The Associated Press
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USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking.
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The death toll from last week's series of highway crashes blamed on a super fog of smoke from marsh fires mixed with dense fog has been lowered from eight to seven people.
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New House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Congressman from Louisiana, is now second in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president. And the House in January 2025 will have a key role in certifying the winner of next year's presidential election.
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The Republican, who is backed by former President Donald Trump, avoided a runoff by receiving more than 50% of the votes — winning the election outright. Landry will replace current Gov. John Bel Edwards, who was unable to seek reelection due to consecutive term limits. Edwards is the only Democratic governor in the Deep South.
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U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) is among several lawmakers who have announced bids for the Speaker role.
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Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district.
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The state's Office of Juvenile Justice says the youths were transferred Friday morning to a juvenile facility in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana.
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North Korean state media said that Kim Jong Un had observed the launch of its new type of intercontinental ballistic missile with his wife Ri Sol Ju, their "beloved daughter" and other officials.
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Both parties have agreed to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region of more than 5 million people, according to a copy of the agreement seen by the AP.
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Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico.