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NEW DELHI, India — At the outset of 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was riding a wave of international acclaim and anticipating an election campaign that looked like such a formality he talked of a thousand-year ...Read more

MIAMI — In Cuba the population is fighting shortages of food, fuel and medicine while a collapsing electrical grid that resulted in three nationwide blackouts this year continues to leave many people in the dark.

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WASHINGTON — Washington is full of people who obsess about the daily news cycle and who is “winning” it. But looking back on her 24 years in the Senate and nearly half a century in politics, Sen. Debbie Stabenow said...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared a stopgap funding extension early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline, staving off a partial government shutdown and ending days of gridlock over a package whose contents seemed to ...Read more

Starbucks baristas went on strike at several stores in Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles on Friday, with their union warning the walkouts could spread to hundreds of cafes by Christmas Eve if the coffee giant does not meet ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday commuted the prison sentence of former Kansas City police Detective Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City officer ever convicted of killing a Black man, an ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More than a year ago, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker warned Missouri Gov. Mike Parson that pardoning former Kansas City police Detective Eric DeValkenaere, the city’s first officer ever ...Read more

Starbucks employees at unionized stores across the country began what they plan to be a series of escalating strikes Friday, launching a work stoppage at the coffee giant’s Seattle flagship cafe.

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously Friday to fire Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, clearing the way for the mayor to install a new leader for ...Read more

Scheana Shay has slammed Lisa Vanderpump for joking about Kristen Doute's pregnancy.

The 39-year-old TV star has hit out at Lisa, 64, after she recently joked about the paternity of Kristen's unborn child on the '...Read more

Kevin Jonas' marriage has got "better and better" every year.

The 37-year-old music star has been married to his wife Danielle since 2009, and Kevin has now taken to social media to celebrate their latest wedding ...Read more

Amanda Kloots feels "so grateful" for her experience on 'The View'.

The 42-year-old star has served as a co-host on the daytime TV talk show since 2021, and Amanda reflected on her experience during the show's last-ever ...Read more

Jax Taylor considers his son to be his "biggest accomplishment" in life.

The 45-year-old reality star has taken to social media to celebrate his son's third birthday, explaining that Cruz makes him want to be a "better ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden set a new record for federal judicial confirmations in a single term, when Serena Murillo became his 235th life-tenured federal judge confirmed by the U.S. Senate as lawmakers worked into...Read more

NEW YORK — Stepping out of the Port Authority bus terminal late in the evening on Nov. 24, authorities say, Luigi Mangione took a taxi to the New York Hilton Midtown, where UnitedHealth Group Inc. planned its annual ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez filed an injunction in Cook County Court and asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent the school board’s possible firing of him Friday night.

“The ...Read more

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The debate over the rights of transgender athletes to compete in school sports intensified this week in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, as two Republican lawmakers called for the ...Read more

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. along with the parent company of Zelle alleging the firms rushed a peer-to-peer payment network to market ...Read more

The party is over for Party City as the retail giant announced Friday it was going out of business and closing all its stores after nearly 40 years.

Employees of the New Jersey-based party chain were informed in a Friday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The now disgraced and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi must surrender to federal authorities early next year for a medical evaluation at a federal prison in North Carolina, a judge ruled Friday.

The decision...Read more