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Attorneys for billionaire Elon Musk are complaining that Twitter is slow-walking document production in advance of an October trial to decide whether the Tesla CEO should be forced to complete a $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Musk’s lawyers also said in a court filing...

Lottery players will be gripping their tickets tightly ahead of Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing with an estimated $830 million prize on the line. The jackpot would be the nation's fourth-largest lottery prize and the biggest in more than a year. The drawing will take place at 11 p.m...

Indiana Republican lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly advanced a plan to ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights supporters, who say the bill goes too far, and anti-abortion activists, who say it doesn't go far enough. Chants from anti-abortion activists, such...

Sudanese security forces killed at least one person while violently dispersed anti-coup protesters Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum and other cities, a medical group said. The Sudan Doctors Committee, which is part of the pro-democracy movement, said the protester was shot dead when security...

A woman accused of firing several gunshots inside a Dallas airport faces a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant because she allegedly fired one round toward a police officer, according to an arrest warrant. The officer shot and wounded Portia Odufuwa, who was taken to a hospital...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Greece Tuesday on his first trip to a European Union country since the killing in 2018 of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that triggered widespread international condemnation. Bin Salman, who is traveling with a large government and business...

A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages. Rep. Glenn Thompson, a Republican who represents a large swath of conservative northern Pennsylvania, voted against the bill...

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The chances are steadily rising that someone will win the massive $830 million Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night, but will it be you? Almost certainly not. That's because while the nation's fourth-largest lottery prize has sparked a surge in sales that will mean more possible number...

A Coconut Grove woman faces a second-degree murder charge after police accused her of shooting and killing a woman in downtown Miami Saturday. Police said the slaying took place in the back seat of a packed Uber. According to an arrest warrant, 24-year-old Natalia Harrell, 28-year-old Gladys...

A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison, matching the longest term of imprisonment so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Mark Ponder, a 56-year-old resident of Washington, D.C...

The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year have filed a lawsuit against the department and the officer whose rifle round pierced a dressing room wall. Valentina Orellana Peralta and her mother were shopping for Christmas clothes on Dec. 23 at a...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that forbids school districts from imposing mask mandates on schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has been upheld by a divided federal appeals court panel. The ruling from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended a...

A judge in Atlanta has rejected an appeal by a group of voters and affirmed the Georgia secretary of state's decision that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eligible to run for reelection. The five voters from Greene's district sought to have her removed from the ballot, saying that she...

Former Vice President Mike Pence will publish his autobiography just after this year's midterm elections and it will be titled “So Help Me God.” The book will recount Pence's journey from his Indiana youth to the vice presidency, with stops in the House of Representatives and governor's mansion...

Broward County school district officials held a news conference Tuesday in a push to get a new property tax referendum approved by voters in August’s primary election. The proposed one mill increase has been dubbed the “Secure the Next Generation” renewal. It would replace the current half-mill...

By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession. Yet that definition isn't the one that counts. On Thursday, when the government estimates the gross domestic product for the April-June period, some economists think it may show that the economy shrank for a second...

Sunrise police are searching for a shooter after a man was killed right in front of his own home. It happened shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at an apartment complex along Northwest 15th Street and 60th Avenue. Friends say the man was in his 60s, was a nice guy, and they are stunned something...

President Joe Biden has improved enough from his coronavirus infection that he’s able to resume his regular exercise routine, according to an update Tuesday from his doctor. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a new note that Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms “have now almost completely resolved,” and all of...

The Senate has advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the semiconductor industry in the United States and to accelerate high tech research that backers say will be critical to the economy in future decades. The Senate needed 60 votes to advance the bill and the vote was 64-32. The...