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In South Carolina, an air quality alert is in effect until noon Thursday for the towns and cities of Mountain Rest, Rocky Bottom, Seneca, Walhalla, Oakway, Westminster, Easley, Dacusville ...

It seemed unlikely to Genna Buhr that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would raid the public library she ...

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The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

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WELLSTON, Okla. (AP) — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven.

The new, 24,000-square-foot space at 125 West Monroe Street is nearly five times larger than the office’s former “Chicago ...

Illinois voters will cast ballots Tuesday in a series of municipal elections that will decide everything from suburban mayors to tax increases and more.