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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, […]

Harvard University was slow to react to a wave of hostility against Jewish students last fall and ignored recommendations from an advisory group it created to address rising antisemitism, according to a report released Thursday by the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce. “Former President Gay and Harvard’s leadership propped up the university’s […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence and security agencies are trying to prepare election officials for a wave of new attacks aiming to destroy voter confidence in November’s presidential election, just as a series of reports warn some familiar adversaries are starting to ramp up their efforts. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Office […]

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday voiced his strong support for more military aid for Ukraine and Israel and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza after House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House of Representatives will vote on the funding packages Saturday night. Johnson had wavered for weeks about calling a vote on the foreign […]

It’s a day few people in the United States look forward to. Tax Day is April 15, which means Americans have until Monday to either file their income tax return for 2023 or request an extension. As of March 29, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, had received more than 90 million tax returns, most of […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket matched all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot worth $1.326 billion, Powerball said in a statement. The jackpot has a cash value […]

While rain has fallen over much of the state going into the afternoon, heavy wet snow has already been reported at higher elevations like the Berkshires and Worcester Hills, the National Weather Service said. Rain should refreeze into sleet as temperatures continue to hover in the low to mid-40s, while temperatures stay in the low […]