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Police have arrested a 15-year-old in Iowa in the fatal shooting of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer. Chicago police said in a news release Tuesday that their officers and U.S. marshals arrested the teen the day before in Cedar Rapids on a murder warrant and that he was extradited to Chicago. The teen has been charged as...

Walmart has unveiled its annual Top Toys List, highlighting 66 of the season’s most popular toys from beloved brands and franchises.

“Yeah, it’s overwhelming,” Evan Gershkovich said as he spoke to reporters amid cheers.

Tariffs or customs duties are a tax on products purchased from abroad, and they are used by practically all countries

The number of U.S. births fell last year. It was the lowest count in more than 40 years.

The U.S. Postal Service filed a notice with regulators on Tuesday to raise the price on First-Class “Forever.” If approved, it would mark the seventh price hike in the last three years.

The Atlanta shipping company said Monday that it had received an air cargo contract from the U.S. Postal Service that significantly expands an existing partnership between the two.

FEMA and the FCC will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Oct. 4. Here’s what you need to know.

Five Americans were freed from Iran after some $6 billion once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar.

The Americans include Siamek Namazi, imprisoned for nearly eight years, and Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz. The two other Americans haven’t been identified.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of incarcerated Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from prison in California, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia helped push the U.S. to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion, with four months still left in 2023.

North Korea says it has christened a purported nuclear attack submarine it has been developing for years, a step leader Kim Jong Un described as crucial in his efforts to build a nuclear-armed navy to counter the United States and its Asian allies.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Oct. 4.

While the holiday has become a day to celebrate the end of the summer, there’s more to the holiday. Here are the origins, history and significance of why we celebrate Labor Day.

Ted Kaye, secretary of the North American Vexillological Association, explains why so many country flags in the world are red, white and blue, including the United States flag.

Over 50% of beaches in the United States had at least one day when fecal contamination reached unsafe levels to swim.

A US commanding officer captured the moments Russian jets were harassing US drones Wednesday.

Get to know the two Mexican Americans who will be representing the United States at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on My New Favorite Futbolista.