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President-elect returns to Washington, visits Congress, White House to work on transition ahead of second term

There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data

A recently contained outbreak in the country had killed more than 700 people over an 18-month period

Uncertain about access to birth control and abortions in the coming years, may many women are stockpiling the pills in case they need them

New storms cause school closures and train cancellations, two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes

Pete Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard but has no previous experience in government or in running a large organization

Mexico's civic and nonprofit rights groups have been almost unanimous in their criticism of Piedra's reelection

With contract farming, farmers grow a certain crop for a price set in advance

Activists say women constitute just over one-third of the candidates in this year’s races

Thune beat out John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott for the top position

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Incoming Trump administration faces “tough, complicated relationship” between the U.S. and China, says White House

President-elect walking into the White House for first time in four years

Austin, Texas — The price of entering the U.S. through the southern border is 250,000 yuan or close to $35,000, said Xiao Jing, a woman in her 30s who is to paying that amount to try to enter the U.S. without a visa. She is using a pseudonym due to the sensitivity of the issue. "It was introduced by an acquaintance who had been successful [entering the U.S. illegally through the southern border] to help me apply for a Japanese visa and arrange the pickup service after I arrive in Mexico,"...

While some parts of Gaza are on the verge of famine, Palestinians in the West Bank are also suffering. They are unable to work in jobs in Israel, and the entire economy of the West Bank is contracting. Linda Gradstein reports from the West Bank town of Ramallah. Camera: Ricki Rosen

Analysts say the trip is part of China’s attempt to present itself as 'a responsible global power' at a time when countries around the world brace for uncertainties following US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on November 5

Schools are instituting curfews, police are shutting down bike lanes, and many are debating whether the mass movement was an expression of youth, government policy gone wrong or subtle form of protest

The MSF staff said "members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers" stopped the ambulance Monday

Blinken described the military collaboration between Pyongyang and Moscow as “a two-way street”