ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers are set to move ahead with a pair of new gun bills in the final weeks of the legislative session. A conference committee working on a public safety budget bill Wednesday ...

Origin: The design, which features the Big Dipper and the North Star against a dark blue background, was created by Benny Benson a 13-year-old boy living in Seward. The design was selected from among ...

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A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he sexually extorted and kidnapped a ...

IN CONCORD. HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEFEATED MULTIPLE DEMOCRATIC GUN BILLS THURSDAY, INCLUDING LEGISLATION PLACING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON SCHOOL ZONES. A RED FLAG BILL AND A BILL TO EXPAND BACKGROUND ...

The flag of New York is more than a simple flag; it is a reflection of the history of the state, the values of New York State, and our colonial origin. Although the flag was formally adopted in 1901, ...

Everyone knows Nevada became a state in 1864, but many are surprised to discover Nevada did not adopt an official state flag until 1905. Even more people are surprised to discover Nevada has had four ...

Nicole Goodkind is a political reporter with a focus on Congress. She previously worked as a reporter for Yahoo Finance, where she covered fiscal and monetary policy. Before that she wrote about music ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered two sweeping reviews of military security and employee screening programs, acknowledging Wednesday that “a lot of red flags” may have been missed ...

White House spokesman Davis Ingle called the claim that the flag had touched the ground " fake news" in an email statement to ...

FILE - This photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows Austin Lee Edwards, the suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 ...