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Equities could get a boost from the so-called January effect, when stocks that were sold in December for year-end tax-loss harvesting are bought back at lower prices.

The front-runner in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination says that because al-Shabab is not the Islamic State group, Hillary Clinton is still a liar.

Jaime Rosenthal, a 80-year-old Honduran banker and politician, was accused of participating in a scheme that moved illicit funds through U.S. accounts.

The militia group entered the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building after a peaceful march.

Cargill says it fired the Somali refugees after the employees allegedly left their posts following a disagreement about when workers were allowed to pray.

Missouri and Illinois governors tour disaster areas; Arkansas on alert for more.

The same group, New World Hacking, claimed responsibility for taking down the BBC's site this week.

The fundraising showing puts the challenger within $4 million of the sum raised by Hillary Clinton.

The deadly spike in violence coincided with increased scrutiny of the police force after the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald.

A sharp rise in Americans filing for unemployment benefits right before the holiday could signal a slowing labor market.

A millionaire named Stan Pate reportedly paid for skywriting, blasting Trump, that appeared at college bowl game sites.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the airborne protest. A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

More than 100 people marched Friday to the home of Tim McGinty, prosecutor in the Tamir Rice case.

As the U.S. president enters his final full year at the White House, he’s made plans to pursue changes in a number of policy areas, both foreign and domestic.

Overflowing Missouri and Illinois rivers were receding Friday, but forecasters warned that flood waters could menace downstream communities.

A new Blink-182 album, "Zoolander 2" and an American presidential election are coming.

Tip No. 1: Don't wait until June 2017 to do it.

In his weekly radio address, U.S. President Barack Obama said he was moving unilaterally on the issue of gun violence because Congress has failed to act.

Attempts to restrict abortion in the state have intensified as Republicans took control of the legislature and governor's office.

The Democrat’s campaign submitted 1,175 petition signatures, but only 772 were deemed valid by the state’s boards of elections.

Those who use cigarettes are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics, possibly contributing to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

The step ramps up pressure on the Chicago Police Department, which is already the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice probe.

In Britain, the website of BBC was knocked offline for several hours by a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, reports said.

"Why now?" Clinton asked an aide when an October 2011 image of her looking at her phone suddenly went viral six months later.

The U.S. State Department was expected to release about 5,500 pages of communications Thursday, falling short of a court's goal.

The appointment of Bob Dees was disclosed Thursday, as three top aides and 20 staffers left the Republican's team.

By March, all of the Texas capital’s homeless veterans should be moved into new apartments and houses, the mayor said.

Emails released Thursday included messages from officials questioning how they should respond to demands for the dashcam footage of the officer-involved shooting.

Bush said Wednesday that the Cleveland case — in which police officers were not indicted — was probably an example of the justice system working properly.