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Medtronic’s stock sat on the discount rack for years. Then, in August, a well-known activist investor finally took the bait, buying a sizeable stake in the nation’s largest medical device company and encouraging it to ...Read more

REIM, Israel — Israelis and Palestinians cried, cheered and gave thanks Monday as Hamas militants released the last 20 Israeli hostages in exchange for more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

It was the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is inviting all U.S. colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in ...Read more

About 21% of U.S. workers use artificial intelligence, or AI, to do at least some part of their job, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center — and that number is only growing.

Younger and more educated ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — At least three people remain missing and more than 50 people have been rescued after a devastating storm system sent unprecedented levels of flooding into Western Alaska communities including ...Read more

Madagascar’s president said he had sought sanctuary in a “secure location” because of a threat to his life following weeks of anti-government demonstrations, the latest ruler to be challenged by youth-led protesters ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida’s academic and political leaders on Monday celebrated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a triumph not only for Venezuela but for pro-democracy ...Read more

MIAMI — The Cuban government released dissident leader José Daniel Ferrer from prison Monday and sent him with his family into exile in the United States, the island’s foreign affairs ministry said.

The announcement ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Of $579.9 million awarded to Baltimore in opioid settlements, $392.5 million has been received by the city, with nearly 40% going to legal fees, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis.

Not every drug company ...Read more

Responding to a spate of fatal shootings by security guards, Maryland lawmakers passed new standards and oversight procedures for the profession. But unarmed bouncers working for bars and restaurants were not included in ...Read more

Summoned last minute by the president of the United States, the world’s most powerful leaders dropped their schedules to fly to Egypt on Monday, where they idled on a stage awaiting Donald Trump’s grand entrance.

They...Read more

LOS ANGELES – More than two decades after their peak, the music of Yellowcard is a pop punk message in a bottle. The note that washed ashore from a simpler time describes the image of a young, sharply-dressed band full ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a low-security federal prison camp in West Virginia on Monday to begin serving his 7 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.

The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the ...Read more

Former President Barack Obama described the current “politicization of the military” in Chicago and elsewhere as “a deliberate end run” around established law, arguing President Donald Trump has intentionally ...Read more

Colorado has a new law declaring nuclear power a source of clean energy. The Denver airport might explore building a small nuclear reactor to meet the rising demand for electricity. Local business, civic and labor leaders ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A New York man was arrested on boating under the influence charges Sunday afternoon after he caused a personal watercraft crash in Madeira Beach that injured two children, deputies said.

Daniel Grubert, 48...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Diane Keaton, the beloved star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” and “The First Wives Club,” wooed audiences as much as she did her multiple Hollywood boyfriends. It seems that much remains true ...Read more

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron called on France’s fractured parliament to deliver stability for the country rather than precipitate another government collapse.

The French president announced a new cabinet Sunday with his ...Read more

NEW YORK — Chrissy Teigen is opening up about why she turned to Ozempic after losing her son Jack to miscarriage.

“I had two babies and then I lost a baby a little over 20 weeks,” Teigen explained on her “ Self-...Read more