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By Tim Arango Governors such as Gavin Newsom of California and JB Pritzker of Illinois are calling on state lawmakers to gird for battle, particularly in the courts. By Shawn HublerJonathan ...

Kristen Bell is bringing attention to a overlooked detail about a popular "Frozen" tune. The actor, who voices Princess Anna in the Disney film, told Vanity Fair that there is an intentional racy ...

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Four years after Chicago-based law firm Edelson PC first accused prominent plaintiffs' lawyer Tom Girardi of stealing settlement funds belonging to his clients, the firm has hired a California ...

(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman speaks during a news conference after his ... years back home in his native Southern California. “There’s been multiple times ...

reaching the World Series for the first time in Freeman's three years back home in his native Southern California. “There’s been multiple times where we’ve had to go to Freddie and say ...

An elderly mother and two grown up girls who were accidentally switched at birth are suing the Norwegian state The Latest As representatives from nearly 200 countries, along with hundreds of ...

One in four college students says they have credit card debt, according to a new survey by U.S. News and World Report. And with interest rates topping 20 percent, those students could be in debt ...

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