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CHICAGO — As many lined up to pay their respects for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Thursday — his casket lying in repose at Rainbow PUSH’s South Side headquarters through Friday — funeral arrangements in the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shortly after enduring a series of winter storms that damaged roads and flooded businesses, Southern Californians may be pleased to learn that blue skies and toasty temperatures are on deck as possible ...Read more

President Donald Trump put his son-in-law Jared Kushner and longtime friend Steve Witkoff in charge of resolving the war in Ukraine and a standoff with Iran. On Thursday, they juggled those momentous issues within hours of...Read more

Congress added nearly $34 billion above the president’s fiscal 2026 defense request for more than 1,000 research and procurement programs favored by lawmakers but not necessarily by the military, according to a new ...Read more

U.S. and Iranian officials ended the latest round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday by agreeing to re-convene as soon as next week, opening the door to further diplomacy even as President Donald Trump masses military ...Read more

RICHMOND — Del. Lee Ware, R-Powhatan, rose for a point of personal privilege Thursday afternoon and took the opportunity to urge against the passage of a bill that would remove several Confederate statues from Capitol ...Read more

One of the four people the Cuban government said it killed in an open-water shootout Wednesday is an American citizen, the U.S. State Department confirmed Thursday evening.

The spokesperson told the Miami Herald one of ...Read more

A key Pentagon official on Thursday brushed off criticism from senators over the department’s role in an episode that led the Federal Aviation Authority to briefly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, earlier this ...Read more

Pennsylvania pays out hundreds of millions in overtime pay to its employees annually. For some agencies, overtime work is in the nature of the jobs, which involve responding to emergencies. But understaffing sometimes ...Read more

Would-be Donald Trump assassin Asif Merchant was caught on video as he spread a napkin out on a hotel room table, put down a creamsicle-colored vape, and said, “This is the target. How will it die?”

Merchant, who’s ...Read more

Cuban officials identified Thursday the remaining three men who were killed in a shooting with a Cuban coast guard vessel and one who was detained after a group of 10 allegedly used a Florida-registered boat for a “...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore — stepping into territory more often associated with presidents — invited the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team to visit Maryland’s capital.

Moore’s invitation ...Read more

A Denver law firm accused the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday of illegally coordinating the arrest and transfer of an immigrant without proper legal status last year.

The nonprofit law firm, Towards Justice...Read more

Two Maryland lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday aimed at protecting the independence of inspectors general and ensuring they can access records needed for official investigations.

GOP Del. Ryan Nawrocki and ...Read more

A group of former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys say the ongoing federal attempt to force Minnesota officials to turn over its voter rolls amounts to a “fishing expedition” not supported by law.

Sixteen former ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two Democratic secretaries of state said they were told the Trump administration isn’t planning to send federal immigration enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s congressional ...Read more

Let there be light!

Power restoration crews are making major progress in their storm recovery efforts, as the Bay State power outage totals significantly dropped on Thursday.

Meanwhile, some roads were still blocked on ...Read more

The number of U.S. nationals applying for British citizenship hit an all-time high in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

A total of 8,790 Americans sought citizenship through ...Read more

Wearing a pink top bearing her daughter’s photo, Kanaiyah Ward’s mother asked Maryland legislators Thursday to spare other parents the pain of burying a child whose care had been entrusted to the state.

“Kanaiyah ...Read more

Shia LaBeouf has been ordered to enrol in substance abuse treatment and undergo drug testing following his recent arrest in New Orleans.

The 39-year-old actor was arrested earlier this month following an altercation ...Read more