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Hawaii is in the crosshairs again as yet another tropical cyclone approaches the Aloha State on Thursday.

It has been three years since the deadliest wildfires to hit the U.S. in more than a century swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui. The fires consumed thousands of structures, killed 102 people ...

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Wall Street has proved incredibly resilient to instability, and while consumer confidence has dipped, shares have soared

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A Guardian analysis finds the vast majority of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time from January to August last year had no criminal convictions

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Is Congress still a branch of government? As I often point out: A one-person weekly blog is a bad place to cover breaking news. This morning, the attack on Venezuela is in that nebulous zone betwee…

New USPS rules clarify that postmark dates may not align with when mail was dropped off, impacting tax returns and mail-in ballots.

From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

For many young men, expressing a transgressive opinion is thrilling. Then they start to believe it.

Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail

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Pam Bondi’s disrespect of the Senate is only one example of a larger principle. If you watched Pam Bondi’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, you saw a number of t…

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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From my local vantage point, I see a dangerous gambit beyond despotism: a twisted reality show where targeting Black people and immigrants in the nation’s capital is the main event.

Massive shade tents, inflatable furniture, and heavy-duty beach wagons are transforming the simple beach day into suburban sprawl by the sea.

Meta's AI app makes private chats public — often without users realizing. Mozilla is urging Meta to fix the design and protect user privacy.

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Despite never receiving training on how to detect medical emergencies, Sienna knew something was wrong, and she stayed by the stranger until

The most dangerous feature of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is one of its least publicized: ICE becomes a massive federal police force, overseeing a system of “detention” centers tha…

On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...

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Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.