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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on First Amendment protections.

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A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume executions in North ...Read more

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $975,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 31-year-old man killed by police responding to a 911 call from a woman who reported her boyfriend had a knife and was threatening ...Read more

Higher interest rates played out on stocks, cryptocurrency and commodities such as oil over the past few years. But now that the Federal Reserve has been lowering short-term rates, what can investors expect from here, and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and White House officials announced that the administration will advise against taking acetaminophen, the medicine in Tylenol, during pregnancy, citing widely discredited concerns that...Read more

Hurricane Gabrielle on Monday rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane while the National Hurricane Center increased the chances that two other Atlantic systems could develop into the season’s next tropical ...Read more

Joint bank accounts allow couples to manage budgets together, monitor spending and save for shared goals. But they aren’t right for every couple. And you don’t have to go with an all-or-nothing approach, either. You ...Read more

Karen Read was back in Massachusetts courtroom Monday for the first time since her criminal trial ended — and her defense declared that this time she won’t be “on the defensive.”

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Illinois health leaders should part ways with the federal government when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and recommend the shots for all adults and many children, an influential state committee voted Monday.

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WASHINGTON — A swirl of letters, demands for oversight hearings and proposed legislation in the face of Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary suspension has brought new scrutiny to the role of the Federal Communications Commission ...Read more

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has been charged by International Criminal Court prosecutors with three counts of murder for the killings of alleged drug suspects while he was mayor and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Local education officials are weighing a challenge to the Trump administration for saying it will revoke New York City’s magnet school grants over its gender policies for bathroom use, as Mayor Adams and his...Read more

The world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corp., has been found liable for injuries a Miami woman suffered while onboard during a fall, and been ordered to pay her nearly $350,000 in damages.

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DENVER — The Colorado park ranger who agency officials say stabbed himself in an “elaborate hoax” last month previously washed out of police training after a multitude of poor evaluations, including on his ability to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to meet with top congressional Democrats this week about the government funding impasse, White House and Capitol Hill officials said Monday, after lawmakers left Capitol ...Read more

The man accused of opening fire on the lobby of a Sacramento, California-based ABC television station cited the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case as a motive and promised several members of the Trump ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Denouncing federal immigration raids as a form of “ethnic cleansing,” Rep. Maxine Waters and a group of U.S. citizens announced Monday that they were petitioning the United Nations to investigate the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s top doctor issued a standing order Monday allowing pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines without prescriptions to a broader group of patients than federally recommended.

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LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. will bring Jimmy Kimmel back to ABC on Tuesday night, reversing its suspension of the late-night talk show after the host’s comments about the shooting death of conservative activist ...Read more

President Trump moved Monday to classify the left-wing, anti-fascist movement known loosely as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, opening up a new front in his battle with political foes and raising legal and ...Read more