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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders laid the groundwork for a final dash to pass partisan legislative priorities before August recess. But if this week was any indication, it won’t be an easy run.

First, Washington was ...Read more

NEW YORK — Al Roker is embracing his “Today” show family after an intruder sneaked into NBC’s studios and hurled racial slurs at his co-host, Craig Melvin.

“A really heartfelt thank you to all who reached out ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Irish actor Brenda Fricker, who won an Oscar for her role in "My Left Foot" and whose Pigeon Lady befriended Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. She was 81.

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CHICAGO — Outdoor concerts, the Great America theme park in Gurnee and other open-air events around Chicago and the suburbs remained on hold midday Friday as haze from wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota stubbornly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Washington reels from the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham last weekend, his office on Friday released dates for expected memorials later this month, both in the nation’s capital and back in his ...Read more

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sought the public's help in locating an escaped prisoner who was captured in Mexico last week but was released by a Mexican magistrate.

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LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump is expected to campaign in Michigan ahead of the state's Aug. 4 primary election, according to three sources with knowledge of the Republican leader's plans.

The sources spoke on ...Read more

Lena Headey has spoken about the culture that protected predatory men in Hollywood.

Saying the imbalance of power facing young actresses "makes me very angry", the Game of Thrones star reflected on her own experiences of ...Read more

Mortal Kombat II is set to make its global streaming debut on HBO Max after earning £96 million at the worldwide box office.

Giving audiences another chance to watch the latest adaptation of the long-running video game ...Read more

The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan topped 5,000 on Friday, a 16% increase over figures a day earlier.

The reporting of new cases follows Thursday's news that the outbreak of the parasitic illness has been ...Read more

James Smith, a veteran seaman and captain of the charter fishing boat California Dawn, was sailing his vessel under the Golden Gate Bridge on Tuesday when he heard the call on his radio: A vessel was in distress near ...Read more

Public health officials are investigating a major California-based producer of pre-packaged salads, Taylor Farms, that supplied iceberg lettuce to Taco Bell as a potential source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, sources ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Congress considers competing House and Senate proposals meant to protect kids online, lawmakers have only to look to their states to understand the challenges in seeking to regulate kids’ social media ...Read more

Netflix stock opened down more than 12% on Friday morning to $65.87 a share, before recovering in midday trading to just over $69, a decline of more than 7%.

The decline follows the streamer’s second quarter earnings ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that her longtime chief of staff, JoAnne Huls, will be departing the key role in state government at the end of the month.

Huls has been a fixture within ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities were reporting no immediate damage after a strong earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the southern state of Chiapas, resulting in shaking hundreds of miles away in ...Read more

A brush fire burning in the Everglades in far western Broward County has consumed more than 4,400 acres as of Friday morning.

The fire, dubbed Mile Marker 40, was reported on Thursday west of U.S. 27 about 10 miles north ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday night used a historically stunning primetime address to peddle unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, taking a major political risk as ...Read more

International Business Machines Corp.’s warning this week that its sales are falling well short of expectations highlights a growing divide between artificial intelligence winners and everyone else in the tech universe. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the middle of what experts expected to be a “very sharky” summer, a program that tracks great whites and helps beachgoers stay safe will soon run out of money.

Since 2018, the California Beach Shark...Read more