CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials suspended a school vaccination mandate Wednesday after a judge ruled that parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend classes. In issuing a permanent injunction in a lawsuit filed in June, ...

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the United States after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from their country as the Taliban took over, authorities said. The program, called Operation Allies Welcome, was created ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in the nation's capital has left some questions unanswered. Officials say the suspect in Wednesday's attack is an Afghan national, and some details have been released about the two Guard members, one of whom has died. ...

West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state's National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday, while investigators continue to seek a motive. Specialist Sarah ...

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin authorities have asked a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, the woman who in 2014 almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped ...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation's capital ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off Thursday in New York City, with new balloons depicting Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man set to take to the skies and floats featuring Labubu and Lego gracing the streets. The parade started on Manhattan's Upper West Side and will end at ...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GARY FIELDS The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation's capital were shot Wednesday afternoon just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted ...

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday's "heinous assault" on two National Guard members near the White House proves that lax migration policies are "the single greatest national security threat facing our ...

By JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons got into shape Wednesday for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as crews inflated the giant characters on the streets of New York City. The parade kicks off Thursday morning, with dozens of huge balloons set to take ...

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump's multistate redistricting campaign ...

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in California has expanded a decision granting more detained immigrants the ability to request a bond hearing after the Trump administration ended the practice in July. Lawyers say thousands could benefit from the ...

By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year. Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder ...

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Newly released transcripts of private interviews with a senior U.S. Border Patrol official and other authorities leading the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area reveal tense exchanges as leaders dodged questions about ...

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — It's that time of year — again — when cold air sweeps across the Great Lakes region, dropping huge amounts of lake-effect snow from Michigan's Upper Peninsula into Western New York. Snow has already started falling Wednesday in and ...

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on her way to pick up the son she shares with her former fiance. Bruna ...

By The Associated Press A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others, bringing an end to the last of four criminal cases filed against him that threatened to upend his finances and take away his freedom as he sought a return ...

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More than three dozen babies have been sickened in an infant botulism outbreak tied to contaminated formula, federal health officials say. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday reported 37 cases of confirmed or suspected illness in babies who ...

By JESSICA HILL Associated Press Two brothers in Virginia have been arrested after an off-duty police officer overheard the men allegedly discussing plans to kill immigration officers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. John Wilson Bennett and Mark Booth Bennett, ...