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Google and chatbot maker Character to settle lawsuit alleging chatbot pushed teen to suicide

3:41 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Google and Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who claimed a chatbot pushed her son to kill himself

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership

3:18 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The House is pushing ahead with legislation to renew subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans

FILE - Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at a rally kicking off his 2026 campaign for governor, Aug. 26, 2025, in Flovilla, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concerns

2:37 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Georgia is the latest state to consider eliminating its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to phase it out by 2032

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo is displayed on the newspaper's Pittsburgh office Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ownership announces it's shutting down paper in May

2:27 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down in May after its owners cited financial losses

US to withdraw from over 65 international organizations as Trump administration further retreats from global cooperation

2:10 PM on Wednesday, January 7

US to withdraw from over 65 international organizations as Trump administration further retreats from global cooperation

California is losing $160M in federal money for delaying revocation of 17,000 immigrant commercial driver’s licenses

2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 7

California is losing $160M in federal money for delaying revocation of 17,000 immigrant commercial driver’s licenses

Trump proposes a massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5 trillion, citing 'troubled and dangerous times'

1:40 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Trump proposes a massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5 trillion, citing 'troubled and dangerous times'

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 1/7/2026

1:23 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Wall Street’s strong start to the year slowed

Ted Koerner, whose home was reduced to ash in the 2025 wildfires, stands on the porch of his newly rebuilt home, alongside his dog Daisy Mae, in Altadena, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man and his old dog are home at last after fleeing LA area fires

1:11 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Ted Koerner feared he might never see his aging golden retriever, Daisy Mae, playing in their backyard again after a wildfire destroyed his home

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It's part of his affordability plan

12:03 PM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes

The oil tanker named Xanthos Eos steam on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Edgar Frias)A

Why the US has designs on Venezuela's oil

11:06 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump captured the country’s President Nicolas Maduro

Bus driver Jackie Terry builds a snow sculpture for her students to enjoy along their bus route on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Winter storms bring snow, ice and school and road closures to New England. More bad weather's coming

10:05 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Messy winter weather brought snow, ice, freezing rain and dangerous driving to the New England states as the region prepared for more unpleasant conditions later in the week

Georgians with national flags take part in a religious procession to the Holy Trinity Cathedral to mark Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

9:58 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts

9:36 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts

FILE - Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow

8:46 AM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stands by an image of a food pyramid during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

New dietary guidelines urge Americans to avoid processed foods and added sugar

8:34 AM on Wednesday, January 7

New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar

FILE - The president of the Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous Al-Zubaidi sits for an interview, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York, while attending the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level meeting of world leaders. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Separatist group in Yemen loses contact with delegation that went to Riyadh for talks

9:26 PM on Tuesday, January 6

A separatist group in southern Yemen says it's urgently trying to contact a delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for talks meant to de-escalate recent tensions

Actor Brigitte Bardot's coffin is carried into Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church for her funeral ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Saint-Tropez, southern France. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)

Saint-Tropez bids adieu to Brigitte Bardot with a funeral and public homage

9:07 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Brigitte Bardot's funeral was being held with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived after retiring from movie stardom

Options trader Joseph D'Arrigo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street's strong start to the year slows

8:19 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Wall Street’s strong start to the year slowed

FILE - Photos of Brown University shooting victims MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, left, and Ella Cook, lay on a makeshift memorial outside the Engineering Research Center, Dec. 16, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for years, DOJ says

2:20 PM on Tuesday, January 6

The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor planned the attack for years

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