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WASHINGTON — The Biden White House has a self-made credibility problem.

And that’s inconvenient timing, considering Joe Biden’s team, fresh off a foreign trip, must shift quickly into legacy mode. When the president...Read more

Diversity statements will no longer be used in University of Michigan faculty hiring, promotion and tenure, a move applauded by critics who have called the practice "litmus tests" that limit diversity of thought while ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth returned to Capitol Hill for another round of meetings with Republican senators Thursday as he worked to gain support for his selection to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The stowaway who slipped onto a flight from JFK Airport to Paris blended in with another plane’s flight crew to get access to the international Delta flight, according to federal authorities.

Svetlana Dali,...Read more

Stanley tumblers are causing a stir on Amazon’s marketplace, with two vendors accused of marketing and selling counterfeit versions to customers.

Amazon and Pacific Market International, the Seattle-based parent company...Read more

A flight from Newark to Detroit turned around and landed back in New Jersey on Wednesday after the crew on board smelled smoke.

Republic Airways Flight 3439 departed Newark Liberty International Airport at 4:21 p.m., ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Shaurn Thomas, who was released from prison and paid $4.1 million by the city after serving 24 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit, pleaded guilty Thursday to killing a man over a $1,200 drug ...Read more

California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread human infections and ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Wicked” is already casting its spell on awards season.

The blockbuster adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical has been named Best Film by the National Board of Review, commonly referred to as ...Read more

Amber Heard is expecting her second child.

The “Aquaman” star confirmed the news to People, with a spokesperson for Heard sharing that “It is still quite early in the pregnancy, so you will appreciate that we do not...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service chief told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday that "much-needed reform" and accountability measures are underway in the wake of the agency's "abject failure" on July 13, when a 20-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In what could be considered the end of an era, the Industry on Thursday announced that Yuval Sharon will step down as artistic director of the groundbreaking L.A. opera company.

The company's executive ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — A magnitude 7 earthquake about 30 miles off Humboldt County prompted a highly unusual tsunami warning for a wide swath of the Northern California coast Thursday, spurring widespread evacuations before it...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials will spend more time in the courtroom over the state’s closed-doors decision to purchase the University of Phoenix after the Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Weeks after he was charged in a cross-country murder-for-hire plot, a lawyer for Chicago rapper Lil Durk said the allegations brought by federal prosecutors “are false and lacking in the most basic due ...Read more

NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood will help ring in 2025 as the headliner of the 54th edition of ABC‘s holiday staple “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.”

The Grammy-winning country star will...Read more

NEW YORK — Prince Harry is speaking out regarding recent rumors that he and Meghan Markle are headed for divorce.

The 40-year-old Duke of Sussex broke his silence on the speculation Wednesday during The New York Times�...Read more

Rita Ora has joined Dame Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Jude Law, Melanie C and a host of other celebrities to reimagine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 75th Anniversary.

Their take on the famous document is ...Read more

Hip-hop icon Samantha Lawrence has died aged 55.

The singer - famed for being part of duo Wee Papa Girl Rappers with her sister Sandra - was hit by her second cancer diagnosis earlier this year, and her family confirmed ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD on Thursday released new images of the gunman wanted for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as the manhunt led police to the Upper West Side, officials said.

The images, taken at the HI New ...Read more