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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order Friday that would compel the government to distribute food stamp benefits for November.

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. ...Read more

Construction companies that have been tasked with demolishing the East Wing of the White House and building a $300 million ballroom for President Donald Trump are maintaining a low profile amid public backlash.

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CHICAGO — For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems.

Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along with whole portions ...Read more

The Trump administration’s deadly bombing campaign of alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean violate international law and should be investigated, the United Nations’ top human rights ...Read more

DENVER — Immigration authorities mistakenly identified a Durango father when they pulled him over earlier this week, a senior enforcement official said Friday, but agents still arrested the father and his two children in...Read more

Woody Allen is set to make his next film in Madrid.

After unsuccessful efforts to launch projects in Italy and Barcelona, the 89-year-old director has obtained £1.27 million from the Madrid Regional Government to help ...Read more

Netflix could be set to become the new home of some of Hollywood's most iconic superhero film franchises.

Superman, Batman, Harry Potter and Barbie - alongside cinematic classics such as Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid debate in the mayoral election over NYPD staffing levels, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday announced a plan to significantly increase the department’s headcount, potentially leaving his successor with upward ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Transportation Authority released new renderings of the replacement Francis Scott Key Bridge, providing the most detailed look to date at the two-mile span planned over the Patapsco River as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump late Thursday called for Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown by using the “nuclear option” to eliminate the legislative filibuster.

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WASHINGTON — Some Democratic senators say Donald Trump’s recent acknowledgment of constitutional challenges to seeking a third term should end any notion that he could run again.

But some of the president’s ...Read more

The marriage between Arcade Fire's indie-rocker spouses Win Butler and Régine Chassagne has flamed out.

The longtime collaborators and romantic partners split "after a long and loving marriage," the Canadian "Reflektor" ...Read more

Sean “Diddy” Combs is getting down and dirty in federal prison, where his first job as an inmate is cleaning and drying laundry.

TMZ reports that the 55-year-old disgraced Bad Boy Records mogul will be stationed in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Suzanne Rogers, who has spent more than five decades as a cast member on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," has enviable endurance. This past summer, she learned she was even stronger than she'd thought.

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More than 300 piles of cremated human remains were discovered in a desert just outside of Las Vegas, sparking a mystery for which authorities so far have few answers.

A local stumbled upon the site of the remains in July ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two federal judges ruled the Trump administration’s decision to suspend food-aid benefits for tens of millions of Americans during the government shutdown is likely unlawful and that U.S. officials must ...Read more

NASA responded directly to Kim Kardashian trying to promote conspiracy theories about the 1969 moon landing.

Acting Administrator Sean Duffy addressed the reality star, 45, on X, formerly Twitter, Thursday amid viral ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The search for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard took a new turn on Thursday when the FBI searched the girl's Santa Barbara County home weeks after she was reported missing.

Detectives escorted the girl's mother,...Read more

DETROIT — FBI counterterrorism agents arrested at least three people Friday —including a juvenile — according to two sources familiar with an investigation that Director Kash Patel says thwarted a violent plot tied ...Read more

Virginia Giuffre’s family celebrated Prince Andrew’s ouster from royal life over his alleged ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, vowing that their fight for justice will continue.

“Today, ...Read more