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Amazon is accused of slowing deliveries to two predominantly Black zip codes in Washington, D.C., while still charging for memberships that promise fast-delivery benefits, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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President-elect Donald Trump will nominate financial technology billionaire Jared Isaacman, a longtime SpaceX astronaut, to serve as the next NASA administrator.

If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee a U.S. agency with a ...Read more

Jennifer Garner is said to have "encouraged" her ex-husband Ben Affleck to work on his marriage with Jennifer Lopez.

The actress, 52, was hitched to actor Scott Foley, 52, from 2000 to 2004 and Ben Affleck, also 52, from ...Read more

New Jersey released its annual statewide standardized test scores Wednesday, with good and bad news on how public school students are performing in math, language arts, and science.

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President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration, a move that catapults one of his most loyal Georgia allies to a key position in his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tapped Peter Navarro as his senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, elevating the formerly incarcerated adviser back to a role similar to the one he played in the previous ...Read more

ATLANTA — If Young Thug hadn’t pleaded guilty to gang, drug and gun charges on Halloween night, the rap superstar might have walked free, two jurors said after the lengthy trial ended this week.

The trial, the longest...Read more

A man is recovering after he leapt onto a polar bear to prevent it from mauling his wife in their driveway in Canada, police said.

It worked — and the bear attacked the man instead, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he is selecting former U.S. Rep. Billy Long to serve as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, enlisting a Republican who served in Congress for an incoming ...Read more

San Diego County last year saw its GDP rise 1.4% to $261.7 billion — bigger than half the states in America.

In data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.9% ...Read more

Finally, some good news for Haiti courtesy of the United Nations cultural organization and its annual list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The group, which previously recognized Haiti’s famous unifying ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., announced Wednesday that he would not run for the ranking member position on the House Judiciary Committee and instead endorsed Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., for the spot.

Nalder, ...Read more

A hooded gunman who was lying in wait for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed the executive outside a Manhattan hotel Wednesday in what police say appears to be a brazen, targeted attack.

Thompson, 50, was...Read more

When electric school bus manufacturer Lion Electric opened its sprawling 900,000 square-foot factory in Joliet last year, Gov. JB Pritzker and both Illinois senators attended the ceremony.

The facility — the first new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An embattled Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, trudged through meetings and appearances on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as he fought to assuage senators’ ...Read more

With a major oil refinery in Wilmington and Carson scheduled to close next year, Los Angeles County officials are looking to shore up resources for hundreds of workers who will be left without jobs.

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BOSTON — The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to reaffirm Boston’s status as a sanctuary city “to protect” immigrants amid President Donald Trump’s vow to carry out mass deportations when he takes office ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking ranking member Tim Scott, R-S.C., didn’t waste any time Wednesday afternoon praising Paul Atkins after President-elect Donald Trump tapped Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange ...Read more

Three major brands have halted their advertising on Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch online service, according to people with knowledge of the matter, after a controversial group of livestreamers alleged that the company is ...Read more

ATLANTA — One of the 12 remaining defendants awaiting trial in the “Young Slime Life” case took a plea deal Wednesday.

Jimmy Winfrey pleaded guilty to violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...Read more