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WASHINGTON -- The push to decriminalize marijuana has picked up another high-profile backer -- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer -- just a week after President Donald Trump endorsed letting states decide how to ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president Thursday expressed fresh optimism about a resolution to the nation's decadeslong conflict with North Korea, saying the North might be willing to denuclearize even if the U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and an unofficial White House adviser, is joining President Donald Trump's personal legal defense team.

"He has been my friend for a long time and wants to ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, under heavy criticism for the arrests of two 23-year-old Philadelphia men at a Starbucks a week ago and his defense of the police action, apologized to the men...Read more

Mary Beth Lacey, meet Murphy Brown.

Tyne Daly, who played Lacey in CBS' groundbreaking "Cagney and Lacey," about two female police detectives, is joining the cast of the planned reboot of "Murphy Brown."

CBS announced ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Carver County Attorney Mark Metz announced Thursday that he was closing the two-year investigation into the death of musician Prince Rogers Nelson without issuing any criminal charges.

Metz said county, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Democratic concerns that President Donald Trump's tough immigration policies might keep immigrants from voting may be unfounded.

Activists working with immigrant voters say a "climate of fear" -- stoked by ...Read more

Special counsel Robert Mueller's interest in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort stemmed in part from his suspected role as a "back channel" between the campaign and Russians intent on meddling in the election, a ...Read more

The news of two black men being arrested inside a Philadelphia Starbucks late last week has garnered national media attention, sparked outrage across the country and elicited a public apology from the city's police ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday they want to act on a bill to protect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III -- even if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell essentially killed it by saying ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- No criminal charges will be filed against the doctor and other associates who illegally gave pain pills to Prince, who died of an accidental opioid overdose, officials announced Thursday.

The music megastar...Read more

SEATTLE -- Amazon says its median employee pay was $28,446 last year.

That data, disclosed Wednesday in Amazon's annual proxy report, is a reminder that while the technologists, business managers and marketers at Amazon ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, trying to avoid an embarrassing defeat for his choice for secretary of state, has asked Republican critic Rand Paul to meet with Mike Pompeo to persuade the Kentucky senator to vote ...Read more

Qualcomm Inc. has begun notifying workers of layoffs at the same time the San Diego chipmaker's $44-billion bid to acquire NXP Semiconductors is running into problems getting antitrust clearance from China.

Qualcomm, a ...Read more

Tina Fey will return to "Saturday Night Live" as host next month for the show's season 43 finale.

Fey will host "SNL"'s final episode this season on May 19, with Nicki Minaj serving as musical guest, the show announced ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. -- All options are on the table in dealing with the Fresno State professor who called Barbara Bush "an amazing racist" shortly after the former first lady died, university president Joseph Castro said ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: Has "Scorpion" been on its last mission? I didn't see any promos about the April 16 episode being the season finale. But it looked as though it may have been the series finale. ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Chicago area residents woke up to snow on the ground Thursday, the latest reminder that winter weather's grip is delaying so many spring rites of passage, from Major League Baseball games to bridge-lifting ...Read more

Like many of a certain age, I was a fan of Broken Lizard's 2001 stoner cop cult classic "Super Troopers," which circulated smoky dorm rooms in the early 2000s. The energetic, silly and wordy comedy of the then-unknown ...Read more

Cuba's new President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel grew up in the Cuban revolution and it's clear his mission is to make sure it survives.

But Diaz-Canel, who officially took office on Thursday, faces daunting challenges and ...Read more