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The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the state of Mississippi over the Jackson water crisis.

A new report from the Pentagon found that 519 US service members died by suicide in 2021, a decrease from the 582 cases in 2020.

As she window-shopped with friends on leafy West State Street, Jill Walters was blunt about how she felt about the Senate candidates battling it out in the Keystone State.

Kash Patel, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump who has been deeply involved in disputes over classified records Trump kept from his presidency, appeared recently before the federal grand jury looking into the handling of documents at Mar-a-Lago, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

Two researchers are urging health-care providers to educate and screen pregnant women about intimate partner violence, as women in the United States are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or postpartum than to die of common obstetric causes such as high blood pressure, hemorrhage or sepsis.

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Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said on Thursday that it's "substantially" more likely than not that the United States will enter a recession next year. Recession became "almost inevitable" once inflation rates grew above 5%, he said. On an annual basis, prices rose by 8.2% in September.

Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified on Thursday during the foreign lobbying trial of Tom Barrack, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump, as the defense tried to knock down allegations that Barrack was acting as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates.

BMW recently announced a $1.7 billion investment to help prepare its huge Spartanburg, South Carolina, factory to produce electric cars and SUVs. That sum included $700 million for the construction of a battery manufacturing plant nearby.

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig -- considered a legal luminary in conservative circles -- is joining with voting rights groups as a co-counsel in a Supreme Court case in order to persuade the justices to reject an obscure legal theory that has been promoted by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

American Airlines is dropping its first class cabins and replacing them with more business class seats.

Even the uber-rich are on edge now about the economy.

"Payday Friday" may soon be replaced by "Payday Wednesday."

The Department of Homeland Security put together a plan months ago to deal with thousands of migrants arriving at the border: flying some of them to cities deeper inside the US for processing.

A surge in respiratory illnesses among children is beginning to put a strain on hospitals.

Diwali, the Hindu celebration known as the "Festival of Lights," will be a public school holiday in New York City starting next year.