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President Trump’s well-delivered speech to Congress on Tuesday night answered one major question — whether he could offer the country a less divisive tone — but provided almost no clarity about how he hopes to fulfill the promises that he made in his...

CaptionCloseLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people.Compact but strong storms known as supercells raked...

WASHINGTON -- The widow of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Yemen stood in the balcony of the House chamber, tears streaming down her face as she looked upward and appeared to whisper to her husband.Democrats and Republicans alike stood for minutes to applaud Carryn...

Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people.Compact but strong storms known as supercells raked parts of the central U.S., causing...

Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, were charged with murder Wednesday.The women, who arrived in court under the protection of masked special forces...

(CNN)According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a crime becomes a hate crime when there's an added element of bias. For example, a murder is labeled a hate crime if the victim was killed because he was gay. Or black. Or Muslim. See the latest news...

(CNN)Across the country, flyers are showing up on college campuses.Source:   CNN

Jessica Carlson didn’t keep concerns about her husband, Dalton Carlson, to herself. Months before she was found dead Saturday in her west Santa Rosa home, she had begun talking and texting with friends and family, worried his drug use was spiraling out...

CaptionCloseGuns are famously easy to come by in the United States.It’s often noted that they are easier to get than a job or an education. America has more guns in private hands than adult residents. Even for people legally prohibited from possessing...

Sonoma County’s two members of Congress said President Donald Trump made expansive promises and talked about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars in a speech Tuesday night that was short on explaining how any of it will be done.“He made a lot of lofty...

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 7 hours ago A Brownsville man was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to 12 years in prison for assaulting two Rostraver police officers who were trying to make an arrest last year. Charles L. Bell, 51, pleaded guilty...

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 4 hours ago State police on Tuesday charged a Jeannette man with the recent burglary of a Hempfield pawn shop after he overdosed at a bank last weekend and was found with some of the stolen jewelry in his possession....

Clear Lake, a prime year-round destination for anglers and economic engine for Lake County businesses, reopened to motorboats Tuesday, bringing relief to many of those interests after a two-week closure tied to recent flooding. The ban on motorized vessels,...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night about corporate job expansion and military cost-savings that actually took root under his predecessor and gave a one-sided account of the costs and benefits to the economy from immigration — ignoring...

WASHINGTON — Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health care system, significantly boosting military spending...

CaptionCloseAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved a call for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit federal power via checks such as a balanced budget rule and term limits — a call which the state's top Republicans...

If you’re the kind of Californian who votes in most elections, you have by now received stacks of the political mail sent out to convince voters that people they trust have made a slate of recommendations for every race in the upcoming election.But...

A Sonoma man who bludgeoned another man to death, shoved his body in a barrel and dumped it in front of City Hall was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years to life in state prison.Christopher Michael McNatt, 42, received the punishment in the slaying of Ronald Gordon...