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The state Senate passes a bill that targets any social media site that tracks user activity, allows children to upload material and interact with others, and uses addictive features

Doctors and patients have been grappling with shock and fear as they try to determine what they can and can’t do after the ruling by the all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court

Sales of new homes rose nationally in 2023 for the first time in two years, climbing 4.2% from a year earlier. Homebuilders mitigated the impact of higher interest rates by lowering prices and offering incentives

Noncitizens can obtain an Employment Authorization Document depending on their immigration status and other factors

Intuitive Machines’ ‘Odysseus’ device becomes the first from a private company to successfully complete a lunar landing

The judge said the Texas school district does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular classes since Aug. 31

With Trump promising to appeal, it’s unlikely he’ll have to pay the penalty — or face the prospect of having some of his assets seized — for a while

President Joe Biden was speaking to donors at a private San Francisco home. The Kremlin said Biden ‘behaves in the Hollywood cowboy style to serve internal political interests’

Most participants pointed to risks of lowering interest rates too quickly, according to documents

A trial in Texas this week is set to determine whether high school administrators can continue punishing a Black teenager for refusing to cut his hair

The ruling by the all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court prompted a wave of concern about the future of IVF treatments in the state and the potential consequences of extreme anti-abortion laws in Republican-controlled states

In recent years Oklahoma’s Republican-led Legislature has passed several new laws targeting transgender and nonbinary people

Criticism over the lack of evidence directly related to the president has grown even among those in the Republican Party who have thrown cold water on allegations that Biden was directly involved in his family members’ business

President Joe Biden announced that his administration is automatically canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers. The first round of forgiveness will clear $1.2 billion in loans

The bill is part of a wave of legislation in Republican states that seek to regulate which bathrooms transgender people use, which school sports teams they can play on, and to prohibit gender-affirming medical care, particularly for minors

Hostile activity in cyberspace — from spying to the planting of malware to infect and disrupt a country’s infrastructure — has become a hallmark of modern geopolitical rivalry

The radical approach has been described as a failure as deaths by overdose have increased. However, some think the law was not implemented properly

The new charges come after two juveniles were detained last week on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. Authorities said more charges are possible

The new round of funding will help pay for projects nationwide, bringing the total awarded to states for water infrastructure improvements to $22 billion

The organization that manages this critical artery of global trade estimates losses of over $700 million this year. The chronic drought caused by El Niño has limited the number of ships that can transit each day

La Inmaculada — a criminal group that has been operating for more than a decade — has unleashed an unprecedented wave of violence in the city of Tuluá, which reached its peak over the past week. Hundreds of police officers and soldiers have been deployed to the municipality

‘I refuse to quit,’ Haley told a small collection of supporters gathered in South Carolina in a speech outlining her rationale for staying in. ‘On Sunday, I’ll still be running for president. I’m not going anywhere’, she said

The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic

Crimes against candidates and political officials mark the start of the country’s presidential campaign

Priced at $399, the ‘Never Surrender’ sneaker — a limited edition of 1,000 pairs of shoes that form part of the ‘Trump Sneakers’ brand — sold out just one day after going on presale

The editor of the quarterly political journal ‘American Affairs,’ who emerged during Trumpism’s first act and quickly turned his back on it, sees the current US election as framed by a historical turning point, but doesn’t think either candidate or party is proving to be up for the occasion