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Alabama mother sentenced to life for hiring hitman to kill her child's father over custody dispute

Alabama woman Jaclyn Skuce gets life in prison for hiring a hitman to kill Anthony Sheppard to prevent him from gaining custody of their child.

How China May Have Sought to Recruit a House Aide to Spy on the U.S.

DUSTIN VOLZ

A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.

The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts

NICK CORASANITI, LAURA BULT, JUNE KIM, EDWARD VEGA AND LEANNE ABRAHAM

Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.

Minnesota nonprofit accused of siphoning $6.5M to fund Vegas trips, luxury cars, private liquor store

We Push for Peace nonprofit allegedly collapsed after directors pocketed $6.5 million meant for community violence prevention work in Minnesota.

Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball

The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 15-41-46-47-56, Powerball: 22

At the Iroquois Steeplechase, the foxhounds kick off the horse races with a howling fun dog parade

At the Iroquois Steeplechase, the horses are competing for the top purses, but the fan favorite is the parade of the hounds

Driver rescinds guilty plea in wrong-way crash into LA sheriff's recruits

A driver has rescinded his guilty plea to charges related to a wrong-way crash that led to the death of a Los Angeles sheriff's recruit and injured several others who were out on a run

11 people injured, taken to hospitals after boat explosion near Miami

An explosion on a boat near Miami has led to 11 people being taken to hospitals with injuries

Kristin Smart's remains not found in search of California home, authorities say

Authorities in California say they have not found the remains of Kristin Smart after finishing their search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing her

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans

Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings

Person dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane that was taking off at Denver airport

A person has been killed after being struck by a plane on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff

Tennessee redistricting plan splits Memphis neighbors and reshapes midterms as other states follow

A new congressional map in Tennessee splits the majority-Black city of Memphis into three districts

What to know about the latest wave of changes to congressional districts

The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S. Virginia's supreme court this week rejected a new districting plan on procedural grounds

Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold

Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy has warned of a "heavy assault" on one of the U.S. bases in the region if Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels are attacked