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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …