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US Defense Secretary Mark Esper called the decision a 'good faith effort ... to enable peace' and not a concession to North Korea

Gov. John Bel Edwards will keep his job as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor with a campaign focused on bipartisan, state-specific issues

Big study finds that people with stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a stent or bypass procedure, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the next few years

Lawsuit against America's oldest gunmaker is being watched closely

Mark Sandy, a longtime career official with the Office of Management and Budget, could offer key details about the holdup of US military aid to Ukraine

Legislators say the final bill will require phone companies to verify that phone numbers are real and to block calls for free

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The so-called PACT — Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture — Act was approved unanimously. VOA's Maxim Moskalkiv reports.