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TROY, Mich. ― The chance to buy a new pocket watch drew several hundred people early Saturday to Somerset Mall in Troy.

But they were left disappointed after the crowd became so large and disruptive that police told ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A train boxcar where six migrants were found dead in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday originated from Long Beach, police officials said.

The six victims, from Honduras and Mexico, are believed to have died from ...Read more

NEW YORK — A distraught father recalled being caught between hope and despair: hope for his 6-year old twins critically injured in a raging fire at his Bronx home, and despair for the 1-year-old boy who didn’t make it ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly two weeks after FBI agents raided the businesses of state Sen. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, she said she still knows nothing about the raid or what’s being investigated.

On May 6, a bevy of ...Read more

As Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan walked through the grounds of a former government building turned soiled encampment during a recent visit to Haiti’s gang-plagued capital, she found herself thinking about the barriers ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As major pieces of his agenda stalled in his final session at the Minnesota Capitol, Gov. Tim Walz reframed his view of success around finding compromise in the most closely divided Legislature in state ...Read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — El Niño is likely to show up sooner than previously expected, as early as late May, meaning it could have a better chance of hindering hurricanes later in the season, experts say.

The National ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Americans are skeptical that artificial intelligence will broadly benefit society. And they think politicians haven’t done enough to rein it in.

That’s according to a nationally representative survey ...Read more

DETROIT — Canadian officials told CBC News this week that the barrier to opening the Gordie Howe International Bridge may lie within broader negotiations rather than the bridge itself.

Evan Solomon, the Canadian federal...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police officers shot to death two men in related encounters at separate locations early Saturday.

The first was a man holding a gun in the 4200 block of Wiman Drive in east Fort Worth, the...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department’s chief of patrol, effectively the second-in-command of the nation’s second-largest police department, will retire June 1, according to a department statement.

Jon Hein has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge has denied a petition by State Farm and other insurers to dismiss two lawsuits accusing them of colluding to drive homeowners onto California's FAIR Plan.

The lawsuits, which accuse the...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — This wasn’t David and Vicki Duff’s first rodeo. They’ve been attending their son’s Navy homecomings for 30 years.

On Saturday morning, they waited on Naval Station Norfolk’s Pier 11 to welcome ...Read more

DETROIT — Funk legend George Clinton is suing UMG Recordings, claiming the giant music corporation owes him more than $1.1 million in royalties.

In a complaint filed Friday in Detroit's federal court, Clinton says UMG ...Read more

NEW YORK — New Yorkers braced themselves for chaotic commutes not seen in three decades as the Long Island Rail Road strike entered its first day on Saturday — with some already feeling the sting from the collapsed ...Read more

Wes Streeting, who resigned as Britain’s health secretary two days ago, vowed to stand in any U.K. leadership contest seeking to unseat Keir Starmer as prime minister.

In his first speech since leaving Starmer’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jack Schlossberg may be busy running for Congress in New York — but he hasn’t stopped thinking about his late sister, Tatiana.

“I don’t think I’ll ever process it,” he told Vanity Fair in an ...Read more

The Trump administration allowed a waiver that encouraged more Russian crude sales to lapse, even as the Iran war stokes concerns about global oil supplies and higher fuel costs.

The expiration effectively ends for now a...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators...Read more

China said it agreed with the U.S. to lower levies on some products to promote bilateral trade, underscoring how ties between the world’s two largest economies are further stabilizing after the historic meeting of the ...Read more