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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing strong public opposition to its proposed plans to extend closure deadlines until October 2031 for 11 coal plants across the country — three of which are in Illinois and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani swore in his new Fire commissioner Tuesday, and made it clear — despite critics’ fearmongering — that she’s more than qualified to head the nation’s largest Fire Department.

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Artificial intelligence dominated the conversation as CES 2026 opened Tuesday. Nearly every major exhibitor framed AI as a tool that can make daily routines smoother, faster and more efficient.

The emphasis was less on ...Read more

A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation to require that new motor vehicles be equipped with manual door releases, a move to address safety concerns with the type of electrically powered handles popularized by Tesla Inc.

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Hours after President Xi Jinping posed for selfies with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung in Beijing, China sent a very different message to Japan, escalating their dispute by imposing export controls.

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Five years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Josh Shapiro and other Pennsylvania Democrats on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by sharply criticizing President Donald Trump.

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A court order giving California teachers full freedom to tell parents about their child's gender identity at school is on hold after an appellate panel blocked it from going into immediate effect.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Venezuela would send the United States as much as 50 million barrels of oil, declaring it would be sold with the proceeds to benefit both countries.

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that Venezuela’s interim authorities have agreed to turn over between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, an unexpected sign of the rapidly evolving ...Read more

Three Republican members of the Minnesota House are set to testify Wednesday morning before the U.S. House Oversight Committee for a hearing on fraud and misuse of federal funds.

Rep. Kirstin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, the ...Read more

Months after authorities in the Dominican Republic intercepted a Haiti-bound cache of ammunition and firearms, including a high-powered military-grade machine gun, three Floridians are now facing federal charges for their ...Read more

Amy Schumer has filed for divorce from Chris Fischer.

The Trainwreck actress announced last month she had split from the 45-year-old chef - with whom she has six-year-old son Gene - and now New York County court records ...Read more

Kevin Hart has signed away the rights to his name.

The Jumanji actor has agreed a contract with Authentic Brands Group - who already have branding deals with the likes of Shaquille O'Neal, David Beckham and the estate of ...Read more

Sydney Sweeney believes she was friends with a ghost.

The Housemaid actress had an imaginary pal when she was a child but "creeped out" her mom when it emerged the person she was seeing in the playground had died years ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Lawyers clashed Tuesday in a federal courtroom in San Jose over whether student newspaper The Stanford Daily can proceed with a First Amendment lawsuit alleging the Trump administration used ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won’t rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland, the White House said, ramping up tension with fellow NATO member Denmark over a dispute that’s surged back into ...Read more

NEW YORK — As NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Tuesday announced the city just saw its safest year since the department began keeping modern-day crime stats in 1994, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, standing by her side, didn’t...Read more

WASHINGTON — North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced a plan Tuesday afternoon to ensure that a plaque is hung in the U.S. Capitol to honor the law enforcement who responded to the attack on the building on ...Read more

A flurry of federal actions in President Donald Trump’s second term has transgender Minnesotans wondering whether they will continue to exist in public life.

Rollbacks on the liberties of transgender people have been a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The special election to succeed former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia will take place on March 6, according to an order signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Greene, a onetime ally of ...Read more