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LOS ANGELES — This was a year of big swings and I'm not just talking about Timothée Chalamet's ping-pong serve. The Academy Awards feel like they're in motion, too — a body less affixed to an idea of what a best ...Read more

One of the two police officers criminally charged for the disastrous response to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was cleared on all charges Wednesday.

Adrian Gonzales, 52, was acquitted on 29 counts of child ...Read more

NEW YORK — A crew of vandals covered a Brooklyn playground in a Jewish neighborhood with more than 50 swastikas during a two-day attack, police and city officials said Thursday.

The swastikas were drawn with red, yellow...Read more

Former special counsel Jack Smith said President Donald Trump clearly broke the law in the 2020 election conspiracy case and subsequent classified documents case, and defended his investigation in a politically charged ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban students from using cellphones in public schools during instructional time, setting the legislation on a path to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Bar decided not to reprimand or disbar former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz after a House Ethics Committee found “substantial evidence” he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and frequently used ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard by any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith.

The seven members of mission 51-L, the 25th space ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal jury was deliberating Thursday in the high-profile trial of a Chicago man accused of soliciting the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last fall.

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General Motors Co. will onshore production of the Buick Envision from China to Kansas, the Detroit automaker confirmed Thursday.

Production of the next-generation compact SUV is slated for 2028 at the Fairfax Assembly & ...Read more

State leaders who want to curb the increasingly violent arrest tactics of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are struggling to push back.

They’ve promised civil rights legislation that could ...Read more

If the proposed California Billionaire Tax Act qualifies for the November ballot and voters approve it, California residents worth more than $1 billion as of Dec. 31, 2025, would face a new 5% one-time tax on their net ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — FBI and Homeland Security agents arrested Minneapolis civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong and St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Louisa Allen in connection with the disruption of a church ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the past two years, Kansas City has received $42,000 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a little-noticed agreement between the city and the federal immigration agency.

The ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican state representative from Central Florida used a vulgar, not-safe-for-work expletive in a recent email to a constituent who'd criticized him for an expected vote in favor of redrawing ...Read more

TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance acknowledged in a speech here Thursday that there is an "affordability crisis" in the United States, but said it was caused entirely by former President Joe Biden's policies.

"You ...Read more

Michael Rapaport is addressing the fallout following his onscreen confrontation with Colton Underwood on the latest episode of “The Traitors,” saying he felt “completely misunderstood” for a comment that was widely...Read more

Members of the congressional Haiti and Black caucuses announced Thursday that they are pursuing a petition to attempt to force a House vote aimed at protecting hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By the power of... gray cubicle walls?

Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios unveiled the first teaser trailer for "Masters of the Universe" on Thursday, which shows Eternia's Prince Adam living as bored ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In the months leading up to the 2024 election, many Republicans tried to play off abortion as a lesser campaign priority following the backlash to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. ...Read more

A friend of President Trump’s youngest son, Barron, said that he saved her life by calling the police when he saw her getting beat up by a man during a FaceTime call.

A transcript of the emergency call was shared during...Read more