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News organizations, government agencies and other organizations have traditionally offered training to help employees respond to hazards such as riots, bombing attacks and kidnappings.

Students said they felt afraid and frustrated after seeing the chalk messages because of Trump's divisive rhetoric.

A parody attack ad on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" jokes that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are running on almost the exact same platform.

Hate crimes against Muslims rose after the terror attacks in Paris last fall, and Muslims in the New Jersey college town now fear they may face the same reaction.

Michael Cody, a former priest, allegedly abused children at churches in Whatcom and Skagit counties between 1968 and 1974.

Hollywood companies have warned that future productions could be made elsewhere if the state enacts the religious liberty bill.

Legislation taking effect April 1 in North Carolina will require people to use the public restroom that corresponds to their gender at birth.

In a letter posted on its website, the fund said Exxon Mobil's conduct on climate issues appears to be "morally reprehensible."

The oil giant cannot prevent shareholders from voting in May on a proposal led by New York state's comptroller, federal regulators said.

The GOP candidate says he’s a Baptist, and his convictions may have helped him win Utah’s Mormon voters.

Coastal cities like New York and London could become flooded decades earlier than previously predicted, researchers said.

Republicans are ready for their party to get behind Donald Trump if he gets close to the number of delegates required to win.

All levels of government, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, shared in the blame, the panel's report said.

A new Kansas law — the first of its kind in the U.S. — allows student groups receiving public funds to limit membership based on religious beliefs.

New single-family homes sales surged 38.5 percent in the West last month but plunged 24.2 percent in the Northeast and sank 17.9 percent in the Midwest.

The former president's anti-drug push was a ploy against black and antiwar dissenters, Watergate figure John Ehrlichman reportedly declared.

The wife of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday she has no idea what Trump is talking about. 

Although Jeb Bush is more aligned ideologically with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has the best chance of taking down Trump.

The speaker said Wednesday that it’s easy to get “disheartened­” by all the negativity in American politics, as exemplified by the presidential race.

The candidate told Kimmel that Donald Trump was wrong about how to prevent terrorism, and denied attacking Hillary Clinton personally.

Bernie Sanders and John Kasich would fare well in presidential general elections against the other party's front-runner, a poll found.

“Arizona is on the front line," its attorney general says, and terrorists are exploiting the "porous border."

Support for Merrick Garland falls in line with average levels for nominees tested by Gallup.

The host mocked President Obama's awkward handshake with Cuban President Raúl Castro on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Tuesday.

Texas officials say they are ready to defend voting laws that critics have panned them as discriminatory to poor, minority and Democratic voters.

U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept to victory in Arizona on March 22 but rival Ted Cruz showed some fight with a win in Utah, as did Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is expected to speak about the hateful rhetoric hurled on the 2016 campaign trail.

The endorsement of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz comes as establishment Republicans scramble to stop Donald Trump.

The trip, which marks Obama’s first trip to the Latin American nation, is aimed at improving relations with a country that is part of the region’s left-wing bloc.