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President Joe Biden on Sunday announced a debt ceiling deal he said would avoid a “catastrophic default” from the federal government while keeping the economy fluid. “It takes the threat of catastrophic default off the table,” Biden said during a brief statement on the bipartisan agreement that would still need …

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, claimed victory Sunday during a re-election bid after seeing the strongest challenge to his 20-year rule. State-run news agency Anadolu’s vote count shows Erdoğan leading opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 52.11% to 47.89% with 98.52% of the vote counted. Official numbers have been slower than media …

Mylod said he was “tremendously grateful” that “everybody obliged.” “It was out of good will, really … and [I’m] actually quite moved by that,” he said. “It can be such a cynical world sometimes. That everybody kept the secret was really fantastic.” Gregory Allen, 54, called being on the show …

At least two people were killed and multiple others were injured in a shooting Saturday during a popular annual motorcycle rally in New Mexico, officials said. The extent of injuries was unavailable. New Mexico State Police said one of the survivors was flown to Denver for treatment. In a tweet …

Paxton has been under FBI investigation over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015.

SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea told police that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it approached landing, reports said Saturday. Twelve people were slightly injured when the man opened the door …

In the recesses of the internet where some of Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters stoke conspiracies and plot his return to the White House, suspected con artists have been mining their disappointment over the last presidential election for gold.

An Indiana funeral director pleaded guilty Friday to dozens of counts of felony theft after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found at his funeral home last year, court records show. Randy Lankford, owner of Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville, will pay $46,000 in restitution to …

A Florida deputy accused of recklessly deploying a stun gun on a man who was covered in gasoline and became “a human fireball” has been charged in the incident at a gas station last year. Osceola County Deputy David Crawford was charged this week with one count of culpable negligence with …

WASHINGTON — A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 8½ years in federal prison Friday after apologizing for her actions. Jessica Watkins told U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta that her actions were “reprehensible,” and apologized for the impact that …