'Top Gun: Maverick' puts Tom Cruise back in the cockpit

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators in Wisconsin announced Thursday that they have scaled ba

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials on Thursday faulted communities in a stretch of the c

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On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Death tolls rise in Israel and Gaza. USA TODAY National

As Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, pillaging, kidnappin

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Death tolls rise in Israel and Gaza. USA TODAY National

When New Yorkers flip the channel to their local news station Friday night, they'll likely be greete

Nearly half a million Little Sleepies baby bibs and blankets were recalled Thursday due to a potenti

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina appears to have had a significant decline in abortions performed

Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron tried pushing national politics to the forefront of the g

NEW YORK (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has donated $1 million t

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets slipped on Friday following a decline on Wall Street driven by mounti

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The shortage of teachers in Illinois has slowed and even improved but gaps

Illinois has more teachers with greater diversity, but shortages remain