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MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Tuesday meant to protect kids and teens from the ills of social media.

When the law takes effect next year, big platforms like Facebook and TikTok will need to figure ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is planning to distribute plutonium left over from Cold War-era weapons to commercial nuclear developers as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to accelerate the rollout of new reactors.

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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Legislature passed a bill to impose a new state tax on e-cigarettes and vapes and formally raise Alaska's legal smoking age from 19 to 21. Along with the deterrence measures, the bill also ...Read more

NASA announced which two companies would be tasked to build lunar rovers for its future moon base — as well as the company that will fly them there — among other plans during an event from its Washington headquarters ...Read more

Multiple people were reported killed while others suffered chemical burns and other injuries in Longview, Washington, after a major chemical implosion was reported at a pulp and paper mill Tuesday morning, authorities say....Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday posted a video of himself wrangling live snakes on the patio at Dr. Oz’s Florida beach house.

The health secretary grabbed the two or three hissing North American racer snakes in the corner...Read more

ROME — A White Sox-emblazoned kippah. A Chicago sanctuary city pin. Bottled giardiniera. But not a Cubs hat.

Those are some of the several personal items Chicago leaders have said they will hand-deliver to Pope Leo XIV ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday signed over 270 bills, including legislation that reduces the number of offenses for which minors can be tried as adults in court.

The bill, known as the Youth Charging Reform Act, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration on Tuesday sued the University of California alleging that UCLA is "deliberately indifferent" to antisemitic harassment of Jewish students, marking the government's third lawsuit ...Read more

The state of Michigan is no longer recommending that infants as young as 6 months get an early dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

In early April, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ...Read more

Harry Styles has defended the controversial staging for his Together, Together tour after some fans branded the design "offensive" and complained parts of the show left them unable to see the singer perform.

The former ...Read more

Zayn Malik has defended his fans after footage emerged appearing to show the singer angrily confronting people outside his Manchester hotel following a concert on his Konnakol Tour.

The former One Direction singer, 33, ...Read more

Lil Wayne is reportedly preparing to marry again after quietly proposing to a woman said to be in her 20s.

Months after the 43-year-old rapper's former girlfriend Denise Bidot publicly accused him of ending their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Russell Crowe has pushed back against TMZ's coverage of his recent interactions with a crowd of autograph seekers.

"Clickbait," the "Gladiator" actor wrote in a Monday post on X. "Everybody got their ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — At Potter-Thomas Elementary in North Philadelphia, Principal Nichole Willoughby is bracing for the loss of five staff members.

She doesn’t want to contemplate what comes after cutting educators who help...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal court blocked Alabama from using its new congressional map in this fall’s elections, ruling Tuesday that it is still “intentionally discriminatory” against Black voters.

The unanimous ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Colbert’s viral public access spot had former bosses CBS and its parent company Paramount in a brief tizzy over the weekend, mere hours after his buzzy late-night sign-off.

The longtime TV ...Read more

CHICAGO — A group of attorneys have called on State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke to upgrade a misdemeanor battery charge that is pending against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to a felony, ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s legislative leaders, after weeks of negotiations and delays, are ready to give Gov. Ron DeSantis his final budget.

Clocking in at around $114.5 billion, the budget will cover the last ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The crisis at a Garden Grove aerospace firm that required the evacuation of 50,000 people was probably caused by the failure of a cooling system designed to regulate the temperature of chemical tanks, ...Read more