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Howard University President Ben Vinson III is stepping down, the university announced Friday in a post on its official X account.

Parents of students at EXCEL Academy Public Charter School say they were told on Friday that the school was closing, just days before the first day of school.

Arlington County became the latest flashpoint in the national debate over transgender student rights Thursday night, as protesters rallied outside a packed school board meeting.

Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug, whose real name is Xavier Landum, was arrested on charges of marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm following an album release party for his new album in Dallas.

The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena in early August for information from the Justice Department’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein.

Villanova University was the center of a major response effort after false reports of an active shooter on campus. Delaware County officials gave an update Friday morning with more details on how the events of the “cruel hoax" unfolded.

Muscle cars and cars with higher horsepower are frequent targets for car thieves, data showed.

President Donald Trump threatened on social media to fully "takeover" Washington, D.C., accusing Mayor Muriel Bowser of disseminating "inaccurate crime figures."

The owner told inspectors that some of the bodies found at his funeral home had been waiting to be cremated for years.

A new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) details a close call between a U.S. military helicopter and a plane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) last May.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday that George Mason University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, following a federal investigation into the school’s hiring practices.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from a Tennessee jail and is en route to his family in Maryland, his lawyer confirms.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be deported to Uganda in just a few days time, FOX News reports.

Hurricane Erin’s core missed the U.S., but the cyclone led to flooded roadways and eroded dunes. Coastal flooding was reported in North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York.

Voters will have the ultimate say in November.

52 pounds of monkey meat were found in someone’s luggage at Detroit Metro Airport and that was not the end of it.

The panel's decision must now be reviewed by the board, then go to Gov. Gavin Newsom for final approval.

Steak 'n Shake is accusing Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino of abandoning Cracker Barrel's heritage in pursuit of trends.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that 719 arrests have been made in Washington, D.C., since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s public safety emergency.

Howard University President Ben Vinson III is stepping down, the university announced Friday in a post on its official X account.