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Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer…

After four days of talks with Chinese officials, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the discussions were “productive” and that she was leaving China with the relationship between the two world powers on “surer footing.”…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held “candid and constructive” talks Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing. A Treasury Department statement said Yellen “discussed the administration’s desire to seek healthy economic…

Jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich on Friday marks his 100th day in detention in Russia on espionage accusations. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested March 29 while on assignment in the central Russian city of…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held “candid and constructive” talks Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing. A Treasury Department statement said Yellen “discussed the administration’s desire to seek healthy economic…

America's employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy's resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve's drive to slow growth and inflation. The…

Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next…

EL PASO, TEXAS — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death…

The United States is moving ahead with plans to provide Ukraine with a deadly and controversial weapon as part of a new $800 million security package aimed at bolstering Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia. For the first time since…

Friday marks 100 days since Russian authorities detained Evan Gershkovich and charged him with espionage — the first U.S. journalist to be accused of this since the Cold War. The Kremlin hinted this week that it would be open to negotiating…