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Four migrants who are believed to have originated from Cuba were taken into custody Thursday afternoon after coming ashore in the Florida Keys, authorities confirmed. According to U.S. Border Patrol officials, the migrants came ashore in Key West via a wooden fishing boat. The migrants are...

President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week. Biden is also bringing back longtime Democratic strategist Anita Dunn as his senior adviser. She had served in the Biden White House...

The man arrested on suspicion of tackling comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl will not be charged with any felonies, the district attorney's office said Thursday. Isaiah Lee, 23, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, police said, after rushing the stage...

Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly. “It’s quite a sight to see an eagle with a six-foot wingspan having uncontrollable seizures because of highly...

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates resumed their ascent this week, as the key 30-year loan reached its highest point since 2009. The increases came in the week preceding the widely anticipated action by the Federal Reserve, announced Wednesday, to intensify its fight against the worst...

Video footage from a transit bus of the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh this year shows one end of the structure had already fallen when an expansion joint at the other end was pulling apart, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update on the...

A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would abolish a nationwide right to abortion has thrust major companies into what’s arguably the most divisive issue in American politics. But while some are signaling support for abortion rights, many want to stay out of it — at least for now...

Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of thousands of dams nationwide using an online database run by the federal government. But they won't find the condition of Hoover Dam, which impounds one the nation's largest...

A South Florida couple is asking for their community’s help to find their beloved French bulldog. Jack and Miju Dixon are desperate to get their two-year-old dog, Morgan Freeman, back home. On Sunday, he and his brother Pizza were outside with the couple as they were hanging out with some...

Boeing Co., a leading defense contractor and one of the world's two dominant manufacturers of airline planes, is expected to move its headquarters from Chicago to the Washington, D.C., area, according to two people familiar with the matter. The decision could be announced as soon as later...

Emory University urged people on its main campus to shelter in place for several hours Thursday after a nearby high school was placed on lockdown "due to a report of an unsafe situation.” The guidance followed some confusion about a potential threat on the school's main campus in Atlanta. The...

Florida officials announced the arrest of a South Florida man for his alleged role in a real estate investment scam. According to the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, 52-year-old Marko Dejanovic represented himself as a real estate developer, investor, and lender. Authorities say...

A second book by “Hillbilly Elegy” author and U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance that had been under contract with Harper has been called off, the publisher told The Associated Press Thursday. The book, currently listed on Amazon.com and until recently on the HarperCollins Publishers web site, is...

A 29-year-old man was arrested this week on accusations that he tried to pimp out a woman at a hotel in Doral. Reinier Rivalta, of Miami Gardens, was taken into custody Tuesday on charges of deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, unlawful use of a communications device and directing...

Authorities are searching for the person who shot and killed a man inside a Fort Lauderdale business. The shooting took place on March 13 at approximately 6:51 p.m. That’s when police say they responded to 800 Northwest 22nd Avenue and found a man who had been shot and killed. The victim has...

Firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of diminished winds Thursday to build more fire lines and clear combustible brush near homes close to the fringes of the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. They did so ahead of what is expected to be several consecutive days of intense hot, dry and...

Telecommunications industry groups on Wednesday ended their bid to block California's net neutrality law that prevents broadband providers from throttling service. In a federal court filing in Sacramento, the groups and California Attorney General Rob Bonta jointly agreed to dismiss the case...

Lawmakers are working toward compromise on President Joe Biden’s $33 billion Ukraine aid request, even as signs emerge that Democrats may need to swallow another COVID-19 setback and drop their goal of wrapping pandemic spending into the package. Bipartisan talks among House and Senate...

Following through on a campaign promise, the Biden administration on Thursday announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters accountable for damage done to poor and minority communities. The strategy includes creation of an Office of Environmental Justice...

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit over online harassment filed against actor Alec Baldwin by the family of a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan, saying the Wyoming court did not have jurisdiction over the case. An attorney for the family said the case would be refiled...