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A voter-approved tax on sugary drinks has taken effect in the beachside community of Santa Cruz on the California coast

Netanyahu warns fire could reach close to Jerusalem as officials struggle to control it

Comes as Russian forces pressing on harder than ever while Putin claims to want ceasefire, says Ukraine military chief

The president said he would put the TV personality and sports pundit above other Democratic candidates as Smith challenged him on attacks on DEI

The president appeared to row back on claims he had already made agreements with hundreds of countries, downgrading them to just a handful of ‘potential deals’

Hundreds of men and women in a poor neighborhood in one of India’s hottest cities are receiving wristwatch-style health monitors to determine what the searing April heat is doing to their health

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A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case

The move is part of Labour’s “digital revolution,” tech minister says

‘Let this be Sara’s legacy,’ England’s child commissioner says

A 101-year-old WWII veteran took part in the coin striking

Thousands of drivers across the world are planning to join the strike on Thursday

United Nations experts have urged Malian authorities to investigate reports of alleged summary executions and forced disappearances by the army and Russian mercenaries

Dame Julia Hoggett was praised for her leadership and impact in financial services as she was named winner of the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award.

A couple of days a week lifting can help work toward building muscle and other health goals

The victim and his family had immigrated from Venezuela for a safer life

The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

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An attorney last month described the bill as an ‘incursion on Texans’ constitutional rights’

A federal appeals court says it won’t lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans

Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up

U.S. Commerce Department data shows that the nation's GDP fell at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025

Agreement is aimed at centering future US engagement in Ukraine

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Police strongly suspect that a pair of shootings three blocks apart in Minneapolis that left four people dead and two others seriously injured were connected and were gang related