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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson once again reiterated Friday he’s not bringing the House back to Washington as the federal government shutdown continues.

Rep. Kevin Kiley objects.

The California Republican, ...Read more

Bono's part-owned luxury property is at the centre of a stabbing shock.

Police and emergency services were called to a Hollywood Hills residence linked to the U2 frontman, 64, after reports of an alleged knifing there on ...Read more

Angelina Jolie does not regret undergoing a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed.

The actress, 50, had the procedure after discovering she carried the BRCA gene mutation that increases the risk of breast and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the upbeat hoop-head Loyola University Chicago chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s 2018 run to the Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106....Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a facility for a branch of Qatar’s armed forces will be built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base south of Boise.

“Today, we’re signing a letter ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — William H. Macy has played his fair share of weasels: manipulative drunkard Frank Gallagher in “Shameless,” gullible thief Bobby in “American Buffalo” and, of course, Jerry Lundegaard, the desperate...Read more

Tyriq Withers found his debut film Him "a cathartic experience".

The 27-year-old actor, who plays rising American football star Cameron Cade in the new psychological thriller, said the story's themes of loss and ...Read more

Matthew McConaughey insists his new film The Lost Bus "was never intended to be political".

The 55-year-old actor made the remark despite the movie's depiction of a real-life Californian disaster and themes that many ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s certainly a different experience to listen to opera in Orlando’s 17,000-seat Kia Center, as was evidenced by Andrea Bocelli’s concert there Thursday night.

The Italian tenor delighted fans ...Read more

For Venezuelans in South Florida who fled political repression and persectution in their home country, the dream of a democratic transition felt closer than ever on Friday: Opposition leader María Corina Machado was ...Read more

In a country where dissent often leads to exile or prison, María Corina Machado represents something rare: Endurance.

From the rise of Hugo Chávez to the authoritarian grip of Nicolás Maduro, Machado, 58, has been ...Read more

The White House trashed the Nobel Peace Prize committee on Friday after it snubbed President Donald Trump for the coveted award.

As Trump works to finalize a major diplomatic victory with the Gaza ceasefire deal, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday said Tropical Storm Jerry was dropping torrents of rain on the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands while the season’s 11th named storm came in the form of ...Read more

Last week, people in Washington who get their Medicare Advantage coverage through Kaiser Permanente received a seemingly worrisome letter in the mail.

"Your Medicare plan won't be offered in 2026," it warned. "This means ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. on Friday said it has added a former General Motors Co. executive to lead its product development, among a number of other executive changes.

Jim Baumbick, vice president of advanced product development, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved its version of the annual defense policy bill after ending an impasse on amendments, paving the way for the chamber to formally negotiate with the House on a compromise version of the ...Read more

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LOS ANGELES — When Netflix dropped its 2023 docuseries "Beckham," Victoria Beckham stole the show with her British humor and viral Rolls-Royce ...Read more

For Scott Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right — things that in the past, in Argentina, have tended to go wrong.

The Treasury secretary announced a lifeline Thursday that...Read more

CHICAGO — Protesters gathered outside a federal building in Broadview on Friday, a day after a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using the National Guard in its immigration enforcement efforts.

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CHICAGO — A federal judge has ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its...Read more