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Nine people were injured when gunfire erupted along a beachside promenade in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover at the crowded be…
by The Associated Press May 30, 2023NEW ORLEANS -- The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year's outbreaks.
by MIKE STOBBE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 30, 2023Republican and Democratic negotiators spent Memorial Day working on cementing congressional support to pass a deal to raise the debt ceiling and trim federal s…
by MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR, PAUL KANE, JULIAN MARK AND MERYL KORNFIELD THE WASHINGTON POST May 30, 2023m Arnold Schwarzenegger called for more action against climate change. The "Terminator" star -- who founded the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative and annually …
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports May 30, 2023m Lindsey Graham, Republican senator of South Carolina who was banned from Russia in 2022, wrote on Twitter that he "will wear the arrest warrant issued by [Ru…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports May 30, 2023Officials in Iowa are making plans to demolish a six-story apartment building a day after it partially collapsed, injuring at least one person and displacing c…
by FREIDA FRISARO AND TRISHA AHMEDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 30, 2023m Former Rep. Liz Cheney implored new college graduates to not compromise when it comes to the truth, excoriating her House Republican colleagues for not doing…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports May 29, 2023m Camile Lewis, 44, was arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with an altercation before a Los Angeles City Council meeting, in which she is accused o…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports May 29, 2023BOSTON -- Teens have long been vital to filling out the summertime staffs of restaurants, ice cream stands, amusement parks and camps. Now, thanks to one of th…
by STEVE LeBLANC The Associated Press May 28, 2023WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit fe…
by Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports May 28, 2023AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' GOP-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of pub…
by ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG The Associated Press May 28, 2023NEW YORK -- A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago…
by AARON MORRISON The Associated Press May 28, 2023NEW YORK -- Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point, lauded graduating cadets Saturday for their noble sac…
by BOBBY CAINA CALVAN The Associated Press May 28, 2023NORFOLK, Va. -- Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a…
by BEN FINLEY The Associated Press May 28, 2023When Cindy Campos' 5-year-old son got home from school, he eagerly pulled from his bag a book he'd been given at school. He wanted to read it right away.
by Daniel Wu The Washington Post May 28, 2023