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SEATTLE — To think of the closest public restroom, Lisa Howard of the Pioneer Square Alliance paused her walk along First Avenue, checked her watch and looked at the cross streets.

First to come to mind was at the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s now up to Gov. JB Pritzker to determine whether Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover should be freed from more than 50 years of incarceration after making his pitch for clemency to the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from Virginia Democrats whose new voter-approved state election map was canceled by the state's Supreme Court.

The justices made no comment, and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have discussed creating a $1.7 billion federal fund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. ...Read more

Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools to spend massive ...Read more

The main building at Chicago’s Ford City Mall will shut down permanently in about five weeks due to what city attorneys have described as unsafe conditions, ending its more than 60-year run as a top retail destination ...Read more

Support for President Donald Trump has significantly dipped among Latinos who voted for him in 2024.

A new Pew Research Center survey found that 66% of Latino Trump voters approve of the president’s job performance 16 ...Read more

Two San Francisco Bay Area USDA employees are among a group of federal workers suing Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, alleging she violated the First Amendment by sending agencywide messages that promoted Christianity...Read more

Brooks Nader needs "a little chaos" in her love life.

The 29-year-old beauty - who was previously married to advertising executive Billy Haire - has revealed that she actually prefers having chaos to "calm" in her love ...Read more

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis waved off a lawsuit accusing him of illegally soliciting special favors for Florida by giving Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation free land during a visit to Miami Dade College ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The human remains that were found this week in the backyard of the Everman home where missing 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez lived have been positively identified as belonging to the child, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court turned aside Friday an effort from Virginia Democrats to keep alive the commonwealth’s new congressional map, leaving in place the Virginia Supreme Court ruling holding the ballot measure...Read more

DENVER — Elected officials from across Colorado largely ripped into Gov. Jared Polis’ Friday decision to dramatically accelerate the release of Tina Peters, accusing the governor of caving to President Donald Trump by ...Read more

The leader of Microsoft's Israel subsidiary is stepping down at the end of May amid a probe into the company's relationship with the Israeli government.

Alon Haimovich, general manager of Microsoft Israel, will leave the ...Read more

Weather cleared Friday for SpaceX’s third try to get a resupply mission to the International Space Station off the ground, launching on time and making a successful booster recovery back on land that brought sonic booms ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress scored some victories this week in nominations and appropriations but struck out on easily advancing their partisan “reconciliation 2.0” proposal to fund immigration ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied any quid pro quo in calling a special session for redistricting in order to help Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette win President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

While ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Clavicular, the “looksmaxxing” influencer and streamer whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, has reached a resolution in the misdemeanor case filed after video posted online apparently showed...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis reduced Tina Peters’ sentence by half on Friday, ignoring months of pleas against such an action by many other Colorado elected officials and the prosecutor who won the former county clerk’s...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee has called on the executives of major social media companies to testify before the panel next month regarding child online safety.

Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, sent ...Read more