Florida settled a lawsuit Monday, over what critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law, allowing students and teachers to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity, as long as it is not part of classroom instruction. Ford Motor Company has agreed to pay $365 million to resolve allegations that it conducted a multiyear scheme to import thousands of misclassified vehicles to avoid paying higher duties. U.S. intelligence officials testified before a Senate committee Monday on the state of worldwide security threats to the United States, including artificial intelligence, election security and adversarial misinformation. Five people, including three children, were killed Monday in a fiery crash between a school bus and a semi-trailer truck in western Illinois, authorities said. Two 18-year-olds have been arrested in connection with last week's mass shooting at a Philadelphia bus stop that left eight other teens injured, police and city officials announced Monday. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom left during a visit to the Diriyah UNESCO World Heritage Site in Riyadh, after a Saudi official asked the Jewish chair of the group to remove his kippah. Porsche is launching a new upscale electric sports car, the 1,093-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT, that will be among the fastest in the world when it hits the market this summer. The months-long deal for Choice Hotels International to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts came to an end Monday as Choice executives stopped their planned $8 billion hostile takeover of the hotel chain. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a $7.3 trillion budget proposal featuring significantly beefed-up spending for security at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as higher taxes aimed at profitable corporations. New Jersey's embattled Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife plead not guilty Monday to more than a dozen federal charges, including obstruction of justice, filed last week. A group of Republican leaders in Kansas are objecting to scenes from a fundraiser held by the state's GOP chairman in which party members are seen kicking and beating an effigy of President Joe Biden with a bat. Former Trump administration official Peter Navarro has been ordered to report by March 19 to a Miami, Fla. prison to begin a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. The CW and Roku Channel announced the new series "Good Cop/Bad Cop," starring Leighton Meester, Luke Cook and Clancy Brown, to begin production this spring. It will air on The CW next year and stream on Roku Channel. A Massachusetts library is allowing patrons with lost or damaged items to pay their fees with an unusual form of currency: cat pictures. A customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Toronto captured video when a curious -- and presumably hungry -- raccoon wandered into the eatery. Hulu released the first trailer for "Prom Dates" on Monday. The scene from the film, streaming May 3, features an embarrassing prom-posal. A Maryland man bought five identical tickets for the same Pick 5 lottery drawing and ended up winning a total $250,000. World of Wonder announced Monday that Michelle Visage will host Season 4 of "Drag Race Down Under." The season will stream exclusively on WOW Presents Plus in the U.S. and New Zealand, and on Stan in Australia. Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to delay the start of his upcoming criminal trial on charges of illegally covering up hush money payments to an adult film actress. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge said Monday that she plans to officially step down from her Cabinet job March 22. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Monday it seized counterfeit designer watches at the Port of Louisville with retail value of more than $11.7 million. The Las Vegas Raiders agreed to sign free-agent defensive tackle Christian Wilkins to a four-year, $110 million contract. Authorities in Switzerland said Monday that five bodies of six missing skiers have been found with one individual still missing and a search underway. |
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