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Universal Orlando has suspended the use of drones during “Universal CineSational,” its end-of-night show at Universal Studios theme park. The change comes on the heels of the Dec. 21 incident in which a 7-year-old boy ...Read more

A billion dollars could be the perfect way to ring in the New Year.

No one scored big on Christmas Eve when the last Mega Millions drawing pushed the jackpot closer to 10 figures, so now it has ballooned to at least $1.15...Read more

LAS VEGAS — New year, old dilemma.

With one of the biggest party weekends approaching in one of the biggest party cities, we must confront some difficult decisions again.

Namely, with so many killer live acts in town ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — This is the season for Oscar-bait films designed to make you stroke your chin until your hand goes numb.

Bloomington natives Pat Casey and Josh Miller don’t make those kinds of movies. But don’t feel ...Read more

For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across —...Read more

Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that began 14 months ago.

Targets hit Thursday included military ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A wanted sex offender is back into custody in Las Vegas after being on the run in Mexico for more than a decade, authorities announced.

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Robert Sturgiss was arrested in...Read more

ATLANTA — This was a year of transition for entertainment in metro Atlanta, with cutbacks, shutdowns and slowdowns the unfortunate norm. Metro Atlanta lost radio host Wanda Smith, drag legend Charlie Brown and Oscar-...Read more

A 37-year-old Oakland man who saved his family on Christmas morning when he woke them up to a fire in their home died after he went back inside and lost consciousness searching for an engagement ring.

Family members told ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hudson Meek, an actor who appeared in "Baby Driver" and voiced Bada in the preschool-age series "Badanamu Stories," has died after falling from a moving car. He was 16.

Meek fell "to the roadway from a ...Read more

Eros Bongiovanni lost her Madeira Beach rental home and job during Hurricane Helene. Like thousands across the Tampa Bay area, she waited hours — in line and on hold — while seeking help from the Federal Emergency ...Read more

Britney Spears and her younger son Jayden Federline reunited for Christmas for the first time after a yearslong estrangement.

The “…Baby One More Time” singer, 43, posted a video of herself and Federline on her ...Read more

BOSTON — What would be the cost of trying to save whales from ship strikes?

Nearly $300 million and 1,500 jobs for the island of Nantucket, according to a new UMass report.

The proposed NOAA vessel speed restrictions ...Read more

Danielle Carre and her husband Brad started to think about exit strategies.

The couple sat on the verge of retirement, but first needed to figure out the future of their Western Slope solar company, Empowered Energy ...Read more

Home sales across the country should rebound in 2025 after two sluggish years. But buyers shouldn’t count on 30-year mortgage rates dipping much below 6%. And homeowners in many parts of the country will be lucky to ...Read more

Beyoncé brought her album "Cowboy Carter" to life for the first time in a halftime performance at an NFL game on Christmas Day in her hometown of Houston.

The show, which came midway through the Baltimore Ravens' rout of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Facebook post seemed straightforward enough, offering up a newly built ADU rental in Burbank. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, 1,000 square feet. A private yard. Finishes “you wouldn’t find in any other...Read more