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Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure
Across Chicagos Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets
The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is set to strike its last circulating penny as the president has canceled the 1-cent coin
Wall Street was on track to open with gains as an end to the U.S. government shutdown appeared closer while technology stocks regained their footing after swinging wildly in recent days
A Virginia Democrat who helped investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is making a comeback bid in a key congressional district as her party looks to break President Donald Trumps grip on federal power in the 2026 midterms
Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in an Alabama jail cell, waiting for court-ordered psychiatric treatment
The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 10-13-40-42-46, Mega Ball: 1, Megaplier:
Fernando Clark died in the Montgomery County Jail while waiting for psychiatric treatment
Some small grocery stores and neighborhood convenience stores are eager for the U.S. government shutdown to end and for their customers to start receiving federal food aid again
The federal government shutdown has created delays in some states when it comes to the federal program that helps millions of families heat and cool their homes
A former aide to two New York governors is set to go on trial on charges she sold her influence to the Chinese government and illegally profited from the states bulk purchase of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
The southeastern U.S. has plunged into record-low temperatures, affecting 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023
British political commentator Sami Hamdi plans to leave the U.S. after spending over two weeks in immigration detention
South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one of the victim's blood
The United States Catholic bishops are set to elect their next president and vice president in Baltimore
As the government shutdown stretches on, military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops and their readiness
The families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who died in catastrophic flooding in Texas on July 4 are suing Camp Mystic and its owners
A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses
The winning numbers in Monday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 06-28-44-48-58, Powerball: 23
New Mexico state legislators have approved enough state funding to support food assistance past the end of the year in case SNAP federal food aid falters
The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the partys tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the lefts disparate factions were pulling in the same direction hea...
A small plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs
The top Democratic senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the Trump administration made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea amid an effort deport people to the West African country
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group in that country is being violently persecuted
Officials in California say 19 people were taken to the hospital after a bus overturned on a California highway
States are facing uncertainty about providing full monthly benefits for a federal food program serving 42 million Americans
A hearing in set in West Virginia over the deployment of the state National Guard to Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trumps crime-fighting efforts
President Donald Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday
Authorities say a 21-year-old man shot and killed three co-workers at a San Antonio, Texas, landscape supply company and then died after shooting himself
State and local official say a flood inside an underground West Virginia coal mine has trapped a miner inside, and rescue crews have been pumping water out to get to him
The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, says the number of victims of a UPS cargo plane crash stands at 14 with nobody believed to be still unaccounted for among the missing
U.S. college students who receive federal food aid are looking to their campuses for support because the program known as SNAP is in limbo during the government shutdown
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, former reporter Harry Atkins recounts his experience covering the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the most infamous in all Great Lakes history, as family members and maritime history followers honor the ...
Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have spilled into K-12 schools around the U.S., with advocates reporting a rise in antisemitism since the 2023 surprise attack on Israel
The government shutdown has stretched into its 40th day
Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 U.S. states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that is being recalled
Immigration enforcement operations drew residents to protest in the streets.
Massachusetts man claims he lost consciousness during a struggle with immigration agents, however federal authorities accuse him of faking the seizure to prevent his wifes arrest
Zohran Mamdanis winning run for New York City mayor featured a memorable campaign design that drew its inspiration from a wide range of influences, helping the democratic socialist appeal to young and diverse voters
UPS and FedEx has decided to ground their fleets of MD-11 planes out of an abundance of caution after a deadly crash at a UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky
The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 16-21-23-48-70, Mega Ball: 5, Megaplier:
People in some U.S. states have started receiving their November SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle over the government shutdown
Along with stop, drop and roll, some states are teaching students to 'Stop and don't touch that gun.'
Voter anger over rising electricity costs is shaping next year's midterm elections
Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend
Former colleagues are mourning three pilots killed in the UPS cargo plane crash near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, as relatives of a badly burned man who was pulled from the wreckage confirm hes also among the 14 who died
Investigators say a repeating bell sounded as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane upon takeoff before it crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, this week
President Donald Trump is accusing foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation
Democrats are riding high after Election Day wins and some are capitalizing on the victory of New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani

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