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The American economy likely delivered another solid hiring gain in April, showing continuing durability in the face of the highest interest rates in two decades

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the victim after responding to a residence in Palmdale, California, Tuesday night to conduct a welfare check.

A new abortion law goes into effect in Florida on Wednesday. It will sharply restrict the procedure after six weeks. Florida’s new law includes exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities and the life of the mother.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is recommending marijuana be classified down from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug. It would not legalize marijuana for recreational use.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams talks about the protests at Columbia University after pro-Palestinian demonstrators were removed by police from an academic building on campus.

More than 30 people have been killed and 60 are missing in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.

President Biden Thursday strongly criticized the violent protests that have engulfed college campuses nationwide, leading to nearly 2,000 arrests at more than 30 schools. Mr. Biden also said the protests do not change his position on the Israel-Hamas war. Nancy Cordes report from the White House.

Developing computer games can be wildly expensive so some hope that AI can cut the cost.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

The hallmarks of a state dinner were there: lavish floral displays festooning the White House, the first lady arriving in a floor-length sequined gown, and members of Congress and cabinet secretaries mingling with attendees. But the honored guest was not the president of France or the prime minister of Japan.

It was Missy Testerman of Rogersville City School in rural Tennessee.

Jill Biden, the first lady, kicked off a new format for delivering the National Teacher of the Year award on Thursday by hosting this year’s winner, Ms. Testerman, and...

South Dakota advocates submitted petitions Wednesday in their effort to amend the state constitution to include the right to abortion, at least under some circumstances.

Signatures are also expected to be turned in Friday in Missouri for a ballot measure there.

The efforts in both states are part of a movement to put abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and removed the nationwide right to abortion.

OUTSPOKEN PRO-ABORTION GOVERNOR GETS SPEAKING SLOT AT VATICAN SUMMIT

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A dayslong filibuster in the Missouri Senate ended Thursday after a Republican faction allowed a vote on a more than $4 billion Medicaid program they had been holding hostage.

Senators gave initial approval in a voice vote to a bill that will renew a longstanding tax on hospitals and other medical providers. The measure needs a second vote of approval in the Senate.

Money from the tax is used to draw down $2.9 billion in federal funding, which is then given to providers to care for low-income residents on Medicaid health care.

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Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for dozens of counties in Texas on Thursday as severe weather and flooding threaten the state.