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Age was no factor for three Massachusetts congressmen in the September primary as they fought off challenges from younger and increasingly more progressive opponents, copying a trend developing across the country.

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WASHINGTON — Federal officials lifted a stop-work order Wednesday, Sept. 2, that had halted construction on a state-federal project in Joliet, Illinois, meant to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

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The Ross wildfire currently scorching two North Texas counties was caused by a tire blowout, officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service have determined.

The fire has consumed more than 90,000 acres in Palo Pinto and Jack...Read more

For the past three decades, buying a home in Sydney has been the surest bet in Australia. Rising prices have enriched families and made property the engine of household wealth. Now the boom is under threat, and the ...Read more

Three Haiti-based photographers working for international news organizations were attacked Wednesday in the hills above Port-au-Prince, where armed gangs carried out a massacre just over a week ago.

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L.A. Unified has adopted a moratorium on student use of generative artificial intelligence for the current school year, officials said Wednesday, another in the school district's pioneering decisions to limit computer use ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — She killed two romantic partners with a knife. The most recent was her wife, a captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. After the slaying, she fled to Mexico.

Now 54-year-old...Read more

Just like Dolly Parton’s legend, her theme park continues to grow.

Dollywood officials announced during a Wednesday press conference that the Tennessee amusement center will move forward with expansion plans the 80-year...Read more

A bill that would have allowed California insurers to track motorists' driving habits in exchange for potentially lower rates has come to a dead end.

The Consumer Driving Data Protection Act, proposed by Assemblymember ...Read more

Big Oil has often employed the “hang around” playbook: secure legal rights to a giant resource — and then, eventually, figure out how to produce it profitably. But few companies have taken it to the extremes of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out for now the president’s latest effort to impose new limits on automatic birthright citizenship after losing an earlier legal fight before ...Read more

OAKLAND, California — PG&E said Wednesday it will defer $2 billion in planned spending next year, a move the utility warned could delay electrical connections for new homes, renewable-energy projects, data centers and ...Read more

Representatives from the world’s largest economies unanimously agreed to adopt guidelines proposed by the U.S. that call for a lighter touch toward governing artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, ...Read more

Illinois health officials announced an outbreak of measles Wednesday in Douglas County in east central Illinois – news that comes amid a national resurgence of the illness.

There have been at least four confirmed, ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Correction signed what’s called a “warrant service officer” cooperation agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which allows officers to enforce administrative ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk judge certified the case against a Navy electrician, accused of beating his wife before wrapping her in plastic wrap, and storing her body in the freezer of their downtown Norfolk apartment.

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. — For the second day in a row, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial told the judge in the case they couldn’t come to a consensus.

Despite the notes, jurors will return to Plymouth County ...Read more

The Trump Justice Department has weighed in on a landmark copyright infringement case against OpenAI, siding with the tech behemoth over the Daily News and other news organizations for the sake of “America’s global AI ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former California state Sen. Aisha Wahab was sworn in Wednesday morning, becoming the first Afghan American to serve in Congress. She replaces former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned earlier this year.

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PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has “real concerns” about the way Flock cameras — automated license plate readers that capture and store data gleaned from moving cars — are being used in the state, ...Read more