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Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire as it engulfs structures Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

LA County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility’s equipment sparked wildfire

Watch On Economy

Trump administration signals the tariffs against Canada and Mexico may soon have exemptions

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholic Church opens Lent season with words of solidarity for pope sidelined with pneumonia

People sit by the statue of Pope John Paul II set outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis in Rome, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope stable with no new respiratory crises

Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82

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US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US

Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises Vatican says

Watch On Economy

Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday

Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO of Kroger, speaks during a news conference at a Kroger supermarket as the company announces new associate benefits attributed to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CEO of Kroger, parent company of Matthews-Based Harris Teeter, stepping down after personal conduct investigation

Ny Special Screening Of "captain America: Brave New World"

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ stays at the top on weak Oscars weekend at the box office

Moon Landing

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA

Aptopix 97th Academy Awards Red Carpet Roll Out

A topsy-turvy Oscar season concludes Sunday. Here’s what to look for at Sunday’s show

Vatican Pope Health

Pope Francis stable a day after respiratory crisis, spent ‘long periods’ off noninvasive ventilator

Gavel Scales Of Justice

North Carolina company owner pleads guilty over attempted technology sale to China

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman and his wife tested negative for carbon monoxide, sheriff says

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Joint news conference canceled after Trump shouts at Zelenskyy in Oval Office

Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope had coughing fit, had to be put on breathing machine

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child’s death

Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Federal workers will get a new email demanding their accomplishments, with a key change

Part Of I 40 Reopening After Hurricane Helene

A stretch of a NC highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen

President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump meets with Zelenskyy as Ukraine seeks an end to Russian aggression

President Donald Trump stands before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US

Federal Employees Firings Lawsuit

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

Crime Handcuffs

Stabbing suspect arrested at University of Virginia and one person was taken to a hospital

Trump

No big new revelations expected in Justice Department’s release of Jeffrey Epstein files

Candles and flowers for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican says Pope Francis continues to improve but his prognosis remains guarded

Ukraine Crisis

Trump says he’s confident Putin will ‘keep his word’ if there’s a deal to end the war in Ukraine

Actor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows

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Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing tariffs on China

Oscar Winning Actor Gene Hackman And His Wife And Dog Found Dead In Their New Mexico Home

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife and dog found dead in their New Mexico home

South Carolina Executions

South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures

Chaos By Distraction

Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

Measles Outbreak Texas Death

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade

Watch On Crime

3 councilmen in South Carolina’s third-largest city charged in bribery and kickback scheme

Egg Prices

Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled

Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems likely to rule for Ohio woman claiming job bias because she’s straight

Donald Trump

Trump sees ‘a thirst’ for his ‘gold card’ visa idea with $5 million potential path to US citizenship

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ star, dies at 39

Earns Apple

Apple fixing iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

Candles and flowers for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises

Watch On Carolinas

NTSB and FAA investigating Novant medical helicopter crash near Wilmington

Election 2022 Illinois Union Amendment

Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs

Donald Trump

21 federal staffers resign from DOGE, refusing to “dismantle critical public services”

Pope Francis meets with Czech Republic's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, at The Vatican Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work

Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson arrives for an NFL football joint practice with the New York Jets, Aug. 15, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, file)

Panthers will not re-sign longtime linebacker Shaq Thompson

Singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 10, 2018. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack dies at 88

Emmanuel Macron

Trump meets with French President as uncertainty grows about US ties to Europe and Ukraine

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Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines

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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments

Julius Onah, Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez

‘Captain America’ dives in second weekend, ‘The Monkey’ adds to Neon’s successes

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