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Kirill Petrenko will take over as chief conductor at the Berlin Philharmonic in 2019. The orchestra had previously left open when he would start.

A grim President Obama said the U.S. has "become numb" to mass shootings like the one in Oregon on Thursday, where a 20-year-old killed at least nine people at a community college.

Update 9:40 p.m. Eastern: Federal authorities say the gunman is among the 10 people killed in a shooting at an Oregon college. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin says seven others were injured when the gunman opened fire Thursday at Umpqua Community College. Earlier, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said 13 ...

Here & Now provided special coverage of House Speaker John Boehner’s news conference Friday afternoon in which he resigned as leader and representative. The audio includes his announcement and special coverage.

An emotional House Speaker John Boehner says he woke up Friday morning and decided to ...

His chartered American Airlines plane touched down at John F. Kennedy Airport, bringing the pontiff to the largest city in the United States.

It's not the first year violence has overshadowed the festivities.

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey says the deal is “our best opportunity among limited and flawed options.”

The plan calls for temporary and permanent flood walls from the Lower East Side to Battery Park City.

Maloney is the latest New York lawmaker to oppose President Obama's Iran nuclear agreement, arguing that it doesn’t stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Update 2:23 p.m.: Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton says the suspect in the shooting has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Virginia State Police say that as they were pursuing the suspect in an on-air fatal shooting, he ran off the road and crashed, and was found suffering ...

Update 2:23 p.m.: Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton says the suspect in the shooting has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live television interview Wednesday by a gunman who recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted ...

Environmental groups and Democrats have criticized the deal, saying New Jersey is settling for pennies on the dollar.

City health officials now know where the disease that killed 12 people and sickened more than 100 got its start. 

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will call early elections for next month, government officials said Thursday, as he tackles a rebellion by hardliners within his governing left-wing party who oppose the terms of the country’s new bailout.

The officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity pending an announcement by ...

Former President Jimmy Carter announced Thursday that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is “at ease with whatever comes.”

“I’m ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure,” said Carter, appearing upbeat and making jokes ...

Menendez is the second Democrat to come out against the nuclear deal.

Smith has been sidelined by a broken jaw.

The plan to redesign and rebuild LaGuardia airport will break ground sometime next year.

Once endangered, the Karner blue butterfly is making a comeback in Albany's pine barrens.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration announced late Wednesday that Uber agreed to a four-month study on the impact of the cars on the city's traffic and the environment.