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CHICAGO — Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot.

A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left one of the men ...Read more

The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte has died.

The 65-year-old musician passed away over Christmas, following a short illness, according to a statement from the band.

A message on The Cure's website stated: "It is with ...Read more

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has no rules in her house.

The 46-year-old singer has five children - Sonny, 21, Kit, 14, Ray, 11, Jesse, seven, and Mickey, four - with her husband Richard Jones and says there are "too many" kids for...Read more

Argentina’s Senate approved President Javier Milei’s budget bill for 2026, cementing a legislative victory that overcame renewed tensions between the libertarian leader and his top ally.

In a 46-25 vote, senators ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State professor Scott Yenor, known for his comments calling independent women “meddlesome and quarrelsome” and advocating against feminism, has stirred up controversy on a national scale again.

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LOS ANGELES — A trap meant to capture a bear that’s been under an Altadena home for a month was sprung but was triggered by the wrong beast.

Biologists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have had a bear...Read more

NEW YORK — Before he leaves office in less than a week, Mayor Eric Adams is likely to veto a bevy of City Council bills that carry significant policy implications for issues ranging from housing development and street ...Read more

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, already jailed for his role in the 1MDB scandal, faces another 15 years in prison and a fine of 11.4 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) after being convicted of abuse of power and ...Read more

California mom Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty in the murder of her daughter Melodee during a Friday court hearing in which Santa Barbara prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty.

The 40-year-old defendant...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, pleaded not guilty Friday morning during a brief but emotional arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Gamboa family isn’t quite sure how they’re going to get back into their home in Wrightwood.

When a powerful atmospheric river began drenching Southern California this week, they were forced to ...Read more

BOSTON — A local Massachusetts police department is applauding itself for playing a “significant role” in tracking down the vehicle that the accused Brown University mass shooter allegedly drove to New Hampshire as ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California this week withdrew its lawsuit against the Trump administration over the termination of about $4 billion in federal funding for its high-speed rail project, citing the federal government�...Read more

The most opined-about moment of the year on Minnesota’s business scene happened in January, when Target Corp. during Donald Trump’s inauguration week said it was ending some of its programs for improving diversity and ...Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency’s historic-but-aging headquarters in Washington would be “shut down permanently” as he shifts personnel into the building once occupied by the now-defunct U.S. Agency for ...Read more

For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm.

At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, before the resort in eastern California opened, ...Read more

After the United States warned that more strikes may follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on suspected terrorist targets in Nigeria, officials in the West African nation suggested they’d be open to continued ...Read more

Ten years ago I praised a book by Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, on the subject of “radical uncertainty.” Back then, I agreed with King that radical uncertainty – the kind that statistical ...Read more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she’s expecting to become a mom for the second time.

“The greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for — a baby girl coming in May 2026,” she ...Read more

WASHINGTON — There is still hope for getting help with health care premiums for Obamacare policies next year.

Though enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, policies are ending Wednesday, there’s...Read more