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The contract for the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management was extended on Monday. Democrats and former federal land managers were pushing hard for it not to be renewed.

The Trump administration says the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management is keeping his job through the end of the year, despite legal questions surrounding his appointment.

The United Nations refugee agency says nearly 71 million people were officially displaced in 2018, the highest number since World War II. Ethiopia topped the list with 1.5 million people.

American warplanes targeted terrorist fighters, their weapons and equipment in what may be the first U.S. attack in Yemen since a deadly special operations raid in January.

Carryn Owens' husband was Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, who died in Yemen in January. President Trump offered his condolences last week. Michel Martin reflects on the deconstruction of her grief.

New Orleans has had its fair share of high-profile crime problems. Now residents are set to vote on a sales tax hike to fund more state police officers in the French Quarter.

SAN FRANCISCO - Panthers kicker Graham Gano isn’t perfect anymore, but he was more than good enough.Gano kicked a 53-yard field goal in the fourth quarter…

Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, destroying whole towns, killing thousands and displacing more than 600,000 people — and it raises questions about emergency policies and realities in Pacific coastal nations.

NEW YORK Trailing Richmond by three points with 4.7 seconds remaining in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament Thursday, the Charlotte 49ers…

A surfing memoir might not be what you'd expect from a seasoned New Yorker reporter, but William Finnegan's new book is a loving look back at his life on the water.

Several of the world's largest brewers are being sued for suggesting their beers are imports. Anheuser-Busch settled a class action suit that will require it to pay out millions of dollars.

Author Carmen Maria Machado picked up The Crimson Petal and the White, a book about a prostitute in 19th-century London, because it looked illicit. It taught her about faith, sexuality and feminism.

A drone photographer posted an image of a submerged home in North Carolina. Then a man in Texas discovered it was his brother's house — and the two men managed to coordinate a rescue operation.

William Boyle's new novel follows mob widow Rena, her granddaughter and an ex-porn-star neighbor, on the run from a crazed mafia enforcer in — what else? — a 1962 Chevy Impala.

Governments all over the world use bonds to raise money. We examine how the the first bond came to be, and how it transformed the way governments borrow money.

Federal investigators are trying to determine why a switch was in the wrong position early Sunday morning near Columbia, S..C.It had fatal consequences.An…

After three days of deliberation, the jury in the rape trial of Kevin Olsen came to a verdict: Not guilty. Olsen, the former UNC Charlotte quarterback and…

William Evanina, head of U.S. counterintelligence, is the country's top spy catcher, in charge of finding moles in our midst.

Yes, he was the captain of the Enterprise, but William Shatner is also a dedicated horseman and founder of the Hollywood Charity Horse Show. His love of horses is on display in his charming new book.

William Weaver, who helped integrate his Southern high school, recounts painful memories of football games he played with teammates he says may now wish they would have said something supportive.