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WASHINGTON — Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both held by Democrats.

The new ...Read more

Would-be “Bachelorette” Taylor Frankie Paul is taking to social media to speak out on what she calls her “twisted” relationship with ex Dakota Mortensen, amid their custody battle — which followed new domestic ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released an updated budget plan that shows California has erased its projected deficit for the next two years, thanks to billions of dollars in additional tax revenue tied to Silicon Valley’...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Carmen Benavides sat on the motel bed, holding her daughter Abrahannys’ hand. The 4-year-old lay on her back, awake, as if waiting for her mother’s voice.

“You are beautiful,” Benavides said in ...Read more

For the sixth and final time before votes are counted, the leading contenders for California governor gathered Thursday night for a televised debate, this one a 90-minute session in San Francisco.

Times columnists Gustavo...Read more

Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider this week’s Senate vote on a bill related to government shutdowns.

On...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that patients can continue to get mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, via telehealth and by mail. At least for now.

A lower court had temporarily ...Read more

Simon Cowell's new boy band December 10 have lifted the lid on what it's really like being mentored by the music mogul - and it turns out their catch‑ups now happen over burgers at his place.

The much-hyped boy band - ...Read more

Artificial intelligence has been a big hit on Wall Street, with the five largest spenders shelling out $800 billion this year in capital spending, but some worry it is distorting the economy.

Morgan Stanley estimates AI ...Read more

The FDA’s recent decision to withhold approval of a new skin cancer treatment fell like a hammer on doctors who treat melanoma and patients who saw that the drug had prolonged the lives of a third of the participants in ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Netflix is stacking the deck with its upcoming Las Vegas-based casino drama.

A week after Oscar Isaac signed on to lead “The Roman,” from executive producer Martin Scorsese, the rest of the cast is ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he made no commitment to Chinese President Xi Jinping over Taiwan, and would make a decision soon over a planned $14 billion arms deal with the island.

“On Taiwan he feels very strongly,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jane Pauley stood in front of the magnificent three-story Ardrossan mansion on a recent Monday squinting in the mid-morning sunlight, studying the teleprompter.

Her yellow blazer made a sunny reflection ...Read more

For some time we've felt the midsize Volkswagen Tiguan needed a refresh, and we're happy to report that it finally arrived in Grasso's Garage. What a pleasure it was to drive and ride.

Volkswagen kept the 2026 Tiguan SEL ...Read more

DENVER — The Sundance Institute is greeting summer with a documentary about late Boulder poet Andrea Gibson, cult-hit “Napoleon Dynamite,” indie dramedy “Little Miss Sunshine,” and more screenings in advance of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Spencer Pratt speaks into his smartphone camera, blaming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for the environmental catastrophe of the Palisades fire, which burned his house, and the homeless crisis that triggered "...Read more

NEW YORK — Kodak Black was arrested on Thursday in Florida for the second time in eight days.

The rapper — who in 2018 legally changed his name from Dieuson Octave to Bill Kapri — was booked on charges of resisting ...Read more

As July 4, 2026, approaches, Americans will be paying more attention than usual to events of 1776: the year the American Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Public historians, including filmmaker ...Read more

Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of strangers packed ...Read more

Serena Williams refuses to be away from her children for more than 24 hours.

The 44-year-old tennis legend is mother to two daughters, Olympia, eight, and Adira, two, with her husband Alexis Ohanian and Serena has ...Read more