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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to weigh whether public funds can be used to establish a religious charter school, a major case testing the historic...

New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks retreated Friday as the market's latest rally lost steam, while the yen pushed higher after the Bank of Japan lifted interest rates. After...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - The top prosecutor in Los Angeles said Friday that his office will not bring charges against goth rocker Marilyn Manson, who has been accused...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Opening arguments were expected to begin Friday in the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with pulling a gun on a former...

(AFP) - US immigration officers swooped on a New Jersey seafood business, detaining undocumented migrants, officials said Friday, as President Donald Trump deployed troops to the Mexican border. Trump has...

Washington (AFP) - Sales of previously owned US homes slipped to their weakest level in about three decades last year on the back of high housing prices and mortgage rates,...

Camarillo (United States) (AFP) - Helicopter pilot Tim Thomas has fought dozens of wildfires all over the world, but nothing prepared him for the scale and the challenge of the...

Park City (United States) (AFP) - The US film industry's first major gathering since wildfires devastated Los Angeles began Thursday at Sundance, where Olivia Colman and John Lithgow kicked off...

El Paso (United States) (AFP) - Venezuelan Josnexcy Martinez, who is staying at a shelter in a Texas border city, said she's afraid of getting swept up in a raid...

Front Royal (United States) (AFP) - On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo -- a...