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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday that federal officials are trying to locate a temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor between Seattle and Canada. 

The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their lives.

A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over racy text messages said Friday the case has been settled.

The truck driver whose over-sized load of heavy drilling equipment is blamed for causing a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 in Washington state was "just horrified" when he saw what happened. 

A trooper said Friday that the truck whose oversize load caused the collapse of an interstate bridge in Washington state was hauling drilling equipment from Canada to Vancouver, Washington. 

The Internal Revenue Service official, who publicly revealed that the agency targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, has been replaced.

Government health officials are investigating several health problems reported with potentially contaminated medications that came from a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement 50 years ago received on Friday the highest honor Congress can give civilians.

President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines designed to restrict targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.

Being the only state in the country without a concealed-carry law, Illinois was ordered on Friday to put one on the books -- despite strong opposition from the state's governor.