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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The needs are as simple as they are daunting. Cash to buy groceries. Money for auto repairs. Funds for tuition, books and rent.

For former foster youth without the family, financial and emotional ...Read more

A group of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders gathered at Emory University’s campus Tuesday to echo calls from students for Georgia colleges to divest from Israel and stop violence against protesters.

“We are ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota legislators and regulators are facing increasing pressure to license marijuana growers ahead of dispensaries to ensure the market will have enough supply when it launches next year.

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Nevada lawmakers signed on to a letter with more than 30 other members of Congress Monday, calling for more federal funds to help address drought in the West, which is only expected to intensify.

A coalition that included...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Local and state officials shared new details Tuesday on the shooting Monday that left four law enforcement officers and a suspect dead amid an hourslong standoff that locked down much of east Charlotte....Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court let Texas continue to impose age-verification requirements on porn sites, rejecting a challenge by an industry-led group that argued the law violates the constitutional rights of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, forcing out pro-Palestinian student protesters who had had seized an administration building and making dozens of arrests.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The man who fatally shot four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in east Charlotte on Monday had been convicted of crimes across the state, a Charlotte Observer review of public records ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Following the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the Civil War, then-President Abraham Lincoln had to decide how to retaliate against the Southern ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After a shooting in Charlotte killed four law enforcement officers and injured four of their colleagues, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass tougher gun regulations.

“We must do more to ...Read more

ATLANTA — As leaders of colleges and universities in Georgia attempt to pivot to final exams and commencement ceremonies, the responses to Israel-Hamas war protests on some campuses remained at the center of debate ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania officials said Tuesday that they were pursuing possible disciplinary action against pro-Palestinian protesters who have defied repeated orders to end their encampment, which ...Read more

In response to pro-Palestinian protesters refusing to settle on a compromise, Tufts University is threatening to issue trespass violations and bar seniors from walking at commencement if the encampment grows further.

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NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, hours after administrators at the school announced Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way into a campus ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to face a budget deficit even bigger than the $38 billion he projected during his initial spending plan presentation in January.

This means it will be tougher ...Read more

Fraudsters exploiting a change in the application process for the controversial H-1B visa have been shut down by a new rule, federal authorities say.

After U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2020 imposed a new, ...Read more

DENVER — Cannabis advocates in Colorado cheered the Biden Administration’s reported move to reclassify marijuana and said the decision likely would reduce businesses’ tax burden significantly.

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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the White House which has said it supports efforts to block the Kremlin’s ...Read more

A former presidential candidate and head of the Haitian Senate was selected Tuesday to head Haiti’s new nine-member transitional presidential council in a deal that also designated a former minister of sports as Haiti’...Read more