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WASHINGTON — Former California state Sen. Aisha Wahab was sworn in Wednesday morning, becoming the first Afghan American to serve in Congress. She replaces former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned earlier this year.

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PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has “real concerns” about the way Flock cameras — automated license plate readers that capture and store data gleaned from moving cars — are being used in the state, ...Read more

NEW YORK — The FDNY on Wednesday honored 36 heroes whose names will be added to the department’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall following their deaths due to 9/11-related illnesses.

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BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll made their first campaign stops of the general election on Wednesday with just 62 days until the incumbent Democratic governor’s matchup with Republican challenger ...Read more

SEATTLE —Before a key midterm election, Washington elected officials are warning voters it’s getting increasingly risky to rely on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver ballots in time to be counted.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vance Boelter entered not guilty pleas to state charges at a court hearing Wednesday, when a judge also accepted his demand for a speedy trial and postponed a ruling on whether to restrict his access to...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The freelance journalist caught on camera smiling during a tense time in the Lindsay Clancy trial said it was “an honest mistake.”

What she doesn’t want to see lost in the social media fury is ...Read more

With the anniversary of Operation Midway Blitz less than a week away, the militarized tactics of immigration agents that roiled Chicago last fall were once again front-and-center in federal court on Wednesday as a judge ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some congressional Democrats and voting-rights advocates are taking President Donald Trump’s not ruling out a national emergency declaration around November’s midterm elections seriously and literally.

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WASHINGTON — By the time Brittany Pettersen’s son was 6 months old, he’d taken 24 flights.

The Colorado Democrat’s son is no world traveler — his time on planes as an infant was spent with Pettersen flying back ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho has seen an increase in the number of bats that have tested positive for rabies this year, as well as the number of possible contacts between bats and humans or pets, prompting a warning from the ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled Wednesday there was no evidence of any inappropriate grand jury conduct by prosecutors in the case of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent charged with robbing and sexually ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In what the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce believes may be a first since Dolly Parton received her star in 1984, the beloved country singer's Hollywood Walk of Fame star was vandalized earlier this week.

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Pennsylvania officials reported two deaths associated with measles last week, amid a growing outbreak that has already sickened more than 500 people in the state this year.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, has clashed over ...Read more

NEW YORK — Friends of new mom Erin Piacenti, who was killed by a mentally ill woman amid a pair of unprovoked stabbings in Times Square, are seeking ways to support the victim’s infant daughter as her family grieves ...Read more

John Lennon's son Sean has become a first-time father.

Sean - the son of late Beatles star John and his wife Yoko Ono - and partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl took to their social media pages on Tuesday (01.09.26) to announce ...Read more

Billy Ray Cyrus says his daughter Miley's decision to drop her surname for her next album is a "natural progression".

Miley took to Instagram earlier this week to announce she'll be dropping new record Bass Persuades on ...Read more

Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park is to have new "experiences and installations" to honor the singer following her death.

The Jolene star's passing was announced on August 25 by Dolly's nephew-and-head of security, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The official cause of death for Tim Curry, the versatile actor who was beloved for his work in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "It," has come to light.

Curry died at age 80 last week of coronary artery...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Gold-hued $1 coins featuring the face of President Donald Trump are now available for purchase online and at the U.S. Mint gift shop on Independence Mall in Old City.

But it’ll cost you more than a buck...Read more