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A company that made and operated casinostyle games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its California operations under a court settlement announced Thursday.

Oil prices dipped on Thursday but settled off twoweek lows as concerns about U.S. supply growth vied with speculation that Iran's supply could come online following nuclear talks with global powers.

Ecuador's largest indigenous group will temporarily suspended protests against fuel price rises, it said on Thursday, after conservative President Guillermo Lasso offered to meet with leaders in two weeks.

More than 14,000 lowincome children in Mississippi had their pandemic food cards mistakenly deactivated, prompting an apology from state officials and a promise that new cards would be mailed to their families within days.

A criminal complaint filed by a police investigator with a court in Albany has accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of committing a misdemeanor sex crime, though there were reports Friday that the document might have been submitted in error.

Three men have pleaded guilty in connection with a summer shooting that left a 12yearold New Orleans girl dead and outraged a city already struggling with a rise in murders.

The Southeast Asian country has in recent years been a gateway for drug traffickers moving meth shipments out of Myanmar's troubled Shan state and into Thailand and beyond.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled up his sleeve Wednesday and received a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, a move he encouraged others to take as the state heads into the time of year that in 2020 ushered in the deadliest spike of COVID19 cases.

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider Brad Pitt's appeal of a court ruling that disqualified the judge in his custody battle with Angelina Jolie.

The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Wednesday the Syrian governments refusal to negotiate on revisions to the countrys constitution is a key reason for the failure of talks last week that left the road map to peace in the conflicttorn country in questio...

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a possible ruling suspending him from social media.

A state ethics panel has recommended that a sham candidate for the Florida Legislature convicted of participating in a vote siphoning scheme in last years election be fined $20,000 and formally reprimanded.

The White House on Wednesday responded skeptically after Iran's chief negotiator announced that Tehran was ready to return to nuclear negotiations in Vienna by the end of next month.

A jury sentenced a former Texas nurse to death Wednesday for killing four patients by injecting air into their arteries after heart surgery.

Election officials told a congressional committee Tuesday they've received graphic threats to their safety since the 2020 election and warned that pressure on election workers is a threat to democracy.

Voting rights advocates are suing Texas again, this time with support from a former U.S. attorney general, over the state's newly redrawn congressional district maps, claiming the maps dilute the vote of communities of color after the growth of nearly 2 m...