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Research confirms what dog lovers know — every pup is truly an individual. Many of the popular stereotypes about the behavior of golden retrievers, poodles or schnauzers, for example, aren't supported by science, according to a new study. “There is a huge amount of behavioral variation in...

More of the dry, windy weather that helped fan rare spring wildfires from New Mexico to Nebraska is expected to threaten the progress that firefighters have made in controlling some of the fires, officials said Thursday. A swath of the country stretching from Arizona to the Texas panhandle is...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were set to host their first official film screening at the White House on Thursday. The Bidens will show HBO’s “The Survivor,” in honor of Yom HaShoah and Holocaust Remembrance Week, in the White House movie theater on the ground floor of the East...

The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated by ongoing sometimes violent protests and prejudiced by excessive pre-trial publicity. Derek Chauvin asked the...

Turkey had warned Russia in advance before moving to bar Russian planes from flying to Syria over its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that Turkey had asked Russia more than a month ago not to send Syria-bound planes over...

A 14-year-old was arrested in connection to a fight at Gulfstream Academy and appeared in juvenile court on Thursday morning. Arrests have been made in the case of a brutal school beating that was caught on camera. “I’m going to support my daughter regardless she’s a child,” said her father...

David Beckham’s dream of building a proper home for his Inter Miami is facing the gatekeepers of the public land that he and billionaire Jorge Mas have chosen. They want to develop about 130 acres — including 73 acres for the 25,000-seat soccer stadium and a 58-acre public park — at the...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf, legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn't provide an American Sign Language interpreter for her appointments. In a 6-3 ruling with conservatives in the majority, Chief...

Polish President Andrzej Duda denounced Russia's war against Ukraine on Thursday as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz. “We are here to show that every nation has a sacred right to life, has a sacred right to...

With a round of “Happy Birthday” in Italian and English, the U.S. Army toasted an Italian woman with a birthday cake Thursday to replace the one that U.S. soldiers ate as they entered her hometown during one of the final battles of World War II. Meri Mion, who turns 90 on Friday, wiped away...

President Joe Biden said Thursday that he's “taking a hard look” at canceling additional federal student loan debt and will reach a decision within a month. “I am considering dealing with some debt reduction,” Biden told reporters in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The comments came...

The U.S. government on Thursday will lay out its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, which have taken a disproportionate toll on Black smokers and other minorities. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional...

A former Idaho state lawmaker accused of raping a Statehouse intern last last year took the stand Thursday to testify in his defense. Aaron von Ehlinger, 39, has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object and maintains he had consensual sex with...

Egypt Lloyd couldn’t hold back tears when she saw the names — her ancestors, Tony, Cuba and Darby — in a study chronicling Harvard University’s involvement in America's slave trade. Lloyd grew up nearby, in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, but her family learned only recently of ancestors who...

City of Miami police said they are searching for a 76-year-old man who has gone missing from Little Havana. Authorities say Ramon Ramirez was last seen on Thursday. He is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, and weighs approximately 145 pounds. He has back/gray hair and brown eyes. Police said Ramirez also...

Criminal violence in Haiti worsened this week. with fighting among gangs in part of the capital chasing thousands from their homes and killing at least 20 people, including children. Haiti's Civil Protection Agency said the fighting began Sunday in four neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, north of...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's teenage son has received a death threat and bullet in the mail, Israeli officials said Thursday, he second such warning against the Israeli leader's family this week. The threats have come at a time of deep political divisions in Israel. In a major speech on...

A Florida man is facing charges after police say he allegedly trapped a male minor in a gym locker room and kissed him against his will. Clearwater police arrested James Trevor Byron Thompson, 39, after a victim said he walked up to him at a Crunch Fitness, told him he was Jesus in a past life...

The boy was at home when the rocket struck across the street and the window shattered. Stunned, he found his father and crawled under his blanket. They clung to each other and asked, “Are you still alive?” Then the father noticed blood. Glass shards had cut the boy’s right leg to the bone. The...

British lawmakers headed back to their constituencies across the country Thursday at the end of a parliamentary year overshadowed by scandal. They left a Parliament where one lawmaker stands accused of watching porn in the House of Commons, another has been found guilty of bullying, and...