jill Biden will join President Joe Biden on his trip next week to Mexico City, according to the White House.

California's Robert Garcia will be sworn into office with the Constitution -- and a priceless vintage Superman comic.

Turns out inflation may have put a damper on the holidays.

"Avatar: The Way of Water" is setting box office records and generating Oscar buzz, which recently got director James Cameron reflecting on a moment he had celebrating one of his other big films.

Authorities in Massachusetts are "working around the clock" to search for a mother of three young children missing since New Year's Day, police said.

California has been battered by heavy snow, damaging winds and flooding this week -- and now another round of storms is set to hit the West Coast this weekend.

The executions on Saturday of two young men in Iran, one a karate champion, the other a volunteer children's coach, in connection with nationwide protests have sparked outrage around the world.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) confronted Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after he refused to vote for Kevin McCarthy to be the next House speaker and had to be restrained by another lawmaker.

Authorities are asking for information after five paintings valued at more than $400,000 were stolen from a locked truck in Boulder, Colorado.

Oral arguments resume at the Supreme Court next week, with student debt relief, immigration and labor relations among the cases on the agenda. The top US court will hear from some of the nation's finest attorneys on issues impacting the daily lives of Americans.

Soups are the easiest meals to make but we often think they're not quite filling enough. This Mediterranean soup uses a key, non-meat ingredient that has more fiber than black beans and more iron than a T-bone steak. Find the recipe here.

The United States Department of Agriculture has approved the first-ever vaccine for honeybees to prevent American foulbrood disease, a fatal bacterial disease that can destroy honeybee colonies, officials say.

Investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore, who has not worked on the Idaho student killings case, explains the type of DNA likely found at the crime scene and the role it played in identifying the suspect.

Welcome to a new year, where fresh wonder already awaits.

A Houston area man has been charged with aggravated kidnapping after holding a woman he met on a dating app captive for five days around Christmas and physically assaulting her before she escaped, according to charging documents.

If Republicans can finally agree on a speaker, the same GOP leaders who spread former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election -- and who have consistently downplayed the grave threat to the nation posed by the January 6, 2021 insurrection carried out in his name -- will take the reins of power in the House.