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Judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case challenging a new immigration law in Texas that would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico. The case will be heard at 10 a.m. CT by Chief Judge …

The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $977 million ahead of Friday night’s drawing. No winning ticket matched all six numbers for the $893 million jackpot on Tuesday. The numbers drawn were: 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the gold ball 7. The prize money has been building for …

Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s first openly gay taoiseach, or prime minister, said Wednesday that he would step down — a shocking move that he said was for both “personal and political” reasons. Varadkar, who became Ireland’s youngest taoiseach in 2017, said he would also relinquish his leadership of the center-right Fine …

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is officially here, and if you want to take advantage of the markdowns, the retailer is offering deals on tech, beauty products and kitchen essentials during its new seasonal savings event. Unlike its Prime Days sales, the deals are not exclusive to Prime members, which means …

An American Delta Airlines pilot has been sentenced to 10 months in jail in Scotland after reporting for work intoxicated when he was scheduled to fly to New York last year.  Lawrence Barbiers Russell Jr, 63, was supposed to captain a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland, to New York City on …

Former President Donald Trump is suggesting he would be open to supporting a national ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions in cases of rape, incest and endangerment to the life of the mother. In an interview Tuesday with Sid Rosenberg on WABC, Trump weighed in on …

A pho restaurant in Portland, Oregon, has shuttered due to anonymous odor complaints, sparking a firestorm of backlash against the city’s smell codes, which residents and lawmakers slammed as potentially discriminatory. After repeated anonymous odor complaints filed to the city and the threat of a hefty fine, Pho Gabo’s northeast …

SEOUL, South Korea — Police in South Korea were investigating a bomb threat on Wednesday against baseball star Shohei Ohtani, who is in Seoul for Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games in the country. They were alerted by the South Korean Consulate in Vancouver, which received an email written in …

British Health Minister Maria Caulfield called the allegations “pretty severe” and said it was “serious stuff to be accessing notes that you don’t have permission to.” “From a health perspective, it’s not acceptable to be looking at people’s notes, but it has been spotted and action has been taken,” she …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon. President Joe Biden plans to talk up the investment on Wednesday as he visits Intel’s campus in …

The executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, was shot Tuesday as federal agents arrived at his home to serve a search warrant, police said. Bryan Malinowski, 53, the airport’s executive director, was injured during a firefight after 6 a.m. as the Bureau of …

The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors’ confidence in the country. The government said in a statement that Thuong had violated party rules, adding that those “shortcomings had …

Why Donald Trump is getting luckier than hundreds of his supporters. An ex-Nickelodeon producer apologizes for his behavior on the set of popular kids’ TV shows. And what it’s like in a Louisiana city where 90% of the population has left. Here’s what to know today. Trump’s Jan. 6 trial …

At first blush, a headline Reba McEntire posted to her Instagram account looked like a salacious tidbit from a gossip magazine.  The headline claimed that McEntire, who performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl last month, called Taylor Swift an “entitled brat” for “laughing and drinking” during the performance. …

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may never face a federal trial in connection to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but hundreds of his supporters have already seen life-altering consequences for their actions in support of his election lies on Jan. 6. The former president has done everything he can to …

For as long as we’ve had elections, voters have been in a running debate about whether to support the candidate who best serves their own interests or the candidate who best serves the republic as a whole. For many partisan voters, there’s no real debate: Their own interests and their …

PHOENIX — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children. Moroni …

When former President Donald Trump’s campaign published a list of 51 Michigan state lawmakers who endorsed his candidacy last month, one name was surprising. Listed eighth among the 12 state senators touted as endorsing Trump: Ed McBroom. Three years ago, McBroom led an investigation into the many claims of voter …

Jewish Voice for Peace has organized hundreds of protests across the country with tens of thousands of participants since the invasion of Gaza. While its events are generally peaceful, it has come under criticism for some actions, including inviting convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh to speak at a national event in …

The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education. The U.N. children’s agency says more than 1 million girls are affected by the ban. It also estimates 5 …