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MIAMI — José Javier Rodríguez, the Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, is demanding an investigation into the now-closed detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz following a federal watchdog report...Read more

Three lobbyists whose clients helped cover expenses for state lawmakers attending a bourbon tour each agreed to pay a $1,000 civil fine on Thursday and avoid the possibility of a misdemeanor criminal conviction.

Attorneys...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar chastised President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and warned him against listening to his advisers in a new campaign ad released Thursday — just seven weeks...Read more

The University of California regents opened their first sustained public discussion Wednesday about whether to reinstate the SAT requirement in admissions, as math grades continue to slide, dueling opinions surfaced, and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — “Saturday Night Live” is adding another Midwesterner.

Grace Reiter, who grew up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, will join the cast when it returns for its 52nd season on Sept. 26.

The other newcomer ...Read more

Two lots of Walmart store brand frozen pasta have been recalled after testing by the Departments of Agriculture in Florida and Washington state found listeria.

New York City’s Gias Foods issued the recall of Bettergoods...Read more

BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week revoking an order that has mandated states and municipalities to contribute to improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay for 17 years, claiming the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York City public schools made no progress last school year to stem alarming rates of chronic absenteeism after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released Thursday.

More than one-third of ...Read more

California's High-Speed Rail Authority approved more than half a million dollars in wasteful and unexplained travel spending that included first-class and premium flights, international travel and rideshare trips to an ...Read more

A group of United Nations-backed experts found “reasonable grounds” to believe that U.S. forces committed war crimes during the conflict against Iran, pointing to two airstrikes including one that hit a primary school ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The police investigation into a social media influencer accused of ripping off wealthy suitors has expanded to include whether she drugged her onetime billionaire fiancé with ketamine, according to a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte leaders are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s portrayal of the city and North Carolina as extraordinarily violent, saying his description clashes with recent crime trends.

Trump made...Read more

DENVER — Will the Sundance Film Festival step on the toes of Colorado’s numerous other film events when it jumps into Boulder in January? We don’t know yet, but the state’s programmers and filmmakers are saying ...Read more

A federal court has denied a request for an emergency hearing on the abrupt closure of the Kennedy Center after a photo snapped of President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One reviewing a large printout that appears to read...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It may indeed be divine to forgive. But Peter Hook has absolutely no intention of letting bygones be bygones — even for just one night — when he and his former bandmates in Joy Division and New Order are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — High-profile legislation amounting to lawmakers’ first real stab at addressing voter anger over data centers stalled in the Senate on Thursday after securing overwhelming support in the House a day earlier...Read more

DETROIT — An F-16 fighter jet crashed Sept. 17 in a field south of Traverse City as witnesses showed video of the crash site and the trail of black smoke.

Michael Kroll, a spokesman for the state Department of Military ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran’s team is reportedly working with a beefed-up Philadelphia police detail to provide security at his Saturday show.

Sheeran’s show in the City of Brotherly Love will be the singer’s first ...Read more

BOSTON — The Trump administration is launching an investigation into a child custody battle in Massachusetts, after state authorities allegedly took custody of the teenage girl after her parents refused to allow a ...Read more

Federal and state agencies are investigating an explosion that destroyed a building at a shuttered munitions plant in North Florida owned by beleaguered U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, the Central Florida Republican who lost his ...Read more