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BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s legal bill for her high-stakes congressional hearing on sanctuary cities last March has increased by $100,000, to bring the city’s total expected spending on the matter to a ...Read more

In less than a week, the federal government will once again exhaust funding authorized by Congress, which would force the closure of nonessential services and could result in the temporary furlough of hundreds of thousands...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration will withhold millions of dollars from New York City magnet schools as early as next week after local education officials defied a deadline to agree to policy changes for transgender ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday said Trump administration officials “appear to be in direct violation” of her order warning against making prejudicial comments about Luigi Mangione during his ...Read more

Kenyan President William Ruto used his brief moments on the world’s stage on Wednesday to revisit his East African nation’s successes and challenges in Haiti, and to call for support on authorizing the next succession ...Read more

SEATTLE — The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, could be over, but authorities are urging caution.

“The United States Marshals Service has advised ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has been indicted on federal charges alleging he used his position to purchase an assault rifle and a pistol from area dealers last year and gave them to an associate who smuggled them ...Read more

“There’s no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.

President Donald Trump on Sept. 22, 2025, in a press conference

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Obstetricians have long advised their pregnant patients that ...Read more

When the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week, confusion filled the room.

Members admitted they didn’t know what they were voting on, first rejecting a combined measles-mumps-rubella-...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he will sign a bill by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, to regulate artificial intelligence, making California the first state to put guardrails on the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A major test program for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is expected to begin in the next few days, weather permitting, the Maryland Transportation Authority announced Wednesday.

Starting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jessica Chastain has publicly challenged Apple TV+ following the streamer's decision to hold her upcoming series "The Savant."

Apple TV+ on Tuesday said it would be delaying the release of the show about ...Read more

Nexstar Media, the Dallas-based TV station owner at the center of the high-profile controversy over the preemption of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night ABC show, may finally be realizing the potential of NewsNation, its five-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Across the river from Philadelphia, a second public media TV station will go dark after Republicans and the Trump administration stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS.

New Jersey PBS, the state’s ...Read more

There’s precisely one surprising moment in Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great,” written by Tory Kamen. It’s the impetus for the entire drama that unfolds in this film, and it feels ...Read more

Like a virus, desperation thrives in the unforgiving cold of northern Minnesota in “Dead of Winter.”

The environment heightens the largely engrossing kidnapping thriller, which is in theaters this week.

Its principal...Read more

NEW YORK — United Nations officials are blaming President Donald Trump’s team for high-profile snafus affecting an escalator and teleprompter during the president’s Tuesday appearance at the world body’s ...Read more

DENVER — Summer officially ended on Monday, but Denver’s 2025 concert season is still hot. Here are eight shows to see outdoors before the first snow flies in the metro area, which averages in mid-October, with flakes ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s U.S. attorney may help determine the outcome of President Donald Trump’s pursuit of criminal cases against his political enemies.

Two of the president’s political targets — California ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A national anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, announced Wednesday it's planning to spend $4.5 million on a push to flip Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat to Republican control.

Their ...Read more