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Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild

An Illinois landlord found guilty in a vicious hate crime that left a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dead and his mother severely injured is due in court for sentencing

The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5

Trouble may be coming for the American job market

It is now up to Russians and Ukrainians to end this ‘brutal, brutal war’, Vance says

Trump told college grads: ‘I'd pay you a lot of money to have your age’

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks

The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws

Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” has died in a house fire

A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the California Legislature this week

That’s up to Trump, the vice president declared in an interview with Brett Baier

Exclusive details: ‘This isn’t some kind of money grab, [my client] really was put in a bad spot, emotionally,’ attorney Christopher Adkins told The Independent of former San Antonio police officer Antonio Martinez.

About 2,500 workers at submarine builder Electric Boat shipyard in Connecticut plan to strike on May 18 if a tentative contract agreement is not reached with the submarine builder

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the nation

Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers are urging a judge to throw out his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Order of the Sunrise followers gathered for their annual May 1st ceremony known as the “Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator,” at their lakeside temple in Planaltina. The Brazilian spiritual community is a blend of influences, including Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Incan, and Afro-Brazilian religions, along with a belief in extraterrestrial life and reincarnation.

Emil Bove reportedly pursued criminal inquiry into Columbia protests, drawing rebukes from prosecutors and a judge

Consumers could be waiting for fireworks until 2026

Meta boss said AI relationships will grow more powerful as ‘personalization loop’ kicks in

Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a couple thousand civilians

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25

Chancellor’s welfare cuts set to plunge 250,000 people into poverty

The UK’s largest bank will be challenged to restate its commitment to net zero at its annual general meeting in London on Friday.

John Howard Ore, 36, of Denton, now faces four arson charges, following the deaths of 103-year-old Dante Bassi and 83-year-old Marilyn Bradley-Bassi in December