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3:10 PM on Thursday, September 4

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people

2:59 PM on Thursday, September 4

Justice Department probes mortgage fraud claims against Lisa Cook as Trump moves to erode Fed independence: AP source

2:00 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration must release billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress, including money that President Donald Trump said last week he won't spend

1:47 PM on Thursday, September 4

Northwestern University president announces resignation following tenure marked by White House tension

1:32 PM on Thursday, September 4

Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school

12:50 PM on Thursday, September 4

"The Paper," a new spinoff from "The Office," is now streaming on Peacock

12:43 PM on Thursday, September 4

Rubio says the US is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in latest move against cartels

12:01 PM on Thursday, September 4

Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve Board, says he'd remain a White House employee even if the Senate confirms him to fill an unexpired term at the central bank

11:53 AM on Thursday, September 4

Trump's pick to join the Federal Reserve board says he plans to keep his White House job, blurring lines of independence

11:48 AM on Thursday, September 4

Al Roker has launched his own educational cartoon TV show called “Weather Hunters” on PBS Kids

11:15 AM on Thursday, September 4

Seven of the eight men deported to South Sudan from the United States remain in custody as local officials consider what to do with them, the foreign ministry said Thursday

11:04 AM on Thursday, September 4

A midstage study of the psychedelic drug LSD showed positive results for easing symptoms in people with generalized anxiety disorder

11:00 AM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump likes to boast about how much money the U.S. Treasury is raking in from the massive taxes – tariffs -- he’s slapped this year on imports from almost every country in the world

9:47 AM on Thursday, September 4

Health officials in the Gaza Strip say that more than 64,000 have been killed in the nearly two-year war

9:23 AM on Thursday, September 4

The iconic Italian designer Giorgio Armani has died at 91

7:23 AM on Thursday, September 4

A Taliban government spokesman says the death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to 2,205

1:20 AM on Thursday, September 4

European countries are facing tough choices as they meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine

8:58 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Paul Colford, an inexhaustibly curious journalist and author who covered the media business for decades before becoming The Associated Press’ chief spokesperson, has died

8:17 PM on Wednesday, September 3

A former press secretary for California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas alleges in a lawsuit that she was retaliated against for reporting alleged bribery and other misconduct to the Legislature

6:00 AM on Wednesday, September 3

More than 100 survivors and relatives of victims of Maine's deadliest mass shooting are suing the federal government