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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Lightning, wind and warmth have sparked and fueled dozens of new wildland fires around Alaska, including several near communities.

Nearly 50 new fires were reported across the state Tuesday and ...Read more

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday that the Legislature should consider prohibiting people from carrying firearms at the State Capitol after two lawmakers were shot in their homes this past weekend.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wants to set up an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades he is calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Uthmeier touted his proposal for a 1,000-bed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will decide within two weeks whether to strike Iran, his spokeswoman said, as Israel hit more Iranian nuclear sites and warned its attacks may bring down the leadership in Tehran.

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An Ecuadorian man wanted for a 2011 murder in the South American nation has been arrested in Connecticut, authorities said Wednesday.

Richard Cabrera, aka Ricardo Dionicio Cabrera-Erreyes, 50, was nabbed Tuesday in Oxford...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities recovered a notebook from the SUV of the man accused of fatally shooting Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband that included a number of online services to look up personal information.

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LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen religious leaders from an array of faiths marched to the steps of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, flowers in hand, calling for an end to the federal ...Read more

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza — Like “Squid Game.” That’s how residents describe it, invoking the dystopian TV show when recounting the lethal gauntlet that getting aid in famine-haunted Gaza has become.

“It’s a death ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Flights out of Los Angeles area airports related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations more than doubled in the month before Sunday.

ICE increased its activity in the region this month, ...Read more

Canada has opened the door to increasing its tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum next month if trade talks with the Trump administration stall.

The government “will adjust its existing counter-tariffs on steel and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The alleged assassin fled on foot after shooting lawmakers last weekend, leaving behind his SUV strewn with firearms, a first-aid kit and several spiral-bound notebooks full of blue-inked scrawl.

One of ...Read more

A Supreme Court ruling this week upholding a Tennessee law that bans many gender-affirming treatments for minors could put added strain on Minnesota providers of care.

Minnesota’s protections for transgender youth ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The private jet that crashed last month in San Diego, killing all six on board, was flying too low before it hit power lines and slammed into a house, investigators said Wednesday.

According to a National ...Read more

On Juneteenth, the federal holiday celebrating the moment when the last enslaved people received word of the Emancipation Proclamation, North Carolina lawmakers debated eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts ...Read more

Maryland ties for fourth among 50 states in terms of the financial benefits average families would see if Congress passes President Donald Trump’s tax bill, according to a White House news release.

Citing a state-by-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police officers will soon be trading in their recognizable powder blue uniform tops for “midnight” navy blue shirts, Sgt. Eric Gripp said.

“This change is part of a broader effort to ...Read more

NEW YORK — A 55-year-old Muslim woman was attacked by a stranger on a Queens train after he repeatedly asked her, “Where are you from?” police said Thursday.

The victim was on a westbound E train entering the 75th ...Read more

In recognition of Juneteenth, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced the pardon of nearly 7,000 additional cannabis-related offenses and the allocation of $400 million in state funds to communities historically ...Read more