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India gears up for world’s biggest election stretching over six weeks in sweltering heat

Day seven of the Donald Trump’s historic election interference trial is underway in New York City

Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions

‘I felt that Donald Trump was my mentor. He helped me throughout my career,’ testified David Pecker on latest day of hush money trial

Much of Thursday’s debate surrounded what an ‘official act’ is and if former president’s alleged actions fell under that

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister connected the controversial policy to Britain’s failure to control migration after Brexit

It remains unclear to what extent the Supreme Court could offer presidents immunity from prosecution but the justices recognised that their ruling will have ‘huge implications’ for America

The terse words between two media-savvy Democrats — AOC and Jared Moskowitz of Florida — expose a larger divide among Democrats

As President Biden signs the TikTok ban bill into law, giving the app’s China-based parent company nine months to sell, fashion influencer Bridget Brown tells Kaleigh Werner about the uncertainty she feels around the future of her career

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health

David Pecker testified that The Terminator actor asked him not to publish negative stories about him while he was running for governor of California

The FCC on Thursday restored rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain content or by offering higher speeds to…

Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American have surged after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39 billion) takeover bid from rival BHP Billiton

BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline

Martin Lewis has shared the best time to get the fairest broadband and mobile deals, and you need to act now.

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops

Watch at the US Supreme Court on Thursday, 25 April, as it hears arguments by Donald Trump that he is immune from criminal prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Majority of the Supreme Court’s conservative arm seem interested in giving Trump some protections from criminal prosecution

Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken again

Catch and kill

Former president’s sons keen ‘to keep the John Boltons of the world’ away from the White House should their father beat Joe Biden in November’s election

TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since late November, another setback for home shoppers in what’s traditionally the housing market’s busiest time of the year

The FTSE 100 finished 38.48 points, or 0.48%, higher to end the day at 8,078.86.

Supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say vacationers and local residents don't want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon

The energy companies both held their annual general meetings on Thursday.

Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia

Michael Cohen assured David Pecker that Donald Trump would ‘take care’ of a $150,000 payment to kill a story from Karen McDougal, the former publisher testified

Chipotle makes significant change to menu item following confusion from customers over its name

Will Power says he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism