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Vehicles make their way on a rain soaked highway in Dallas on Thursday. LM Otero/Houston Chronicle hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/Houston Chronicle Tornadoes and thunderstorms barreled across a swath …

FILE – A shopper leaves the Big Lots store on Dec. 4, 2012 in Berlin, Vt. Toby Talbot/AP hide caption toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP The discount chain Big Lots, which …

Maria Pappas is the treasurer of Cook County, Ill., but also is the star of her own unique calendar that has developed a cult following.

Rob, right, buys a Mega Millions ticket at Rossi’s Deli in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP ATLANTA — At least one …

The annual count of homeless people in the U.S. showed a record high, with more than 770,000 people living in shelters or outside early this year. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: U.S. …

Michael Jeffries (right), former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, exits the federal courthouse after his arraignment on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges Oct. 25 in Central Islip, N.Y. Heather …

Niki Capaci (third from right) sits with her children in an old family photo. The Capaci family hide caption toggle caption The Capaci family Niki Capaci, a mother of seven, …

Operation Lone Star is intended to deter illegal migration. It’s also taking a toll on some of the Texas National Guardsmen tasked with enforcing it. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Operation Lone …

An enlarged cartoon of Tintin pictured on display at Paris’ Pompidou Cultural Center in 2006. The Belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in …

The burst of new laws follows a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness. Outreach workers Lillian Risser (left) and Sophia Loveland (right) approach a …