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Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, according to multiple news reports.

Employers added just 130,000 jobs in August, another sign that the economy is slowing. Job gains for June and July were revised downward. Factories, in particular, have seen a slowdown.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reports an increase in officer deaths this year, up 13 percent from 2017.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep its facilities for any ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania amid reports of ballots left behind or delivered late in some states.

A new Office of Inspector General report finds many of the areas of the country in greatest need of the opioid treatment medication buprenorphine have trouble accessing it.

The Mountain Eagle publisher and editor Ben Gish says it's been “exhausting and emotional” reporting on the devastating eastern Ky. floods.

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

The report, "Freedom in the World 2023," finds that the gap between the number of countries where freedom has improved and where it has declined is at its narrowest in 17 years.

"Whoever thought that 50 years later, we'd still be talking about the same things? That's kinda sad," Kerner Commission member Fred Harris said.

A Senate panel unveils election security report. The Justice Department announced Thursday that it is resuming capital punishment. And, an anti-government protest is planned for Saturday in Moscow.