Trump announces additional 100% China tariff, tech controls
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on China as well as export controls on “any and all critical software” beginning Nov. 1, hours after threatening to cancel an ...Read more
A Virginia house is at center of mortgage fraud case DOJ brought against Letitia James
NORFOLK, Va. — It looks like any other house in the city’s Fairmount Park neighborhood: Plants in the front yard. A front porch decoration announcing “Hello fall.” Toys on the porch. A satellite dish.
But the two-...Read more
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Philadelphia to open one of the country's first LGBTQ+ visitor centers
PHILADELPHIA — When preparing to share Philadelphia's rich LGBTQ+ history with the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to come to town next ...Read more
Francesca Eastwood announces birth of her second child
Francesca Eastwood has announced the birth of her second child.
The 32-year-old actress, who is the daughter of filmmaker Clint Eastwood, 95, and actress Frances Fisher, 73, revealed the news on Instagram on Friday by ...Read more
Ryan Reynolds would have given himself a 'punching vasectomy' if his son had been his first child
Ryan Reynolds would have given himself a "punching vasectomy" if his son had been his first child.
The actor, 48, has four children with she wife Blake Lively - daughters James, 10, Inez, nine, and Betty, six, along with ...Read more
'Supplier of hope': Homeboy Industries plans $100-million expansion in downtown Los Angeles
Homeboy Industries has kicked off a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million for a major expansion of its facilities downtown.
The gang-member rehabilitation center has big plans to upgrade its campus near Men's Central...Read more
Mass firings begin as White House weighs keeping troops paid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration made good on its threat to begin mass firings of federal civilian employees Friday while exploring creative avenues to make sure military personnel don’t miss their paychecks ...Read more
'Not who we are': Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear slams National Guard deployment to Democratic cities
The deployment of the Texas National Guard to Chicago at the order of President Donald Trump this week is dividing state governors and sowing discord within the National Governors Association, a long-standing group ...Read more
Gov. Wes Moore, other officials push to prevent unwanted National Guard deployments
WASHINGTON — Multiple state officials and lawmakers have recently moved to support efforts that would make it harder — or even illegal — for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to Maryland without the...Read more
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Chicago's Lincoln Square
CHICAGO — A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
Debbie Brockman, who has worked as ...Read more
Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's prime minister
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu to be France’s prime minister, giving the centrist ally another shot at naming a new cabinet and getting a budget through a fractious parliament.
...Read more
'Real Housewives of Potomac' star Wendy Osefo and husband Eddie arrested on fraud charges
Another "Real Housewives of Potomac" star is facing legal trouble: Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, have been arrested for allegedly fraudulently reporting a burglary and theft last year.
A grand jury in Carroll ...Read more
Haitian illegal immigrant gets decade in prison for rape of girl at shelter hotel
BOSTON — The Haitian national found guilty of raping a “disabled” 15-year-old girl at a Rockland hotel used as an immigration shelter was sentenced to at least a decade in state prison.
“Our commitment to seeing ...Read more
Trump budget chief says federal layoffs have begun amid shutdown
President Donald Trump’s budget chief Friday said mass layoffs of federal workers have begun as the government shutdown stretches on with no end in sight.
There was no immediate further confirmation and scant details ...Read more
Gov. Wes Moore has 'grave concerns' about Maryland power line project
BALTIMORE — As the debate over the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project escalates to federal court, Gov. Wes Moore’s office said the governor continues to have “grave concerns” about the transmission...Read more
Minnesota school board members sign on to letter in support of transgender athletes
More than two dozen Minnesota school board members and candidates have signed a letter in support of transgender athletes, calling for state and school leaders to affirm those students’ “right to fully participate in ...Read more
Qatari facility to be built in Idaho, Defense Secretary Hegseth says
BOISE, Idaho — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a facility for a branch of Qatar’s armed forces will be built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base south of Boise.
“Today, we’re signing a letter ...Read more
Diddy has emotional phone call with toddler daughter: 'Daddy's away for a little while'
NEW YORK — As Sean “Diddy” Combs waits to learn where he’ll spend his 50-month federal prison sentence, the rapper reportedly told his toddler daughter in a heartbreaking phone call that he wasn’t coming home as ...Read more
S&P 500 drops most in six months on Trump tariff spat with China
A months-long calm on Wall Street came to an end Friday when U.S. stocks suffered their worst selloff in six months after President Donald Trump threatened “a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese products” imported ...Read more
GM ends work on hydrogen fuel cells for everyday driving, scraps planned Detroit plant
General Motors Co. is scrapping plans for a factory in Detroit as part of a broader decision to end development of hydrogen fuel cells for everyday drivers, the automaker said Friday.
Salaried workers, primarily in ...Read more
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