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WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has named nine candidates to its initial list of House hopefuls eligible for extra resources in this year’s midterm elections.

The MAGA Majority program is ...Read more

The United Nations’ leading Haiti human rights observer says he remains alarmed by the daily reality Haitians face even as a recent visit to the volatile country revealed some “glimmers of hope” in its gang-ridden ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Singer, rapper, flutist, dancer, actor, reality TV star. Lizzo will add another title to her resume — author.

The Minneapolis-launched multihyphenate will publish “Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin’,�...Read more

WASHINGTON — Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin nodded along Tuesday in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump compared Iran’s hard-line government to Nazi Germany, but he later nudged his host to start wrapping up the...Read more

Amazon is offering one-hour deliveries to hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, including parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

The e-commerce giant said that it is also offering three-hour deliveries in more than 2,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California unveiled a plan Tuesday to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes.

That number represents roughly 7% of the state’s land and waters. It...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When it comes to cheating the carpool lane in California, drivers can be creative.

There was the safety dummy that was misappropriated by impatient commuters. The mannequin wearing a baseball cap in ...Read more

Walt Disney Co.'s incoming president and chief creative officer, Dana Walden, has unveiled her leadership team, which includes several familiar faces from the company's film, television and marketing units.

Walden will ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out against longtime allies, many of which have rejected his appeals for help in the Iran War effort, as the closure of a vital waterway continued to wreak havoc on global ...Read more

The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling. Eventually it incorporated artificial intelligence bots as ...Read more

What if running into an alien while far from home wasn’t necessarily terrifying? After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with bloody bodily destruction,...Read more

Apprenticeship opportunities in Minnesota are booming as high schools, two-year colleges and employers embrace the value of workers earning a solid wage while simultaneously training for a career.

The number of state-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The United Farm Workers union said it will halt celebrations of its founder Cesar Chavez amid what the union described as “troubling allegations” against the iconic Chicano figure.

The union, in a ...Read more

More voters who are registered as Republicans have left the state of California between the last two presidential elections (2020 and 2024) than Democrats, according to a new study.

Between that timeframe, approximately ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s Mission Bayfest will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year with a music lineup headlined by the Offspring, Rebelution and Hawaiian reggae-pop favorite Kolohe Kai.

A total of 27 bands and ...Read more

MIAMI — Several exile organizations announced Monday there will be a gathering in Miami on Saturday to demand the right of Cubans abroad to return to Cuba and for the U.S. government to allow them to take a boat from ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to lose his taxpayer-funded legal representation in a sexual assault case against him, the city’s Law Department said Tuesday.

Corporation Counsel Steve Banks ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to establish a task force intended to eliminate fraud in food stamp and federal child nutrition programs, and other federal programs, addressing a ...Read more

BOSTON — Ailing ex-FBI agent John “Zip” Connolly is waging a final battle to clear his name in a bombshell allegation that prosecutors withheld mobster James “Whitey” Bulger’s prison manuscripts.

Connolly was ...Read more

DENVER — Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was found not guilty of assaulting another inmate after a brief scufffle in January, though she was convicted of a lesser charge, the Department of Corrections said.

Peters ...Read more