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PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court building near downtown Phoenix was evacuated on Jan. 5 as law enforcement agencies investigated a package that tested positive for explosives, authorities said.

PHILADELPHIA — A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the deadly explosion at a Bucks County nursing home just before Christmas was the result of negligence on the part of the facility’s operator and its natural gas supplier. Filed by Philadelphia law firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky on behalf of four survivors of the explosion, the lawsuit claims that Saber Healthcare Group, Peco, and others failed ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he has formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and launched administrative proceedings against the Arizona Democrat to consider whether to reduce his Navy rank in retirement, the latest twist in a weeks-long dispute about the lawmaker’s political commentary.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones’ late daughter Victoria Kafka Jones was due in court later this month to respond to a plea deal that would have required her to get sober, according to a report.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he won’t seek reelection after coming under fire for a scandal involving alleged fraud in state programs that has been amplified by President Donald Trump and Republicans.

The sharp increase in tariffs imposed last year by the Trump administration may reduce inflation rather than increase it, according to research published Monday by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, suggesting that interest-rate cuts may be the proper policy response. 

Lawmakers are returning to Washington this week confronting the fallout from the stunning capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and familiar complaints about the Trump administration deciding to bypass Congress on military operations that have led to this moment.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday said "a crazy person" had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows, noting he and his family were not there at the time.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday appeared to pivot away from President Donald Trump's assertion a day earlier that the United States would "run" Venezuela, emphasizing instead that the administration would keep a military "quarantine" in place on the country's oil exports to exert leverage on the new leadership there.

HOUSTON – White House and State Department officials have told U.S. oil executives in recent weeks that they would need to return to Venezuela quickly and invest significant capital in the country to revive the damaged oil industry if they wanted compensation for assets expropriated by Venezuela two decades ago, according to two people familiar with the outreach.

Adriana Figueira felt a wide range of emotions Saturday at the news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was no longer in power because he and his wife had been captured in a surprise attack by the U.S. military. “I was very joyful,” about Maduro’s ouster, said Figueira, an asylum-seeker who came to America in 2023 and was among scores of migrants who sheltered at the Riverton Park United ...

Minnesota political leaders from both parties condemned a social media post Saturday by President Donald Trump that amplified a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting Gov. Tim Walz was involved in the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman. Trump reposted a video on Truth Social asserting, without evidence, that Walz had Hortman assassinated — a claim that has circulated in fringe ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had yet to weigh in on the U.S. operation to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Caracas as of Saturday night, more than 24 hours since President Trump approved the audacious mission that captured the Venezuelan leader. Her silence on the operation surprised some in the U.S. intelligence community, which laid the groundwork for the mission over ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday lifted its prohibition on flights to the Caribbean and airlines have resumed normal flights. “The original restrictions around the Caribbean airspace are expiring at 12:00 am ET and flights can resume,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote on social media site X. “Airlines are informed, and will update their schedules quickly.” Duffy ...

It can feel hard to change your behavior or form a new habit, especially over the course of a whole year. On New Year’s Day, you might have filled your fridge with kale and gone for a jog, but how do you keep that resolve going in July?

A 26-year effort by the city of Gary, Indiana, to bring a dozen firearms manufacturers and distributors to court over gun violence seemingly came to an end Monday, after the Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed the city’s long-running lawsuit – citing a 2024 state law that bans cities from suing firearms companies.

PHILADELPHIA — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to stage 4 less than a year after her initial diagnosis. A new drug being tested in clinical trials around the world, including at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, was the 59-year-old grandmother from Newark, Del.’s best hope for more time. The drug ...

BALTIMORE — For the first time in its existence, Maryland Public Television has been completely iced out of Uncle Sam’s wallet. Since retaking the White House in January, President Donald Trump has gained ground in his battles against legacy media. But he also has raided the only news group, more or less, in his control: public media. Through an executive order, Trump defunded NPR and PBS in ...