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Harvey lost strength over western Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon, prompting the National Hurricane Center to downgrade the storm to a tropical depression....Read More

A chemical plant near Houston said it has lost backup power and the ability to refrigerate materials that could explode, prompting nearby evacuations....Read More

Second-quarter U.S. gross domestic product was revised upward, showing strong economic growth, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday....Read More

The U.S. has successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic test missile off the coast of Hawaii, just one day after North Korea test-fired its own missile....Read More

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistants will soon communicate with each other, the two companies announced Wednesday....Read More

President Donald Trump will present the start of his tax reform campaign on Wednesday with a speech in Springfield, Mo....Read More

As rains recede, cleanup and ongoing floods will continue in Houston due to Tropical Storm Harvey, which may be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history....Read More

A federal jury found a former Chicago cop guilty of unreasonable force during a 2013 incident in which he fired 16 shots into a car and wounded two teens....Read More

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Tuesday that transgender troops will be allowed to continue their military service and receive full medical benefits for now....Read More

The Illinois attorney general filed a lawsuit seeking to have a federal court oversee police in reform in Chicago, a move Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he welcomed....Read More