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Tenor Stephen Gould, who announced earlier this month that he had been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer, has died. He was 61.Gould's agent Stephanie Ammann confirmed the singer died Tuesday in Virginia. No other details were immediately available.The singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where... Read more

Over a century ago, hundreds of Native Americans in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, were massacred by the U.S. Army.On Wednesday, legislation introduced by Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson, who sought to place federal protections on the massacre site, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.Forty acres around the Wounded Knee... Read more

An Arlington Police Department officer has been killed in Dallas on Thursday after becoming involved in a suspected hit-and-run crash, police and reports say. The officer, identified as 24-year veteran Darrin McMichael, was struck along Interstate 20 as he "was heading into work for the day," according to his department. "Officer Darrin... Read more

Passing North Carolina's budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don't qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table.Expansion appears back on a smoother glidepath... Read more

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Gen. Randy George’s successful 96-1 confirmation vote comes one day after the Senate cleared Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown to be the next Joint Chiefs chair. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo The Senate overwhelmingly approved Gen. Randy George to be the Army’s top officer Thursday, the second of a trio... Read more

President Joe Biden appeared to snub Brazil multiple times during a joint address with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the United Nations on Wednesday after Biden accidentally walked into a Brazilian flag. Biden, who spent three days in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, seemed... Read more

[embedded content] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is holding a news briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan as the United Nations General Assembly is underway in New York until Friday. DESANTIS AIMS FOR $2 GAS IN NEW ENERGY VIDEO Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet... Read more

President Joe Biden met with a series of world leaders this week, but he never made it to city hall. Biden returned Wednesday night from New York City, where he attended the General Assembly of the United Nations, made speeches, and attended fundraisers with well-heeled Democratic donors. ANITA DUNN... Read more

The White House heartily criticized "extreme" House Republicans' questioning of Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday.Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, just 11 days ahead of a looming funding deadline at month's end, and White House spokesman Ian Sams called the hearing "a not-so-sophisticated distraction campaign... Read more

Several people have been arrested and some journalists and aid workers have been shut out of the eastern city of Derna after dams burst, killing thousands. Communications have also been disrupted.The authorities in flood-devastated eastern Libya appeared to be moving to muzzle dissent over the past week, arresting protesters and... Read more

It was the second time in a week that hard-right Republicans had defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a spending measure, signaling that there was still no G.O.P. agreement on a bill to fund the government.Right-wing House Republicans dealt another stunning rebuke to Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday morning, blocking a... Read more

The directive is intended to embed the cost of climate change into all federal agencies. But it is not legally binding and could come with legal and logistical challenges.A directive issued on Thursday by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused... Read more

The Biden administration will grant work permits to hundreds of thousands of migrants, a move welcomed by the leaders of big cities, especially New York.Is it a case of a wish come true or “be careful what you wish for”?The news that the Biden administration would grant work permits to... Read more

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