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CHICAGO (AP) — An arbitrator has ruled that several unions representing Chicago firefighters and other city employees must follow Mayor Lori…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group has dropped plans to circulate petitions for a 2022 ballot drive to award…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Researchers hired by the city say the Census Bureau undercounted more than 8% of the occupied homes in 10 Detroit…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps aimed at reducing lead in…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security researchers say they discovered two different types of commercial spyware on the phone…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three media organizations and their reporters are suing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, alleging she…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican governor has told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the state will not…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa, Florida’s big pirate celebration and parade is coming back after a year off…

By The Associated Press It was the year that mental health took a prominent position in the sports world — led by two female athletes, Simone Biles…

BOSTON (AP) — The chief executive of a California liquor distribution company who authorities say paid $500,000 to get her son into college as a…

By The Associated Press One photo shows a man lying on the beach of a Spanish enclave in northern Africa after swimming there from Morocco. Another…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a federal ban on “bump stocks” —…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press U.S. health officials say most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A congressional report says the federal agency overseeing the lease of the luxury hotel that…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say the 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music…

HOUSTON (AP) — Miami Herald President Nancy Meyer has been hired as the new publisher of the Houston Chronicle. New York-based Hearst Corp.…

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge will take an unpaid leave of absence after she repeatedly used a racial slur in a video recorded at her…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been detained by police in Bratislava for organizing an anti-government…