Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY

The Obama Presidential Center was expected to break ground amid pushback by park preservationists and community groups concerned about displacement.

Several schools, finally back in person after more than a year of remote learning, have locked down in recent weeks amid reports of active shooters.

One week after Ida made landfall in Louisiana, hundreds of thousands are still without power. For some, it may take until the end of September.

A student was killed in a shooting inside Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wednesday.

Louisiana residents began emerging from homes Monday as others remained inside to make way for rescue operations in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

Jared Schmitz, a Marine from the St. Louis area, is reportedly among the 13 American service members killed in a suicide bombing Thursday in Kabul.

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The attorney general met with U.S. attorneys Thursday to launch Justice Department plans to target the illegal flow of firearms across state lines.

Chicago leaders approved a new layer of civilian police oversight Wedneday after years of protests against police misconduct.