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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GEOFF MULVIHILL HONOLULU (AP) — Two states could try a new way to reduce the influence of corporations and hard-to-track “dark money” groups that have been able to spend unlimited amounts on politics since the …

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN, AP Technology Writers OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character. But …

Los Angeles firefighters are expected to deliver more than 225,000 petition signatures to the City Clerk on Tuesday in an effort to qualify a funding measure for the November ballot aimed at expanding staffing, upgrading equipment and building new fire …

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer Online seller eBay is rejecting an unsolicited $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop, calling the proposal “neither credible or attractive.” Ryan Cohen’s GameStop disclosed earlier this month that it was pursuing a takeover of …

Q: We have a lawsuit against a limited liability company here in California. Do we serve at the business address? Who do we serve? P.M., Anaheim Hills Ron Sokol A: Limited liability companies in California are supposed to designate an …

Police have shot dead a man locked in a Bedford home after a tense stand-off erupted in gunfire. Officers confronted a man in his 40s after reports of vehicles being damaged on Aylesbury Road at 10.40pm on Monday. The man …

With President Trump set to meet in Beijing this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the U.S. war with Iran still unsettled, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before Congress on Tuesday and faced questions about the planning, cost, efficacy …

A federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the system …

For more than a hundred years, Koney King has been one of Gary’s best-kept secrets, famous for its hot dogs, chili-dogs, hamburgers and more served behind a double horseshoe counter with old-school swivel stools. But after its brief cameo last …

By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month — his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office — in what the White House …

By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine named President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation. They said Tuesday that the Ukrainian …

In “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” actor Paul Dano plays Vadim Baranov, a character loosely inspired by a real-life advisor who helped Russian leader Vladimir Putin gain and keep power. Vadim is a mild-mannered sort, happy to stay in the background, …

By BASSEM MROUE and FADI TAWIL BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group called on the government Tuesday to withdraw from direct talks with Israel, calling them a concession and urging “indirect negotiations.” Lebanon and Israel are …

By DAVID A. LIEB, JEFFREY COLLINS, JACK BROOK and KIM CHANDLER Missouri’s top court is hearing an important legal challenge Tuesday to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to …

As spring marches on, punctuated by a downpour or two, we’ve already begun dreaming of what to add to our summer reading lists for the beach. In the romance category, there’s plenty of variety arriving now through the beginning of …

By Suzanne Woolley | Bloomberg Millions of Americans spend decades saving for retirement only to trip over tax bills at the finish line. The shift from earning a paycheck to living off savings creates a new problem: figuring out how …

By MICHAEL ANTHONY I didn’t understand leeks when I was growing up; in fact, I never ate them. It took living in France for me to fall for them. This Leek Quiche recipe, from my cookbook “V Is for Vegetables,” …

By Andrew Jones, KFF Health News If you or someone you know is seeking help for addiction recovery, contact the free and confidential treatment referral hotline, 1-800-662-HELP, or visit findtreatment.gov. A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina …

Federal prosecutors have charged Synergy Marine Group, Synergy Maritime and one employee in connection with the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, alleging a conspiracy to conceal dangerous safety violations aboard the Dali container ship that contributed to the disaster …

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