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While the idea of a special tax on millionaires is hotly debated across the country, Maine state Rep. Cheryl Golek characterized her state’s new tax as a modest and reasonable step toward fairness.

That’s because, she...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan judge has dismissed felony charges against a former township clerk and a prominent Republican lawyer accused of allowing a breach of sensitive voter data.

In May 2024, Attorney General Dana ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Inside the nearly empty Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA last Monday afternoon, the air rumbles and judders and roars like a B-52 engine readying for takeoff.

On the hall’s bare stage, Anna ...Read more

May 1, 2026, marks the 60th day of Operation Epic Fury in Iran – a symbolically significant date designating when a president who has mounted unilateral military operations must receive Congressional approval or wind ...Read more

Meryl Streep had a "beef" with Goldie Hawn while they were making Death Becomes Her because she was "always late to set".

The pair teamed up for the 1992 black comedy in which they played friends caught in a love triangle...Read more

Pras Michel has turned himself in to begin his 14-year prison sentence for money laundering and illegal lobbying.

The Fugees rapper, whose real name is Prakazrel Michel, turned himself in to the Federal Correctional ...Read more

Louise Thompson has branded Alex Cooper a thief - warning her that "karma is a b****".

The former Made in Chelsea star found herself at the centre of a growing celebrity feud after claiming that the Call Her Daddy host "...Read more

Pamela Anderson has no interest in returning for the upcoming reboot of Baywatch.

The 58-year-old star, who became one of the most recognisable faces of 1990s television through her portrayal of C.J. Parker in the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sarina Hosseiny said she had never heard of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general assassinated by the U.S. in 2020.

That is, not until this year, when threatening comments cropped up on social media ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Animal activists are pressing the Los Angeles City Council to continue funding a program that provides exercise and play time for dogs confined in city animal shelters.

Under a $1.6 million annual contract...Read more

A bizarre pursuit unfolded along the residential streets of Oceanside, California, this week as a helicopter and half a dozen sheriff's patrol cars chased a teen whizzing away from them on an electric dirt bike.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin plastic skyward, speculation is growing as to whether recycled plastic could finally have its day after struggling for years to gain a greater foothold among ...Read more

JOLIET, Ill. — Inside 25-foot high, sand-colored walls where inmates once served maximum security prison sentences and where rusty jail cells still stand, thousands gathered for an unusual afternoon ballgame Thursday.

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DETROIT — Madonna is reviving a Detroit dancefloor classic on her new single "Bring Your Love," which was released Thursday.

The song, a collaboration with Madonna's Coachella partner Sabrina Carpenter, samples "Good ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It will be more than a "Star Wars" bonanza when the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public Sept. 22. The highly anticipated $1 billion museum on Thursday announced about 20 inaugural exhibitions ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kylie Jenner is being sued by a second housekeeper who alleges she suffered cruel and unusual treatment while working for the beauty mogul.

Just a week after one woman on Jenner's cleaning staff sued her, ...Read more

CHICAGO — As many as 120,000 Illinoisans could lose access to food assistance beginning Friday due to new work requirements from the federal government, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services.

To remain ...Read more

DENVER — A message carved into the shoe of the boy who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School last year makes clear the teenager was deeply entrenched in online extremist networks and that his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Experts who monitor far-right extremism have tracked a resurgence in California in recent years.

There are nearly 100 "hate and anti-government" groups in the state, including anti-vaxxers, doomsday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Driverless cars haven't always obeyed the rules of the road but, unlike vehicles with humans behind the wheel, they've gotten away with it.

That's about to change.

A slew of statewide autonomous vehicle ...Read more