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Madonna contemplated suicide during the custody battle over her son Rocco Ritchie.

Describing the period as one of the most painful of her life, the 67-year-old singer made the admission during her first podcast interview...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The legal consequences and public humiliation for once-respected ex-banker Russell Laffitte, who helped Alex Murdaugh steal millions in a massive South Carolina banking and law firm fraud scandal, ...Read more

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has signed a decree declaring a state of external emergency in response to what his government calls growing “threats” from the United States, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said he believes the U.S. government is on track to shut down, seeking to pin the blame on Democrats one day before federal funding is set to lapse.

“I think we’re headed into a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A congressional hearing in Charlotte on Monday further stoked debate over how to address crime and public safety in the wake of a high-profile stabbing on the city’s light rail.

The U.S. House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is referring Harvard University for administrative suspension and debarment proceedings, a move that would exclude the school from ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former state Rep. RJ May, who was a hard-line conservative member of the South Carolina General Assembly, pleaded guilty Monday to federal five counts of distributing child pornography.

He faces between...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders left a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday without any agreement to head off a partial government shutdown and no apparent exit strategy once the federal funding lapse begins ...Read more

Denmark is receiving security assistance from NATO allies ahead of a high-level meeting of European leaders in Copenhagen this week after a wave of drone incursions that authorities say may be linked to Russia.

Germany, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he had received a report that federal officials are seeking to deploy troops to Illinois in support of President Donald Trump’s surge in immigration enforcement.

“Moments ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Washington is barreling toward a government shutdown Tuesday night, with few signs of an off-ramp as Democrats and Republicans dig in for a fight over government spending.

Democratic leadership on Capitol ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a lengthy proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war, but it’s far from clear whether Hamas will agree to the terms of the agreement.

The 20-point outline, which the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle and Washington leaders say they’re preparing for the city to be the next target of President Donald Trump’s escalating orders deploying troops to Democratic-led cities.

Slamming Trump’s weekend ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday that will create new transparency measures for large AI companies, including public disclosure of security protocols and reports of critical safety incidents.

Sen. Scott Wiener, D-...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced a series of actions intended to boost coal mining and electric generation, its latest move in a government-wide effort to reverse the fuel’s decline.

The ...Read more

A Minneapolis man admitted Monday to twice attempting to travel to Somalia last year to join the terrorist organization ISIS, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty in the U.S. ...Read more

Heartbreak doesn’t feel so good in a place like this. Longtime Hollywood power couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have gone their separate ways, according to several reports.

The Oscar-winning actor and the country ...Read more

A South Carolina jury awarded $5.1 million in damages to a woman in a medical malpractice case against her surgeon, who she accused of wrongly removing her entire thyroid gland.

Jurors unanimously sided with Natalie Boyd ...Read more

Tropical Storm Imelda began to pull away from Florida on Monday afternoon, taking its blustery winds and heavy rains with it.

Imelda’s drenching rains also began to ebb in the Bahamas on Monday, as most of the remaining...Read more

Matthew McConaughey has revealed it was a question from his then four-year-old son that ultimately convinced him to marry Camila Alves.

Speaking on the Modern Wisdom podcast on Monday, the Academy Award-winning actor, 55,...Read more