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Eriz and his girlfriend entered not-guilty pleas through their attorneys.

The Biden administration has pledged to make curbing ransomware a priority in the wake of a series of high-profile intrusions.

In anticipation of strengthening, a tropical storm warning was in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida — extending from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Okaloosa-Walton County line in the Florida Panhandle.

O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, his lawyer said Friday.

Investigators on Friday were trying to determine why a gunman opened fire on vehicles and pedestrians for some 90 minutes across suburban Phoenix, leaving one person dead and a dozen others injured in the string of drive-by shootings.

The gas tax increase was part of an early package that called for $579 billion in new spending on roads, bridges, rail and public transit. It’s unclear if it will make the final cut.

Nearly all states recognize Juneteenth in some fashion, at least on paper.

The group of nine people was floating down the Dan River on inflatable tubes and went over a dam that’s about 8 feet high next to a Duke Energy plant.

Biden credited scientists, companies, the American people and his whole-of-government effort on the milestone.

Morgyn, who just finished eighth grade, was saddened when she was not in the cheerleading team picture the yearbook used.

U.S. Catholic bishops approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump fought past police lines to storm the building and interrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election win over Trump.

But on the plus side, “the house from hell” is priced well below neighborhood comparisons, said to be in the $750,000 to $800,000 range.

The Better Business Bureau is reminding online shoppers to be extra vigilant as Prime Day approaches.

Tessica Brown, known as 'Gorilla Glue Girl,' has launched a hair product line.

Female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active-duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018, according to a study.

Border restrictions on nonessential travel with the United States will be extended until July 21, officials said Friday, as Canada works to get a higher percentage of Canadians fully vaccinated.

It’s a little-known contractor, claiming to be an election auditing firm, carrying out a much-disputed exercise in Maricopa County.

Shortly after those tragedies, state police rushed to another freeway shooting where two people were shot and taken to the hospital.

Stuntman Alex Harvill, 28, died Thursday morning while practicing to make an attempt to break his own record for longest dirt to dirt motorcycle ramp jump.

A New Jersey city has a new sculpture of George Floyd outside city hall.

Black Americans are rejoicing after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

Just 21% are very or extremely worried about a COVID-19 infection in their inner circle.

A woman stabbed a girl and a boy at a Dallas home, the Dallas Police Dept. said.

A Maine funeral director’s license and the license of his cremation business have been suspended for 30 days after the Board of Funeral Services found 11 bodies unrefrigerated and decomposing at the business.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky says she expects the delta variant will become the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States. The delta variant, first detected in India, has become dominant in Britain.

While Jack Phillips said he could not make the cake because of its message, Jones said the case was about a refusal to sell a product, not compelled speech.

Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, but the White House has been mostly silent.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration — but more for confrontation, state media reported Friday, days after the United States and others urged the North to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks.

A stray dog found received a much needed transformation after he was found with so much matted hair that he was unable to walk.