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Kauai small businesses ask tourists to return after Hurricane Lowell, with aloha and some patience
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Judge strikes down Trump policy that cut millions in teacher-training money
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Preparing to leave office, with world beset by problems, UN chief talks of a way forward
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Asian shares mostly rise, cheered by a US rally and easing oil prices
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Japan’s central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%
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Virginia’s attorney general says DHS may have violated state election law after whistleblower report
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Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
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Senators from both parties voice criticism about Pentagon briefing on US defense strategy
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Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House
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A judge rejects Pamela Smart’s latest bid for a new trial in 1990 accomplice to murder case
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The driver who slammed into an LA bus before a news helicopter crash is charged with murder
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Bail set for ICE officer accused of lying and assault in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis
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Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren’t the target, new Trump rule says
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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 9/17/2026
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Why the Federal Reserve is lifting rates now, and what it means
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National Book Awards: Marlon James, Louise Erdrich and Karl Ove Knausgaard make long lists
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Appeals court weighs Trump-backed Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday was considering an attempt to resurrect new Missouri…
A tip about a swerving van leads police to 66,000 US silver coins in a fraud case
On a yearslong hunt for thousands of U.S. silver coins squirreled away in Norway, police investigating a money laundering case…
Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to…
Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a ‘workhorse’ who shaped water policy, dies at 84
Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, who represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress over nearly three decades, has died at…
African asylum seekers find home in unlikely new American melting pots
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Caitlin Clark’s Nike signature shoe arrives Oct. 1, with ‘Caitlin Blue’ and ‘Warning Code Yellow’
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Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 196,000, lowest since mid-July as layoffs remain low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain…
US mortgage rates brush 7%, weighing on buyers, sellers and further straining a bleak housing market
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Kim Stanley Robinson won’t read aloud his climate disaster scene from ‘The Ministry for the Future’
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After ‘Educated,’ Tara Westover revisits a family split in memoir ‘Brothers and Sisters’
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Ohio voters rejected Sherrod Brown. Two years later, are they ready to give him a second chance?
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The fight over congressional maps put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says
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A border surge reshaped America. Now, data shows who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went
A surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived,…
DoorDash and Uber Eats to offer delivery from US Costco stores
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The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirl
King Charles III has urged AI leaders to keep artificial intelligence under control and beneficial for people and the planet.…
Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia
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US stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease
The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks after oil prices fell and pressure from the…
Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop
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Former Syrian official convicted of torture under Assad sentenced to 60 years in US prison
A former Syrian military official convicted of torturing prisoners during the rule of President Bashar Assad has been sentenced to…
LA news helicopter crashed in birthplace (and, arguably, epicenter) of ‘eye-in-the-sky’ reporting
Los Angeles has been a city viewed from above by news helicopters for nearly seven decades. When there was a…
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