Texas has joined 15 other states in suing to block the Biden administration's ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas exports, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday. The United States on Thursday blacklisted Nicaragua's attorney general, in the latest punitive measure applied by the Biden administration to the Central American nation's authoritative government. The Tulsa County district attorney announced Thursday that no charges will be filed in connection to a fight that occurred last month at an Oklahoma high school involving nonbinary student Nex Benedict. Oklahoma Republican House Speaker Charles McCall has introduced immigration legislation patterned after a law pending in Texas, which is among the strictest in the nation. New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said Thursday he will not run for re-election in the Democratic primary for his seat, but he did not rule out the possibility of running as an independent candidate. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday with a Dragon cargo capsule filled with supplies and experiments for the International Space Station. Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O'Malley told lawmakers Thursday that raising the retirement age would disproportionately hurt working-class Americans. Sworn to secrecy for eight decades, the last surviving members of America's fabled "Ghost Army" finally got their recognition Thursday with the Congressional Gold Medal. An American ship departed Virginia Thursday to support construction of a temporary pier to support the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Joshua Hartfield, one of six former Mississippi law-enforcement officers convicted of torturing two Black men in 2023, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday. He was the last of the six defendants to be sentenced. Warner Bros. released the teaser for "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on Thursday, which includes many Easter eggs from the 1988 film and the funeral attended by the Deetzes. Shares in the social media platform Reddit jumped 48% during their first day of trading Thursday, the first major tech stock launch in five years. An Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping has pleaded guilty to criminal charges after the hoax prompted a national search last summer. The manhunt for escaped white supremacist convict Skylar Meade and his suspected accomplice Nicholas Umphenour ended Thursday with the capture of the two men. Medicare now will cover Wegovy after the Food and Drug Administration cleared the manufacturer to market the popular weight-loss drug as a treatment for heart problems. The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has joined with 16 other state and district attorneys general in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolizing the smartphone market. Over the past decade or more, mainstream grocery outlets have been experimenting with new services like in-store dining, wine bars and interactive self-serve options, hoping to bring in more shoppers. A nationwide network outage briefly affected Department of Motor Vehicles offices Thursday. Wildlife authorities in Ontario came to the rescue of a hungry skunk found with its head stuck in a jar. A two-headed snake visiting the Missouri Department of Conservation's Powder Valley Nature Center will have her stay extended to recover from surgery, officials said. Combat sports legend Ronda Rousey says concussions led to her retirement from mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. A Virginia woman scored a $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off ticket just three years after collecting a $100,000 lottery prize. A third man faces murder charges connected to the shooting that marred last month's Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, authorities said Thursday. A Colorado man who helped drag a police officer into the violent pro-Trump mob during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection was sentenced Thursday to 63 months in prison for three felonies. The Cannes Film Festival announced Thursday that "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" will screen out of competition on May 15, with cast and director George Miller in attendance. |
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