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LANSING, Michigan — Michigan’s $10.33 hourly minimum wage should increase to $12.48 an hour on Feb. 21, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a Wednesday order that clarified the timeline for a phase-in of a $15 minimum ...Read more

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ushered in what he called a “new phase” in the war with regional Islamist groups and said troops would be diverted to the Lebanese border, an indication that long-held fears of a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A panel of U.S. House lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would force automakers to install AM radio in all new cars.

The measure, titled the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, advanced through the House ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass said she would conduct a nationwide search for the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, but in the end it seems she found three finalists close to home.

Deputy Chief Emada ...Read more

Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in which climate change is altering the weather.

Different meteorological phenomena are behind...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I was physically, emotionally and sexually abused by my oldest brother (six years my senior) from ages 6 to 11. As soon as I could verbalize what was happening, I went to my parents and told them. They believed ...Read more

In a small but likely welcome win for Sean “Diddy” Combs, a Michigan judge has set aside a $100 million default judgment against the rapper in a case in which he’s accused of sexually assaulting a now-inmate.

The ...Read more

The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it'll strike the tool and die unit at Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge Complex next week if local contract issues aren't resolved.

More than a year has passed since the deadline to reach a new...Read more

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan and executive chairman Gary Kelly would be long gone by now if one vocal activist investor had its way, one of the airline’s unions told members this week.

“... Elliott advised that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania voters no longer prefer former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris on the economy in a poll that shows the Democratic presidential nominee all but erasing the deficit on ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A grand jury indicted the 16-year-old accused of fatally shooting a fellow Joppatowne High School student on charges including first-degree murder on Tuesday, the Harford County State’s Attorney’s office ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as "raccoon roundworm," according to officials.

The parasite, called Baylisascaris procyonis, was found in the South Bay area...Read more

After polling their membership and finding the majority support the reelection of former President Donald Trump, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has chosen to skip an endorsement this election cycle.

According ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The second apparent attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in as many months has brought renewed focus on the threat of political violence and its potential impact on American institutions. And ...Read more

Lionsgate will work with artificial intelligence research company Runway to create and train a new artificial intelligence model customized to the “Hunger Games” and “John Wick” studio’s film and TV content, ...Read more