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RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s now illegal for North Carolina public school students to have their phones on in class unless there’s an emergency or they get permission from the school.

Gov. Josh Stein signed a bill into law ...Read more

SAN JOSE, California — Di Liu of San Jose told Apple he was resigning his position as a design engineer to spend more time with his family and look after his health, but he had secretly taken a job with a rival, and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Troy McKinley was launching the first day of his Minnesota Prepper Expo on June 20 when someone handed him a phone with breaking news.

An FBI agent had described alleged political assassin Vance Boelter ...Read more

MIAMI — Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs.

He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked ...Read more

U.S. factory activity contracted in June for a fourth consecutive month as orders and employment shrank at a faster pace, extending the malaise in manufacturing.

The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index...Read more

Las Vegas data-center owner Switch is expanding its big presence in Southern Nevada with a new kind of facility: so-called AI factories.

Switch is developing a project at the southwest corner of the Jones Boulevard-215 ...Read more

More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined.

A new report analyzing federal mortality data found ...Read more

Every Wednesday staring July 9, two new freight ships, Copan and Quetzal, will alternate docking at Holt Logistics LLC’s Gloucester City terminal, unloading apparel from Central American factories and fruit from farms, ...Read more

People looking to hit the road, bet on sports, book a stay through a short-term rental platform or buy a vape at their corner convenience store in Illinois will have to pay a little more to the state in taxes starting ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Alligator Alcatraz is not just a moniker designed to sell political merchandise. It is actually the official name of the state-run immigration detention facility that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota legislators have set aside $325,000 to send a statue of one of its most-famous native sons, Hubert H. Humphrey, to National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The provision is ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump has arrived at the Florida-run immigration detention center deep in the Everglades that is supposed to be ready to house hundreds of detainees.

Ahead of a tour of the facility, Trump told ...Read more

General Motors Co.'s U.S. sales increased nearly 12% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same time last year, in part thanks to American truck devotees and panic buying amid tariff and electric vehicle policy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed its version of the “big, beautiful” filibuster-proof fiscal package after the typical “vote-a-rama” amendment procedure that’s allowed under budget rules.

The razor-thin 51-50 ...Read more

Sometime Tuesday, Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to call for a vote on the “big, beautiful bill” championed by President Donald Trump, which would extend tax cuts and slash federal spending on safety net ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star Rob McElhenney is tired of people mispronouncing his last name — so he found a solution.

Last week, the actor decided to adopt the name fans have called him ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Apple Music on Monday said it's opening a three-story studio in Culver City this summer that will have a 4,000-square-foot soundstage for live performances and fan events.

"With this new studio, we are ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam said Tuesday he's running for Congress as a Democrat, aiming to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in mid-Michigan's tossup 7th District.

"As somebody who's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The $145 million global opening of Apple’s “F1 The Movie” came as a relief — both for the iPhone maker itself and theater operators hoping for an original hit during this sequel-dominated summer of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An effort to reinvent the region’s approach to homelessness and housing has divided the Sacramento City Council, with multiple members in support and the mayor pushing back.

The disagreement stems...Read more