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By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to …

Three confirmed cases of whooping cough have been identified at Blair Middle School, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department. On average, Pasadena reports about three cases of whooping cough per year, according to the city, but so far in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began ratcheting up pressure on communist-controlled Cuba after the military action in Venezuela early this year resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment of …

The high street in Ashton-in-Makerfield, one of the main towns in the constituency (Picture: Gary Oakley/Getty Images) The final pieces are falling into place for one of the most consequential by-elections in modern British history. Next month, the people of …

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) responded sharply to a Wall Street Journal article titled, ‘The Oil Shock Is Causing a $45 Billion Rupture in the Economy,” with the subtitle, “A wartime surge in energy prices is slamming consumers while boosting …

Court records show Ammar Houssamo had a long history of stalking his ex-husband’s new partner, Nick Calzaretta. It started in August 2023, when Houssamo allegedly sent a message to Calzaretta on a dating app asking him to be “friends with …

LaPamela Williams was one of dozens who lined up early Monday morning to submit the signatures she gathered to run for a seat on what will soon be Chicago’s fully elected school board. Williams, a realtor, is running to represent …

By JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX (AP) — An autopsy report released Monday confirmed that the death of a Haitian man after spending months at an Arizona immigration detention facility was related to his dental problems, as a family member had contended. …

Though his novels have been praised by Ursula K. Le Guin and Ann Patchett and adapted into well-regarded films, Willy Vlautin says he began writing fiction for an unlikely reason. “The reason I started writing, I think, is because I …

By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation’s oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black …

By SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — British police said Tuesday they will ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations with criminal offenses over the Grenfell Tower blaze, almost a decade after the deadliest fire in Britain’s modern …

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The bond market is usually a quiet corner of Wall Street, one where moves get measured in hundredths of a percentage point. But the warning signals it sends can be …

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin’s plane landed in …

Q: Had some wine at dinner at a restaurant and then got into my self-driving car. I arrived home safe and sound, but I wonder if the fact I was admittedly a little tipsy could have been a basis to …

Fans of Olivia Rodrigo won’t have to wait until sunrise to celebrate the release of her newest record, “You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So in Love.” Ahead of the album’s June 12 release, independent record stores across Southern …

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID MCHUGH, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, likely signaling that Iranian-backed …

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After prevailing in its court fight with Elon Musk, OpenAI — the ChatGPT maker valued at $852 billion — remains on track for what could be one of the largest …

Georgina Owen, 21, from Saffron Walden in Essex, had been following the plant-based diet for three years before her death in September 2019 (Picture: Family Handout) A student ended her own life while suffering ‘delusions’ triggered by her vegan diet, …

Federico Colombo was heartbroken when he heard about the death of his girlfriend, Giorgia Sommacal (Picture: Facebook) The boyfriend of a diver who was killed during an expedition in the Maldives has declared he will keep waiting for her as …

Christopher Columbus is believed to have been born in Genoa (Picture: Getty Images) New DNA analysis of remains belonging to direct descendants of Christopher Columbus might have uncovered information about the explorer that could change the history books. For centuries, …