Florida reported a record number of coronavirus cases, the latest sign that the the virus is surging in many parts of the United States and casting a pall over Fourth of July celebrations

A family homeless shelter has opened inside a gleaming Amazon corporate building on the tech giant’s Seattle campus

As statues of figures from America's slave-owning past come down across the nation, the largest Confederate monument ever crafted may outlast them all

Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. plan to revive the economy

A small Michigan village is pulling together after two dam failures in May

Associated Press writer Russell Contreras has always had trouble with the July Fourth holiday due to his family's Mexican American past

Mississippi just ditched its Confederate-themed state flag

Some governors across the U.S., especially in Republican-leaning states, have been stressing the need for “personal responsibility” to combat the coronavirus instead of issuing statewide mandates to wear masks or avoid large social gatherings

Authorities say a 27-year-old man in drove a car onto a closed freeway in Seattle and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women

California's governor is warning counties they risk losing state funds if they fail to enforce health orders heading into the Fourth of July weekend

Before Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide last year, his defense against charges he sexually abused girls hinged on a 2008 non-prosecution agreement that his lawyers said prevented him from being charged with further crimes

A Colorado police chief has fired three officers over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain

For many Americans, the Fourth of July won't be about big festivities but setting off fireworks themselves

A controversial investigative technique is getting its first real legal test in a federal courtroom in Richmond, where a judge is being asked to toss out evidence gathered through a geofence warrant in a Virginia bank robbery

Protesters in the liberal, predominantly white city of Portland, Oregon, have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality