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NEW YORK — A full jury was sworn in Thursday for Donald Trump’s historic hush money criminal trial in Manhattan.

The seven jurors selected late in the day join the five panelists chosen earlier this week, and comes ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers recently voted down a bill requiring school boards to ban books with “harmful material” from libraries and classrooms, legislation that would have given parents the ability ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers on Thursday approved a sweeping education bill that requires voters to decide whether large school districts can shift to four-day school weeks, raises teacher pay and expands a ...Read more

Writers on the long-running kids’ show “Sesame Street” voted to strike if a new contract isn’t reached by Friday.

The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) said 35 writers on the program “unanimously, with 100% ...Read more

NEW YORK — NYPD officers with batons and wearing helmets took dozens of Columbia University students into custody Thursday after groups protesting the war in Gaza refused to take down a two-day encampment zone.

Hundreds...Read more

Dickey Betts, the guitarist and co-founder of Southern rockers the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 80.

In statement posted to Betts' website, the musician's ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Thomas Lane, one of the former Minneapolis police officers convicted for killing George Floyd nearly fours ago, has completed the federal portion of his prison time and now is nearing an end to being locked...Read more

A woman was arrested, and her uncle was sent to the morgue after she wheeled his corpse into a bank in Brazil and tried to obtain a loan with his signature.

He couldn’t give it, of course, being dead.

Security video ...Read more

A newly filed lawsuit accuses Texas deputies of using excessive force when they fatally shot a man while he was having a mental health emergency in October 2022.

The lawsuit, filed April 11 in an Austin federal court by ...Read more

Ralph Puckett Jr. of Columbus, who died April 8 and was the last living person to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Korean War, would lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda under a bipartisan resolution ...Read more

Netflix Inc. posted its best start to the year since 2020, attracting more new customers than anyone expected thanks to a strong slate of original programs and a crackdown on password sharing.

Netflix added 9.33 million ...Read more

Uber launched a pilot program Thursday in 12 cities around the U.S. to verify riders on the app for increased safety for drivers.

The new safety feature means riders using Uber will be verified on the app and have a ...Read more

As Ukraine’s ammunition stocks dwindle some of the country’s biggest allies are expressing growing concern that it may not be able to defend itself for much longer against Russia’s invasion. Group of Seven foreign ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jake LaTurner, a Kansas Republican whose swift rise through the political ranks began when he was elected to the state Senate at the age of 24, is the latest member of the House to announce that he won�...Read more

With parts of Taylor Swift’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department” reportedly leaked online, her fans rallied Thursday to stop their spread.

Some people apparently couldn’t wait until midnight for Swift’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — More than 36,000 Georgians used a new “unborn dependents” deduction in 2022, lowering their taxable income by about $109 million, state officials say.

The new deduction is the result of Georgia’s 2019 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two jurors in the Donald Trump hush money trial were excused Thursday, one after telling the court she was too scared and intimidated to serve, as prosecutors renewed their request to hold Trump in criminal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States is once again opposing Palestinian efforts to gain full membership in the United Nations.

The U.S. was expected to veto a Palestinian membership application Thursday, ending the latest ...Read more

Astronomers have discovered the largest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way, according to a European Space Agency news release.

Named Gaia BH3, it was found by chance when the space agency’s Gaia mission team was ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Tears, shouts and interruptions marked residents’ comments Wednesday night over a proposal to exterminate geese in Bristol, Conn., parks.

As the city’s Board of Parks considered a proposal to kill ...Read more