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​WASHINGTON — Jonathan McKernan, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to become the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, promised lawmakers Thursday he would not preside over shutting ...Read more

Tom Cibrowski, who oversaw ABC's "Good Morning America" during one of its most successful eras, is joining CBS News as president and executive editor.

The storied news division, which has been reeling over its legal ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students and other groups seeking to protest on UNC System campuses will have new rules to follow, following a vote by the board that oversees the state’s public universities to approve a new policy ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — From Francis Ford Coppola to Antonio Banderas, directors and actors across Hollywood on Thursday mourned the death of actor Gene Hackman. The 95-year-old, best known for his Oscar-winning roles in 1971's "...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are continuing efforts to ban transgender student-athletes from playing sports according to their gender identity.

The Georgia House voted 102-54 Thursday to approve House Bill 267. Three ...Read more

After meeting with State Farm executives in Oakland on Wednesday, California’s top insurance regulator said he expects to decide within two weeks whether to approve the insurer’s emergency request for a steep rate hike...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are moving closer to enshrining access to in vitro fertilization in state law, a year after a court decision in neighboring Alabama put the legality of the procedure in jeopardy there.

State ...Read more

NEW YORK — The faculty union at the City University of New York objected to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s order to interrupt the hiring process for a Palestinian Studies professor, as protesters planned to confront the governor ...Read more

NEW YORK — The cause of actor Michelle Trachtenberg’s death remained “undetermined” Thursday after her family objected to having an autopsy performed, city officials said.

Trachtenberg, 39, was found dead in her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are investigating the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog at their home in New Mexico after they were discovered by a sheriff’s deputy who said the circumstances...Read more

Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos plans to launch an all-female crew into space that includes pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.

Also aboard the New Shepard rocket will be former NASA...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor who brought a flinty menace to films such as “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” was found dead Wednesday along with his wife in ...Read more

The congressional committee that will question sanctuary city leaders next week about how their policies impact public safety has dropped a promotional video, declaring "Game on."

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A new study examining the top films of 2024 has found that Hollywood is backsliding on its diversity efforts.

The 2025 edition of the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, released Thursday, has determined that...Read more

Following recommendations from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration has fired 15 or more workers at the Federal Aviation Administration facility in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

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LOS ANGELES — Ursula Boschet, the iconic Hollywood costume designer, whose shop draped celebrities and civilians for more than half a century, has died. She was 90.

Boschet died Monday afternoon of pancreatic cancer ...Read more

Those who carry cash would have a denomination as an option with President Donald Trump’s face, at least under the idea of one of South Carolina’s congressmen.

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a staunch supporter of ...Read more

BALTIMORE — At the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, President Donald Trump leaned forward and made a promise.

A reporter had just asked about a U.S. House budget bill that passed the night before and included $...Read more

CHICAGO — “It’s a little mystery I like to leave unsolved,” Gene Hackman said nearly 40 years ago in circumstances very different from this week’s news of his death at the age of 95.

Eugene Hackman won two ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s a country music festival that had part of its title — “Boots” — easily covered. It just needed “Park,” and found one.

The hoedown and throw-down Boots In the Park is making its Las Vegas ...Read more