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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump contended Wednesday that weekend U.S. military strikes on Iran had “ended the war” between Israel and the Islamic republic, pushing back on reports of an early Pentagon assessment ...Read more

Three new federal correctional facilities were approved to house immigrant detainees this month — including a jail in New York City known for violent and poor conditions that has held high profile individuals such as ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans won’t take up a bill that would ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds, they said Wednesday — a decision met with jubilation from shrimpers in the Legislative ...Read more

The bodybuilding internet star who calls himself the Liver King was arrested after posting a series of bizarre videos on Instagram, including a few challenging podcaster Joe Rogan to a fight.

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NEW YORK — Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are officially divorced less than three weeks after she filed to end their marriage of nearly 30 years.

Online records show the former couple’s divorce was finalized on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States would hold a meeting with Iran next week but cast doubt on the need for a diplomatic agreement on the country’s nuclear program, citing the damage that ...Read more

Singer Jessie J revealed she is resting at home while awaiting results of her surgery for breast cancer.

In social media posts Monday, the 37-year-old Grammy nominee shared a health update — and expressed gratitude to ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump disputed an intelligence report that found the airstrikes he ordered on Iran had only a limited impact on its nuclear program, even though the assessment came from the Pentagon.

“The nuclear ...Read more

A fire investigator (Taron Egerton) is reluctantly paired with a police detective (Jurnee Smollett) to work the cases of two separate serial arsonists in the Apple TV+ crime thriller “Smoke.” One of the culprits won’...Read more

DENVER — Federal prosecutors this week brought additional hate crime and explosives charges against the suspect in the fire attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.

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Two-and-a-half years ago, a saucy little doll-like robot named M3GAN danced — and slashed — her way into our hearts.

“M3GAN” — which, with a budget of $10 million or so, earned 18 times that at the box office ...Read more

Grocery giant Kroger revealed during its first-quarter earnings call this month that it will shut down about 60 underperforming stores over the next 18 months. At the same time, the company intends to open new locations ...Read more

In a landmark decision, a Los Angeles judge ruled that California's home insurer of last resort is violating state law by how it treats smoke-damage claims — a policy that homeowners have long complained shortchanges ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge declined to put Los Angeles' homelessness programs into receivership on Tuesday, even as he concluded that the city failed to adhere to the terms of a three-year-old settlement agreement ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Ever-prolific Bob Dylan has another book coming out this fall. No, it’s not the overdue memoir “Chronicles: Volume 2.” It’s “Point Blank (Quick Studies),” an oversized art book of his recent ...Read more

'F1 THE MOVIE'

Rated PG-13 for strong language, and action.

What it’s about: A seasoned racing veteran joins a failing U.K. racing team with a hotshot young driver.

The kid attractor factor: This is more of an adult ...Read more

Seattle will soon ban the controversial rent-setting platform RealPage and similar services, becoming the latest local government to take aim at a technology that critics say helps drive up housing costs.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Art dealer Martin Akinseye travels to Africa at least four times each year to meet with artisans and buy art at fairs and festivals. He has a trip planned to Ghana and Liberia in September.

Like several ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — A growing number of civic and business groups are highlighting the metropolitan area’s stagnant population as an urgent problem, and they’re pushing the region’s planning organization to do something ...Read more

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is adding an artificial intelligence coding assistant to to ease the work of developers, aiming to catch up with rival products such as OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code.

The Gemini ...Read more