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As the most vulnerable U.S. Senate Democrat up for reelection next year, just about every vote Jon Ossoff takes draws attention. But nothing has received more scrutiny than his votes against sending certain weapons to ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s wildlife commissioners set aside pleas and arguments from black bear advocates Wednesday and approved a December hunt of the state’s shy but increasingly troublesome species.

The board’s ...Read more

BOGOTA, Columbia — After losing its most popular presidential candidate to a shock shooting, Colombia’s conservative opposition is reeling.

Senator Miguel Uribe’s death provides the powerful Centro Democrático ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would meet with House and Senate Democratic leaders ahead of a government funding deadline but cast doubt on a deal to avoid a federal shutdown.

Trump has not ...Read more

NEW YORK — There have now been 90 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease in central Harlem, and 15 people are currently hospitalized battling the disease, the city’s health department announced this week.

Three ...Read more

MIAMI — While Jimmy Buffett was all about that laid back Florida Keys life — his widow is going through some not so bright and sunny things.

Jane Slagsvol, who married the beloved singer in 1977, has been battling ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Erin on Wednesday continued to push west through the Atlantic with it forecast to become the season’s first hurricane, growing to major hurricane strength by Friday, according to the ...Read more

One of my favorite shows of 2024 was “The Newsreader,” a biting Australian series about the TV news business in 1980s Melbourne. I likened it to an Aussie version of the 1987 movie “Broadcast News,” with its ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington has California officials on high alert, with some worrying that he intends to activate federal forces in the San...Read more

President Donald Trump Wednesday held tense talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders ahead of his crucial Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

With nerves running high, Zelenskyy said the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants, affecting more than a third of awards totaling $584 million that the government ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he would host the Kennedy Center Honors, which will go to actor Sylvester Stallone, rock band Kiss and singer Gloria Gaynor among others during the first year of his ...Read more

Just about anyone can be an action hero when production company 87North — the team behind the "John Wick" franchise — is behind the camera. They proved that in 2021 when they made comedian and “Better Call Saul” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds approved by Congress for this year, a U.S. appeals court ruled.

In a 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the appellate panel reversed ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan senators unveiled bills this week that would launch a $65 million grant program aimed at lowering class sizes in elementary schools and capping the number of students in the rooms of ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump warned he would impose “very severe consequences” if Vladimir Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire agreement later this week, following a call with European leaders ahead of his meeting with ...Read more

Family guide to new movie releases — "Highest 2 Lowest" and "Nobody 2."

'HIGHEST 2 LOWEST'

Rated R for language throughout and brief drug use.

What it’s about: A wealthy music mogul is faced with a dilemma when his...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A small team of Ford Motor Co. engineers in California launched work three years ago to develop an electric vehicle platform and production system that the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker says ...Read more

Bucking tradition once again, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his picks for Kennedy Center Honors and said he will host the ceremony himself — a first for any president. Actor and filmmaker Sylvester ...Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the recent deal to allow Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to resume lower-end AI chip sales to China, on the condition they give the U.S. government a 15% cut of the ...Read more