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Powerful winds tore through the New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on Friday, with gusts approaching 100 mph in some places.

Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by immigration officers for overstaying her student visa, the ...

Amarillo police say U.S. Marshals arrested a 20-year-old from Dallas on a murder charge in connection to the deadly Aug. 31 ...

The incident involving an American Airlines plane took place Thursday evening at Denver International Airport.

"Every time I get in this car ... it reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country," Mark Kelly said.

Hemphill went missing on July 27, 2001, in the 5200 block of Davison Ave. in the Walnut East Park neighborhood. She was 40 years old at the time. She left behind children, a husband, siblings, and ...

A top U.S. Justice Department official says the department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal ...

Just last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 12 Chinese hackers for taking part in a global “hackers-for-hire” ...

A Moody man who had worked as a high school athletic trainer was sentenced in a federal court in Waco to 84 months in prison ...

Nine people have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in trying to distribute meth in Avoyelles Parish.

Mass layoffs are becoming common, especially in the tech and media industries. So far in 2025, companies like Meta, Microsoft ...