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A federal jury in Arkansas has begun deliberations in the trial of former reality TV star Josh Duggar, who is accused of receiving and possessing child pornography.

The aggressive, clever and confident defense that became a hallmark of the Minnesota Vikings under coach Mike Zimmer has been mostly missing for two years, and this vanishing act was never more pronounced than the last drive in Detroit on Sunday.

Chargers coach Brandon Staley said last week he was looking for that performance from which he could say the defense was the driving factor in a win.

A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and his confession could resolve a 2007 cold case, a prosecutor said Monday.

Proof the Tennessee Titans are healthier now than before their bye came in a roster announcement Monday. Seventime Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones and two others can start practicing with the team, a big step toward rejoining the active roster.

Another terrible offensive performance by the Houston Texans this weekend has coach David Culley considering a quarterback change.

Oil prices climbed by nearly 5% on Monday on hopes the Omicron coronavirus variant would have a less damaging economic impact if its symptoms proved mostly mild and as some OPEC member countries signaled confidence in the market.

Greek police fired tear gas Monday to disperse youths attacking them with firebombs and stones in the northern city of Thessaloniki at a march marking the 13th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

Santa is back to sleighing it on the ski slope.

Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won reelection, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities.

Russia is more adamant than ever that the U.S. guarantees that Ukraine will not be admitted to the NATO military alliance.

Nigeria will start vaccine booster shots from next week for COVID19, a senior official said, after the country confirmed its first cases of the Omicron variant among two travelers who arrived from South Africa last week.

The Ohio sheriffs deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of murder and reckless homicide nearly one year after the killing of Goodson on Dec. 4, 2020.

For domestic travelers, Biden will announce he is extending a mask mandate on airplanes, trains and other public transport through mid-March.

Texas offers a glimpse in real time of what would be a striking new national landscape if the Supreme Court drastically curtails abortion rights: GOPled states allowing almost no access to abortion, and women traveling hundreds of miles to end their pregn...

The fraternity that organized a charity boxing match where a University of Nevada, Las Vegas student competitor collapsed and later died of head injuries has been suspended both by the school and its national organization pending the outcome of investigat...