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WASHINGTON — Bipartisan and bicameral talks to head off a partial government shutdown after next week appeared to be underway Thursday after the collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-part stopgap funding package ...Read more

The employer of the six workers who were filling potholes when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed filed a claim against the Singaporean companies behind the massive container ship that felled the span.

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A Washington state woman is permanently scarred after flying with Delta Air Lines, according to a new federal lawsuit that says a flight attendant served her dangerously hot coffee that spilled onto her, leaving her with ...Read more

BOSTON — An effort to repeal a new gun law in Massachusetts has managed to secure roughly half of the signatures needed to immediately suspend the enforcement of the statute and place a question before voters in the 2026...Read more

DETROIT — Democratic leaders of the national Uncommitted Movement said Thursday they won't be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, citing her "unwillingness" to shift away from the administration's "...Read more

Lebanon’s death toll from a series of walkie-talkie and pager explosions this week rose to 37, according to local authorities, an illustration of the devastation wrought by a wave of suspected Israeli attacks aimed at ...Read more

DETROIT — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Oxford schools and its employees have governmental immunity in two lawsuits related to the 2021 Oxford High School shooting that left four students dead as well as ...Read more

BEIRUT — With the rumble of Israeli warplanes buzzing overhead, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel on Thursday of “crossing all restrictions, red lines and laws” with the two-day wave of deadly ...Read more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — City officials are advising residents in certain districts to shred mail-in ballots that were mailed to them on Wednesday due to an error.

Incorrect ballots were mailed to approximately 7,400 homes...Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A whirlwind China tour by Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — has brought a much-needed economic boost, both to a country struggling to lift consumer spending and a musician whose controversies have ...Read more

The livestreaming couple who found the body of the man who shot five people this month on Interstate 75 in Southern Kentucky on Wednesday also filmed a video purporting to show the area from which the shooter fired at cars...Read more

That’s twice now, for filmmaker and producer Matt Reeves. First he directed “The Batman,” the 2022 Batman movie we didn’t know we needed. Now, as executive producer, he has handed off the creative chores to others ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a package of bills designed to alleviate the state’s housing affordability crisis.

The new laws aim to boost the availability of housing in a variety of ...Read more

ATLANTA — Music legend Stevie Wonder announced a brief U.S. tour on Wednesday to unite the world ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

The string of shows, titled “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — County Supervisor Jim Desmond testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that the arrival of so many migrants — many of them asylum seekers — ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in the swing state of Nevada, with less than two months to go until the November election.

A new survey from Emerson College ...Read more

Amazon launched a new AI-powered personal assistant for third-party vendors Thursday, one of many new features the company rolled out for its independent sellers this week.

The assistant, internally called Project Amelia,...Read more

For many prospective homebuyers, the last two years have been brutal as high home prices and mortgage rates produced the most unaffordable housing market since the 2000s bubble.

Many experts don't expect drastic ...Read more

Frontier Airlines flight attendants voted to authorize a strike over a business model change they say has resulted in less pay, the Association of Flight Attendants announced Wednesday.

The vote was spurred by the Denver-...Read more

Apple Inc. has been warned by the European Union to open up its highly guarded iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines under its flagship digital antitrust rules.

EU ...Read more