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President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office.

The publisher of a prominent blog about the Supreme Court was indicted Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to evade federal income taxes and use money from his law firm to cover gambling debts from high-stakes poker games.

“It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation.

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.

A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores.

The Transportation Department is stepping up enforcement of persistent flight delays with a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines and a fine against Frontier Airlines.

FDA said it was taking the action as a “matter of law” because some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats.

The death toll from the fires has stayed steady at 21 while missing person cases dipped a bit to just over a couple dozen, officials said.

The IRS is distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t receive their COVID stimulus payments.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary is publicly facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions about his “unconventional” resume.

A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes.

In a much-anticipated report released Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith wrote that he stands behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction.

At least 24 people have been killed in the Los Angeles-area wildfires, and firefighters are preparing for a return of dangerous winds.

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge’s order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump.

Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return, pushing the flames toward the world-famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles.

In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds.

As New Orleans seeks to recover from the deadly truck attack, leaders are confronting an existential question: Can Bourbon Street be protected in a way that preserves the round-the-clock revelry?

The Supreme Court seemed likely Friday to uphold the law that could ban TikTok, with most of the justices appearing to take seriously the national security risks posed by the wildly popular app whose parent company is based in China.

Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds fueling massive blazes in the Los Angeles area that have killed 10 people, obliterated whole neighborhoods and set the nation’s second-largest city on edge.