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DENVER — Denver City Councilwoman Shontel Lewis plans to withdraw a proposal requiring the council to read a statement acknowledging the impacts of slavery before its weekly meetings.

Lewis, who is running for mayor, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Striking a blow to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rollout of his signature pied-à-terre tax, a New York City judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of owners of pricey second homes and ordered the city to restart the ...Read more

Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Missouri Republican, appeared to confuse the Iowa Hawkeyes with the Atlanta Hawks in a hearing on Tuesday aimed at characterizing a prosecutor’s investigation into President Donald Trump as political...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are seeking deep digital data from approximately half a dozen cellphones allegedly associated with the 2021 killings of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, according to a defense motion...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday announced criminal charges against nine Medicaid providers who allegedly defrauded the state of $3 million.

The single largest instance of alleged ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD is reviewing hundreds of instances in which officers used Flock Safety, a controversial nationwide license plate reader network that uses artificial intelligence, the department said Tuesday.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office reaffirmed its opinion Tuesday that “pocket rescissions” are illegal, dealing a modest blow to President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of plans to cancel $...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Kevin Kiley and former Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan are virtually tied in the race for the Sacramento region’s 6th Congressional District race, according to a new poll by a group backing ...Read more

Like many Minnesotans, Niraphanh Insomphou’s family arrived here in the 1970s after her parents fled Laos. Over the decades, her siblings became U.S. citizens, but Insomphou — who has intellectual and developmental ...Read more

President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting at the White House with top industry executives amid growing global concerns over threats posed by the ...Read more

Tiffani Thiessen questioned her career after being overlooked for a Bond girl role.

The 52-year-old actress shot to stardom as Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell, the hit teen sitcom - but Tiffani suffered a major ...Read more

Megan Thee Stallion is still "in shock" following her split from Klay Thompson.

The 31-year-old rapper and Klay, 36, announced their split in April, and Megan has now opened up about their break-up.

Asked about her ...Read more

Sadie Frost refuses to be "pigeonholed".

The 61-year-old star has enjoyed success as an actress, a producer and as a fashion designer - but she's recently directed Twiggy, a documentary about the legendary fashion model, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — “King of Calypso” Slinger Francisco, also known as the Mighty Sparrow, died in New York on Sunday at 91 following a brief illness, according to his daughter, Karen Francisco.

“He was an institution ...Read more

SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson called on Washington voters to reject an upcoming ballot initiative that would bar transgender girls from competing in girls sports at K-12 schools.

Ferguson’s opposition aligns him with ...Read more

The mothers of two Chester, Pennsylvania, kids who were struck and killed by a train in 2023 are accusing their former attorneys of botching their wrongful death lawsuit against Amtrak.

Jahaad Atkinson, 9, and Ah’Yir ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man walking with a cane as he exited a Brooklyn subway was dragged to his death after witnesses said his plastic shopping bag got caught in the train door, police said Tuesday.

Yaw Adu Boahene, 66, was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is using Customs and Border Protection funding to run pro-Trump political advertisements, Democratic appropriators said Tuesday.

The funding comes from last year’s massive GOP budget ...Read more

Cuba’s leaders will learn “the hard way” if they don't enact political and economic changes, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday night, adding that the Trump administration is pushing for democratic elections ...Read more

Consumer Reports said it no longer recommends any brand of e-scooter, citing higher top speeds for the popular vehicles and a sharp nationwide increase in rider injuries.

In 2017, about 10,500 people were injured on e-...Read more