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Chico, Calif. has become a safe haven, not just for those burned-out individuals, but for several religious congregations, too.

A replacement for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will step in two months earlier than anticipated, President Trump announced Sunday.

A growing number of creative bakers, known as 'cookiers,' are taking their art to a whole new level this holiday season.

Instead of trading stocks with his clients' money, Bernie Madoff had been operating an enormous Ponzi scheme, paying off old investors with money he got from new ones.

Now in its 10th year, America's economic expansion still looks sturdy. Yet the partial shutdown of the government that began Saturday has added another threat.

A partial shutdown of the federal government began just after midnight Saturday, after Congress and President Trump were unable to resolve an impasse over funding.

While this is the first time the Senate has passed anti-lynching legislation, Congress has been trying for over a century.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says President Trump "will not sign" a Senate-approved plan to temporarily fund government agencies.

Mattis' departure completes a near-wholesale shake-up of Trump's initial national security team and follows a record-setting series of departures of administration leaders.

A New York judge declined to dismiss sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, rejecting the latest push from the disgraced film producer's lawyers.

The Fed said in a statement it is raising the key borrowing rate to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent — the highest level in a decade.

The U.S. plans to withdraw all of its troops from Syria, a senior Pentagon official tells NPR. About 2,000 U.S. troops are currently in the northeastern part of the country.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has a warning for Democrats: Americans are largely against the country becoming more politically correct.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said Democrats would support McConnell's bill. It's unclear if President Trump will sign the bill.

An unauthorized immigrant from Honduras will serve more time in prison after molesting a young girl following his second illegal border crossing into the U.S.