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A federal judge in Texas on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled by Alex Jones, the result of an agreement between lawyers for the conspiracy theorist and parents of some of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School...

Teodora del Carmen Vásquez was nine months pregnant and working at a school cafeteria when she felt extreme pain in her back, like the crack of a hammer. She called 911 seven times before fainting in a bathroom in a pool of blood. The nightmare that followed is common in El Salvador, a heavily...

Eight years after Congress created the program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking a first step toward offering more than $7 billion of federally backed loans to repair aging dams owned by states, local governments and private entities across the U.S. The Corps published a proposed rule...

Casie Pierce doesn't usually work Fridays. But on the Friday after the draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, Pierce, the development director for a Dallas-based abortion fund, which helps people pay for the procedure and associated logistics, had to be at her computer...

Thailand’s health minister kicked off a marijuana giveaway Friday, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1 million plants a day after the country legalized cultivation and possession of the drug. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who has been the driving force...

Police found a mail truck stolen from a Hollywood post office, but the United States Postal Service said Friday morning it’s still offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. The USPS Grumman Long Life Vehicle was taken from the West Hollywood Hills Post Office, located at 5771...

Palm Beach County deputies are searching for an animal cruelty suspect who left a “neglected” Shih Tzu dog at a rescue facility outside Boca Raton. According to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, a volunteer found the approximately 6-year-old Shih Tzu along the fenceline of the Tri-County...

A West Virginia man accused of fatally shooting three co-workers at a western Maryland machine shop remained under police guard at a hospital Friday, but authorities said a Maryland state trooper injured in a shootout with the suspect was treated and released. The 25-year veteran of the...

Small businesses that depend on outdoor crowds and free-spending tourists aren’t sure what to expect this summer. Consumers likely have a lot of pent-up demand after more than two years of the pandemic. But they’re also facing some significant financial headwinds because of the highest...

Glory House of Miami, a non-profit organization dedicated to reaching, rescuing and restoring survivors of human trafficking, has launched its “Glory Home” capital campaign to build a long-term residential home for adult survivors of human trafficking. Construction of the six-bedroom home...

China's defense minister complained to his American counterpart on Friday about the latest U.S. arms package for Taiwan and warned of a possible conflict over the self—governing island that China claims as its own territory. Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe told U.S. Defense Secretary...

Several artists including Bun B, Lupe Fiasco, 6LACK and Brittney Spencer have recorded songs honoring Juneteenth for Apple Music. Performers from different genres composed new tracks, while others recorded cover songs for the second annual “Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs” playlist, which...

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A senior administration official...

Parents anxious to finally vaccinate their youngest children against COVID-19, strap in: A lot is set to happen over the next week. On Wednesday, both Moderna and Pfizer will have to convince what’s essentially a science court -- advisers to the Food and Drug Administration -- that their shots...

Russia's central bank cut interest rates back to their prewar levels Friday, saying inflation and economic activity were developing better than expected despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed in response to the war in Ukraine. The bank lowered its key rate by 1.5 percentage points, to 9.5%...

With an increase in housing, fuel and food costs, the YMCA of South Florida has opened a new food pantry to help struggling families overcome food insecurity. With support from Bank of America, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County and The American Healthy Weight Alliance, The...

A local district attorney's race in Maine wasn't generating much attention until a political action committee linked to a deep-pocketed liberal donor with international name recognition suddenly took an interest. A super PAC funded by George Soros, the billionaire investor, philanthropist and...

One person is dead and another was taken the hospital following after a car struck a pole in Miami’s Little River neighborhood overnight Friday, bursting into flames. Miami police said they responded to the area of 151 NE 82nd St. at around 1:15 a.m. to investigate a crash. Shortly after...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked Kosovo and Serbia on Friday for a clear commitment to reaching a lasting political solution to their long-standing dispute over Kosovo's independence. Normalization talks facilitated by the European Union started 11 years ago but yielded little impact, and...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attempts to speak in Parliament were disrupted for a second day Friday as opposition lawmakers confronted him over allegations he tried to cover up the theft of cash from his game farm. Lawmakers from the populist Economic Freedom Fighters, the second...