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Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new “Lord of the Rings” films.Warner

NEW YORK (AP) — Target confirmed Friday that it won’t carry Pride Month merchandise at all stories t

Target will no longer sell its Pride Month collection in all stores after conservative blowback over

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social

Officials found two hikers dead after they went missing while climbing on Mount Whitney, the tallest

An aide to Rep. Henry Cuellar and a political and business consultant have agreed to plead guilty to

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person

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In a new series, USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives.Brooke Shields

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia budget negotiators and Gov. Glenn Youngkin have reached a compromise o

JERUSALEM (AP) — A European naval force detained six suspected pirates on Friday after they opened f

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Amid the nation's opioid crisis, the city of Seattle has announced the creation of a recovery center

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenage sex-trafficking victim convicted of fatally stabbing a man w