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You’re familiar with the Liberty Bell, right? Big bell with a crack in it. On display in Philadelphia. Long associated with the American Revolution, though there’s no evidence it was rung at any significant event. One of those confused quirks …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. …

By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, calling the move a schismatic act and a “sin of …

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country’s worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region. …

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MONIKA PRONCZUK KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Opposition and civil society groups are protesting Congo’s new ban on public demonstrations and mass gatherings in the capital and other areas far from the country’s deadly Ebola outbreak, alleging …

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — He’s a prize-winning presidential historian who wrote an entire biography of Thomas Jefferson. But even Jon Meacham needs to think for a moment before defining what it means to be a …

A Santa Ana native, Mia Verdin considers herself privileged to be able to call herself a U.S. citizen. Verdin, along with her two younger brothers, was born in the U.S., which means they are citizens despite their parents’ immigration status. …

Disneyland has moved one step closer to opening a $60 million expansion of Avengers Campus that will double the size of the Marvel themed land with the selection of a team responsible for getting two new attractions ready for opening …

By JESSICA DAMIANO President Donald Trump’s two makeovers of the White House Rose Garden, including converting its lawn into a patio, have drawn recent attention to one of the nation’s most iconic gardens. The garden has seen many changes over …

By GLENN GAMBOA, AP Business Writer This year’s class of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” includes Citi CEO Jane Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza, and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. The newly renamed Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced …

By MARIAM FAM Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never …

By ERIKA KINETZ The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a …

Nigel Farage makes hundreds of thousands of pounds promoting Direct Bullion (Picture: Direct Bullion) Nigel Farage made more than a quarter of a million pounds for just four hours’ work a month promoting gold bullion, according to a new financial …

Fox News host Laura Ingraham interviewed President Trump’s Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., where they discussed the newly revoked temporary protective status (TPS) for Haitians, which was granted in 2010 after …

Bally’s has hired former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm to help potentially sue Chicago for violating the casino host agreement that she negotiated as mayor — a suit that would be based on the city’s decision to legalize video gambling …

The Bulls honored three-time NBA champion and TV analyst Stacey King with a Celebration of Life ceremony Monday at the Advocate Center, with speakers that included Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, King’s former broadcast teammates Neil Funk and Adam …

The Blackhawks had straightforward decisions to make with their restricted free agents this year. They made the expected ones. Four of those players — forward Connor Bedard, defensemen Kevin Korchinski and Ethan Del Mastro and goalie Drew Commesso — were …

If Mayor Brandon Johnson hopes to confront Chicago’s affordability crisis by leveling the playing field between renters and landlords, he’ll have to defeat the same real estate interests that shot down his Bring Chicago Home referendum. That much was obvious …

Alex Bregman wishes he had run a little harder Sunday in Milwaukee. Thanks to a bobble, a seemingly routine ground out to shortstop in the sixth inning turned into a chance for a baserunner on a day when runs were …

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting toward the finish of a tough June on Tuesday. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, though it’s still heading toward its first losing month following two fabulous …