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RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Friday a wide-ranging crime bill that GOP lawmakers put together after the fatal stabbing on board a light rail train in Charlotte last month.

The bill, ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday prepared plans for mass layoffs of federal workers and unilaterally cut $2 billion in funding for a previously approved Chicago subway project as the government shutdown continued with no ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, a onetime member of the progressive “squad” who lost her bid for reelection amid an onslaught of outside spending from pro-Israel groups last year, is seeking a comeback. ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump bowed to pressure Friday and restored $187 million in anti-terrorism funding cuts to New York law enforcement amid widespread outrage from both sides of the political aisle.

The ...Read more

You have, no doubt, seen movies like Ronan Day-Lewis’ “Anemone” before. It's a dark dysfunctional-family saga, in which a pair of estranged brothers, Ray (Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan’s real-life father) and Jem (Sean ...Read more

Investors don’t need the official government jobs report to see that the labor market has shifted into a lower gear.

Even without the marquee data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — which won’t be published on ...Read more

With electric air taxi services on the horizon, operators are already flying in to secure landing sites in Los Angeles.

Traffic-dodging aerial hops across big cities could happen as soon as next year, pending approval by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if licensed guns owners have a right to carry their weapons at public places, including parks, beaches and stores.

At issue are laws in California, Hawaii and three...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have released a last-minute plea for mercy by way of a video showcasing the disgraced music mogul’s charity work and family life.

The 11-minute highlight reel, an apparent...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Benny Safdie's eyes begin to well up at the memory of it. At September's world premiere of his new film "The Smashing Machine" at the Venice Film Festival, during an intense, emotional scene near the end of...Read more

Comedian Bill Burr is showing no remorse for performing at a controversial comedy festival in Saudi Arabia.

The Emmy- and Grammy-nominated funnyman is defending his decision to headline the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which ...Read more

CHICAGO — Protesters on Friday yelled “shame!” while banging drums as vehicles entered and exited the Broadview ICE facility, while state troopers in riot gear kept the street clear.

Some protesters had donned masks...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is setting a Sunday evening deadline for Hamas to agree to his plan to end the war in Gaza, warning of stark consequences if the group does not sign on to the proposal.

“An Agreement must ...Read more

“Maigret,” premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled “Maigret,” after its main character, Georges Simenon’s Paris-based police detective. As I’ve written here ...Read more

DETROIT — The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," and they're dusting off some live tracks from Detroit in the process.

Details...Read more

Deanna Meyerhoff, 55, moved to Seattle in 1993. Back then, the expansion of Starbucks was just so tremendous," she said.

Until recently, Meyerhoff would treat her daughter to pink drinks and stop for iced black tea ...Read more

Joel Trejo’s American Dream may be in jeopardy.

At 15, Trejo emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. to work at a citrus nursery in Florida. After a few years as an employee, he decided to launch his own company, selling ...Read more

After the mess, the mop-up.

That's one way to understand Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on which music's biggest star offers up a dozen precision-cut pop songs just 18 months removed from last year's ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate approved a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana early Friday morning, marking the key vote in a wide-ranging deal to increase funding for roads and to achieve a new state budget.

At about ...Read more

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Celeste Rivas Hernandez was just one of the kids in her neighborhood in Lake Elsinore, an Inland Empire community that for generations has drawn young families looking for a piece of suburbia far...Read more