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American pole vaulter Bob Richards, left, talks with Brazilian pole vaulter Helcio Buck-Silva during a break in a training session in Helsinki, July 11, 1952. Bob Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist who also became an ordained minister, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. He was 97.

Bob Richards, the Olympic pole-vaulting star who landed on the Wheaties box, dies at 97

February 28, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a...

In latest round of job cuts, Twitter is said to lay off at least 200 employees

February 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.

Twitter laid off at least 200 of its employees Saturday night, three people familiar with the matter said, or about 10% of the roughly 2,000 who were still working for...

Former Vice President Mike Pence appears at The New York Times DealBook Summit 2022, in Manhattan on Nov. 30, 2022.

Special counsel seeks to force Mike Pence to testify before Jan. 6 grand jury

February 24, 2023 at 7:36 a.m.

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force former Vice President Mike Pence to testify fully in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts...

Button trading was popular amongst attendees at the Democratic National Convention in 1996, with one delegate, center, admitting he was wearing $20,000 worth of buttons.

Chicago boosters for 2024 Democratic Convention using Georgia gun laws to try to edge out Atlanta

February 23, 2023 at 1:34 p.m.

The battle between Chicago and Atlanta over hosting the 2024 Democratic convention is heating up with a new claim from Illinois that Georgia's lenient open carry gun laws — already...

Former President Donald Trump addresses the New Hampshire Republican State Committee 2023 Annual Meeting, in Salem, N.H. on Jan. 28, 2023.

Here’s the status of the 4 criminal investigations into Donald Trump

February 23, 2023 at 7:55 a.m.

When the foreperson of a Georgia grand jury investigating allegations of election interference by former President Donald Trump and his advisers gave a series of highly public — and highly...

Judge Janet Protasiewicz and her husband Randy Nass appear at her election night party as she advances as a candidate in the April 4 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Feb. 21, 2023, in Milwaukee.

Two starkly different judges advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court election

February 22, 2023 at 7:05 p.m.

The general election for the swing seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, a momentous contest that will determine whether Republicans maintain or lose their iron grip on the state's politics, will...

In an undated image provided by Reading Terminal Market, the 78,000-square-foot Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. In cities like Detroit and Philadelphia, markets have become year-round destinations, offering classes, crafts and music, as well as a surprising array of fresh produce.

Cold-weather farmers markets offer alluring winter travel destinations

February 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

On a recent Saturday morning at Eastern Market in Detroit, busking musicians filled the air with jazz as vendors finished setting up for the day's traffic. Shoppers streamed in, sizing...

Premios Grammy 2023: Beyonce recibe el premio a mejor álbum de música dance o electrónica por "Renaissance" en la 65a entrega anual del Grammy el domingo 5 de febrero de 2023, en Los Angeles.

Karol G se pregunta si fue demasiado sincera en su nuevo álbum

February 21, 2023 at 3:23 p.m.

Read in English Karol G, estrella colombiana del pop mundial, dijo que escribió 60 canciones, quizá más, para su nuevo álbum, Mañana será bonito; después de un tiempo, las redujo...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a press conference on Jan. 24, 2023.

Black mayors of 4 U.S. biggest cities draw strength from one another

February 21, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.

As the race for Los Angeles mayor began to tighten late last year, Karen Bass, the presumptive favorite, received some notes of encouragement from a kindred spirit: Lori Lightfoot, the...

President Joe Biden, right, is escorted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine as he visits Kyiv, Ukraine's embattled capital, Feb. 20, 2023.

Inside President Biden’s surreal and secretive journey into a Ukraine war zone

February 21, 2023 at 8:09 a.m.

As the train rumbled across the Ukrainian countryside through a long night, the view outside the window left little to see, just the occasional streetlight or shadows of buildings in...

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