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Elon Musk capitalized on a strong quarter of earnings at SpaceX to openly press for combining the business with Tesla Inc. in what would be the biggest merger of all time.

Toward the end of a call about SpaceX results ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A recent slowdown of SpaceX's Starlink satellite system that enables Ukraine to fend off deadly Russian aerial assaults came from an order by Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive officer, the Wall ...Read more

BOSTON — A two-month suspension of the 24-cents-per-gallon state gas tax proposed by Gov. Maura Healey last month has been stripped by lawmakers from a supplemental budget bill now moving through the House.

Healey made ...Read more

An ICE officers’s accusation against an assistant federal defender has added fresh scrutiny to the case against 15 Minnesotans accused of coordinating with each other to impede federal immigration officers, leading to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities this week teased a "separate batch" of 17,000 potential noncitizen voters in their federal court challenge to California's handling of alleged voter fraud.

In response, Los Angeles ...Read more

Alaska Air Group blamed its downbeat third-quarter earnings on jet fuel expenses.

The airline reported a net loss of $147 million, a dip of $1.32 per share, for the third quarter, according to an earnings report published...Read more

A deepening childcare crisis is costing Washington parents, businesses and taxpayers billions of dollars each year.

Washington’s economy is projected to lose $6.3 billion annually because parents can’t find affordable...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — An upcoming amendment on the general election ballot could limit when Kentucky’s governor is able to pardon people convicted of crimes.

Voters will see a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A University of Idaho professor has detailed the mental toll caused by a TikTok tarot reader who accused her of being responsible for the 2022 high-profile murders of four students in Moscow, Idaho. She ...Read more

BALTIMORE — With the appellate review of Marilyn Mosby’s federal perjury convictions complete, disciplinary proceedings that could cost the former Baltimore state’s attorney her law license may resume.

Separate ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 46-year-old Sacramento man accused by the Trump administration of voting in two elections without being a U.S. citizen was ordered released from federal custody on Tuesday pending further court ...Read more

DENVER — A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to immediately release a retired Ugandan priest who has been held in an Aurora detention center for more than a year.

The Rev. Edward Nalwamba was scheduled to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced $8 billion in aid to farmers struggling with high diesel prices while also tying his support for increased ethanol content in gasoline — a boon to Midwest corn growers — ...Read more

A monument honoring Black Maryland patriots who served in the Revolutionary War will be unveiled Nov. 1 at the Maryland State House.

The unveiling ceremony for “The Pursuit of Transcendent Liberty” — a sculpture ...Read more

A Michigan congresswoman is among the Democratic lawmakers nationwide who have received threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder, her office announced Oct. 16.

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As ocean levels rise, waves crash farther inland and the coast continues to crumble, Southern California is on track to lose 30% to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades. Almost half of all beach...Read more

President Donald Trump announced that he’d host a “Kansas style rally” to support Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in the midst of a bitter campaign against the pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is deferring an additional $1.2 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California, citing concerns about potential fraud in a state program that helps older adults and people with ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho ballot measure that would rewrite the state’s strict abortion laws and enshrine protections for other reproductive healthcare is one of the hottest topics of pre-Election Day debate in the Gem ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is debuting a new gunshot detection system to replace ShotSpotter in some of the neighborhoods that see the most shootings, his administration told aldermen Tuesday.

In a letter to Ald. ...Read more