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NEW YORK — U.S. President Joe Biden is looking to recapture his mojo and reassure donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. The 81-year-old’s troubling performance at the first presidential debate Thursday rattled many Democrats, who see Trump after the January 6, 2021, insurrection as an […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to federal regulatory power on Friday by overturning a 1984 precedent that had given deference to government agencies in interpreting laws they administer, handing a defeat to President Joe Biden’s administration. The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of fishing companies that challenged a government-run program partly […]

Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decades-long war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore’s plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of cannabis or drug paraphernalia will be pardoned, […]

Elon Musk quietly welcomed his third child with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis earlier this year. According to Bloomberg, the billionaire who has long touted claims about a world depopulation crisis, has had another baby, bringing his brood to 12. The baby’s name and gender are not yet known. The Tesla mogul previously welcomed twins Strider […]

Jennifer Lawrence is to star in and produce ‘The Wives’. The 33-year-old actress has boarded the cast of the murder mystery flick that has been acquired by Apple Original Films in what is described as a “highly competitive situation”. Plot details are yet to be revealed, but the film is said to be inspired by […]

As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot boxes to see what happens […]

She’s working late, ‘cause she’s a record breaker! Sabrina Carpenter today becomes the youngest female artist in Official Chart history to hold the Number 1 and Number 2 spots on the Official Singles Chart in the same week, with Please Please Please and Espresso respectively. Having recently enjoyed a five-week stint at the summit with […]

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people crossing illegally into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new rules restricting […]

SAVANNAH, GA. — An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people hurt in a busy tourist area of Savannah, Georgia, late Saturday, one of five weekend shootings in the city, two of which were fatal, authorities said. Two people were injured in separate shootings Friday. Two more shootings Saturday resulted in […]

The largest geomagnetic storm since 2003 that occurred last Friday may be just the beginning of a more intense than expected period of solar activity. More explosions of energy and light occurred in the days following the giant storm that delivered a brilliant display of light, known as the aurora (borealis in the Northern Hemisphere, […]