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I met the news that Richard Osman's 2020 mystery novel "The Thursday Murder Club" would be adapted for the screen with a spark of glee, as happens when something you love is noticed by the wider world. That the wider world...Read more

As tensions rise between Illinois politicians and President Donald Trump over his plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, the latter contrasted Democratic governors’ resistance to their desire for federal ...Read more

The first year of Mayor Eric Adams’ after-school expansion shut out a number of high-need New York City schools, prompting an outcry from parents, according to a report issued Wednesday by Comptroller Brad Lander.

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LOS ANGELES — NPR's "All Things Considered" is getting a new weekday voice.

Scott Detrow will become a full-time weekday host of NPR's afternoon radio show starting Sept. 29, while maintaining his role at "Consider ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s state budget continues to be delayed, now two months into the new fiscal year, as top Republicans have failed to reach a deal.

Thousands of teachers and school personnel across the ...Read more

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s often-fractious press corps was united in anger this week over comments by Tom Barrack, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, who warned journalists against “animalistic” behavior and told them to �...Read more

Risk of mosquito-borne West Nile virus is increasing amid a hot and rainy summer season, the Minnesota Department of Health warned this week.

The state so far has confirmed 20 cases, including two deaths, which occur when...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two children were killed in a shooting Wednesday at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis, police said, and 17 people were injured, 14 of them children. Two are in critical condition. The suspected ...Read more

The Trump administration Wednesday moved to take over Washington, D.C.’s Union Station as the president widens his federal crackdown on the nation’s capital.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his department ...Read more

A 32-year-old US Army officer could serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to duping unsuspecting people into buying “valuable” military equipment stolen from Fort Stewart, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — Fulton County commissioners are in court Wednesday facing a possible contempt citation after they defied a judge’s order requiring them to appoint two Republican nominees to the county Election Board.

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Even as bosses across the country report a jump in the number of people returning to the office, attendance in California remains less than half of what it used to be.

A recent survey shows that managers' push to get ...Read more

After repeated delays, more than $30 million spent and little to show for it, a decadelong effort to upgrade the state’s antiquated workers' compensation system has been put on hold.

On Friday, WaTech, the state’s ...Read more

After six years of work, Boeing has flown the final in-storage 737 Max out of Moses Lake, Washington, marking the end of a grueling chapter in the company’s history.

Boeing began storing Max planes at Moses Lake, as ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two favorites won primaries for a pair of Minnesota Senate seats heading for a special election in November.

Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. won with more than 73% of votes against Rachel Davis and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to quickly step into a legal challenge over billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development and other foreign assistance ...Read more

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Fernand continues to persist in its short-lived path out to sea, leaving a relatively quiet Atlantic in its wake.

The National Hurricane Center said Fernand crossed a patch of slightly warmer ...Read more

How does it feel to get played by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Turns out the couple didn’t get engaged this week after all, according to Swift’s FFIL — future father-in-law — Ed Kelce.

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams vowed on Wednesday to crack down on the gun violence that has rampaged across the Bronx over the last week by focusing on street gang activity, which he believes is the root cause of some of ...Read more

The vast majority of Americans believe crime is a major problem in large U.S. cities, but few say the same for small towns, rural areas and their own communities, according to a new AP-NORC survey.

A slim majority also ...Read more