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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former clerk of court Becky Hill won.

In recent years, Hill was revealed to have plagiarized parts of her book on Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 double-murder trial. She later resigned her Colleton County clerk...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice says it has found that Duke University Law School discriminated against white and Asian applicants in favor of Black and Hispanic candidates in its admissions process.

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MIAMI — A man accused of turning off a diver’s oxygen supply after a dispute over a diving spot during lobster mini-season said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission “cleared him” minutes after the ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a complaint Thursday alleging that a cohort of the companies that make “forever chemicals” partook in a massive corporate shell game to defraud the state and others.

In an ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is sending 1,500 more troops to the embattled state of Michoacán after the U.S. announced this week that it temporarily stopped inspecting avocados there over security concerns, disrupting exports ...Read more

SEATTLE — A man suspected of starting one of three catastrophic Spokane-area wildfires on Saturday is facing additional arson charges after allegedly admitting to starting 25 other fires around Riverside State Park since...Read more

Iran will seek to bar U.S. and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to use it, according to local media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to ...Read more

If you take away the substantial purchase price of a San Diego home, a new study claims that the rest of the cost associated with owning a home here is less than many cities.

An index from the University of San Diego, ...Read more

OpenAI said the artificial intelligence models behind an attack on Hugging Face Inc. began communicating with each other through undetected message boards, working together to break out of their testing environment as ...Read more

OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker’s allegations are meritless.

Lawyers for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Another offshore wind company has entered into an agreement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects along the coast of the United States, including one in California.

German energy giant ...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday announced sanctions on five Cuban entities and eight individuals accused of procuring weapons and military equipment for the Cuban regime from Russia and China, the latest escalation in...Read more

Kevin Warsh’s embrace of financial markets to help the Federal Reserve do its job would mean trading more precise policy tools for a blunt instrument.

It can work, but it’s an inefficient way to bring down too-high ...Read more

And that, my friend, is what they call closure.

Donald Trump Jr. has officially severed romantic and business ties with Kimberly Guilfoyle.

The president’s eldest child recently paid off his ex-fiancée a cool $7.6 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended Pete Hegseth after a report about a disagreement over dwindling U.S. weapons stockpiles raised questions about the Pentagon chief’s future in the administration.

“I am ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler County has left a long shadow on the community.

Even two years later, Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said the events of July 13, 2024, still cloud his efforts ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter asking Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to extend and expand temporary protected status for Ukraine ahead of its expiration ...Read more

Perez Hilton tried to “make amends” with stars like Britney Spears and Khloé Kardashian before he was hospitalized for appearing to self-harm on a livestream this week.

The controversial celebrity blogger, 48, told ...Read more

Minnie Driver said she is “so grateful to be alive” after she suffered a neck injury during a “really bad car accident” in France.

The Oscar-nominated actress opened up about the harrowing incident in a video she ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Parents in Baltimore will have another helping hand courtesy of the city government, with a $300,000 grant given to The Family Tree by the city on Wednesday to help strengthen families and prevent abuse.

The...Read more