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Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week
It hasn't happened in almost anyone's lifetime: two presidents squaring off in one election
South Sudan has removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered the suspension of U.N. food airdrops
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run
Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan
South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk. Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlight are popular, air-conditioned malls are serving as urban oases, and schools in Cambodia have been cutting back their hours. In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely. In April, the United Nations Childrens Fund warned that the swel
Mexican officials say 3 bodies found in Baja California area where 2 Australians and American went missing
Hawaii lawmakers are wrapping up a legislative session that heavily focused on addressing Mauis needs after last years deadly Lahaina wildfire
The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000 in sanctions and attorney fees resulting from a challenge of the results of the 2020 election
New Yorks attorney generals office has released police body camera footage showing New York City police officers shooting and killing a 19-year-old man who had called 911 during a mental health crisis
The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force schools to share athletics-related revenue with their athletes
A judge is forcing the Hawaii attorney generals office to turn over documents, interviews and data on last summer's Maui wildfires to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over the disaster
Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle
Alabama judges are standing by a decision that frozen embryos are children under a state law
A judge has denied pretrial release for a 22-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer
Federal investigators say they discovered disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022, killing the pilot and a North Carolina television stations meteorologist
The Republican National Committee is suing to stop Nevada from being able to count mail ballots received in election offices after Election Day
Connecticut lawmakers are taking their first steps toward tightening absentee ballot laws since video last year captured people stuffing reams of ballots into collection boxes in Bridgeport, the state's most populous city
A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults
Leaders of Georgias Fulton County say they had no legal power to control District Attorney Fani Willis spending or her hiring of former special prosecutor Nathan Wade
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House seat that opened after Rep. Donald Payne Jr.s recent death
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has dropped by the White House for a visit with President Joe Biden
A New Hampshire jury has found the state liable for abuse at its youth detention center and has awarded $38 million to a former resident who says he was beaten and raped as a teen
Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970
Canadian police say they have made three arrests in the June 2023 slaying of a Sikh separatist in suburban Vancouver
United Methodist delegates repeal their churchs longstanding ban on its clergy celebrating same-sex marriages
Several Democrats serving as their states top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen
Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island
In the chorus of Whatcha Doing, the fifth track on Dua Lipas latest album, she sings: If control is my religion, then Im headed for collision, referencing the unexpected pull of a new partner
Filmmaker Doug Liman directs Matt Damon for the first time in over 20 years in the new heist comedy The Instigators, coming to Apple TV+ in August
The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates against LGBTQ+ patients
Prosecutors say a Colorado school bus aide shown on surveillance video hitting a nonverbal autistic boy has been charged with 10 more counts of abuse involving two children
An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen has been postponed until Aug. 15 in a case in which hes accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar and nearly hitting two police officers
Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger waded into Louisiana politics during the band's performance at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
A judge has ruled that the traffic stop of a Minnesota man was justified, so the results of a search that found drugs and a gun in his SUV will be allowed as evidence
Los Angeles Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after losing in first round of NBA playoffs
The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to sue Iowa over the state's new immigration law
US Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in federal custody after indictment on bribery and conspiracy charges, officials say
An endangered sawfish rescued last month in the Florida Keys after it was spotted acting erratically and swimming in circles has died as wildlife officials continue to search for what is causing fish to become distressed
New York City police officials are defending their decision to initially keep quiet about a potentially dangerous accident that happened as officers cleared pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University this week when a sergeant accidentally fire...
New Hampshire jury finds state liable for youth detention center abuse and awards victim $38 million in landmark trial
US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife indicted on conspiracy and other charges in probe into ties to Azerbaijan
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress
On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University
Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with hows things texts and showered love on his wife and young son
A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp
A Tennessee judge has ruled that lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client
The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a fraud case
Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in 2020