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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein expressed concern that lawmakers have not been able to agree on a new budget, but signed a stopgap spending bill into law on Wednesday, saying it “keeps the lights on.”

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DETROIT — Detroiters will make a historic choice when they vote for mayor in the November general election, choosing between electing the city's first female leader and an active minister, which a city historian said ...Read more

ATLANTA — A soldier allegedly shot five members of his U.S. Army unit Wednesday morning at Fort Stewart near Georgia’s coast, prompting officials to temporarily place the post and public schools in two counties under ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on his concerns over the safety of some long-used vaccines during his visit to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Tuesday in ...Read more

The share of people worldwide who say they are thriving in life reached a record high in 2024, according to the latest Gallup poll.

But, despite the general rise in global well-being, some regions — including North ...Read more

For most people in Cuba, life on the island has in recent years taken a tragic turn: The economy has collapsed, the poorest Cubans dig food from trash heaps, and many die from lack of medications, while the government’s ...Read more

Kevin Federline is set to release a memoir.

The 47-year-old star - who was married to Britney Spears between 2004 and 2007 - is set to release You Thought You Knew, via the new audio imprint Listenin, on October 21.

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Jessica Simpson has "a new sense of confidence" following her split from Eric Johnson.

The 45-year-old pop star split from Eric in 2024, and Jessica is now "coming back into her own".

An insider told Us Weekly: "She's ...Read more

Catherine Zeta-Jones thinks Jenna Ortega is "amazing".

The 55-year-old actress stars alongside Jenna, 22, in the new season of Wednesday, and Catherine has praised her co-star's professional approach to their sword fight ...Read more

For the third consecutive year, Gov. Jared Polis is summoning Colorado lawmakers back to the state Capitol for a special session — this time to close a yawning budget gap ripped open by the federal tax bill.

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ATLANTA — A U.S. Army sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart on Wednesday, injuring five of his fellow soldiers at the southeast Georgia base, authorities said.

Officials said Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, used a personal ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Wednesday that it is legal for Minnesotans to possess ghost guns without a serial number because current state law does not clearly restrict it.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A man portrayed by prosecutors as one of the pinnacle players in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud investigation received a nearly three-decade federal prison sentence Wednesday.

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CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker vowed on late-night television to protect Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to try and stop the Republican-controlled state legislature from redrawing congressional district boundaries...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By all accounts, the January firestorms that decimated thousands of homes and killed 31 people in Los Angeles County were the most devastating in the region’s history.

But new research argues that the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford University’s independent student newspaper and two noncitizen students filed a lawsuit this week against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

After 25 years with NASA and 464 days in space, he’s calling it a career, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told European allies he’s willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as soon as next week in another bid to bring peace between...Read more

Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical editors to attain the prestige that comes with publication, according to a new ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elections officials across California are preparing a speed run toward a possible special election on Nov. 4, as the state considers a response to Texas’ efforts to redraw congressional maps to ...Read more