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Amazon officially kicked off its Black Friday 2023 deals, and the retailer is offering plenty of notable sales on tech devices, kitchen appliances, beauty items and more. Amazon joins other major retailers like Walmart and Target in releasing steep Black Friday savings ahead of the holiday shopping season. Unlike Prime …

LOS ANGELES — Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. Earlier this week officials said it could take crews between three and five …

Reggaeton, hip-hop, merengue, tango and every genre of Latin music in between were celebrated at the 24th Latin Grammys ceremony — the first held outside the U.S. “Bienvenidos a España, bienvenidos a Sevilla!” actor and presenter Antonio Banderas said in his opening speech as he welcomed the audience to Spain. …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan announced Thursday that coach Jim Harbaugh will serve a three-game suspension from the Big Ten and the conference will end its investigation into a sign-stealing scheme as part of an agreement to resolve the school’s lawsuit against the league. Harbaugh was suspended last Friday by …

An independent pathologist examining the newly exhumed body of Dexter Wade — the Mississippi man killed by police and buried in a pauper’s grave without his mother’s knowledge — found a wallet with a state identification card that included the address of a home he shared with his mother, the family’s …

NEW YORK — Federal authorities in New York announced on Wednesday the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods, consisting of handbags, shoes and other luxury merchandise valued at more than $1 billion. Two people were charged with trafficking the knock-offs from a New York City storage unit and other locations from …

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Wednesday night, punting the GOP’s spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The bipartisan vote was 87-11. “Because of bipartisan cooperation, we are keeping the government open without any poison pills or harmful cuts to …

The FBI and police are searching and digging for bodies thought to be connected to an ongoing investigation into the Gambino crime family in Goshen, N.Y., multiple law enforcement officials familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday afternoon. Days ago, 10 people linked to the family were …

A Wisconsin woman was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree intentional homicide for poisoning her friend with eyedrops. Jessy R. Kurczewski, 39, wept in court upon being convicted of killing 61-year-old Lynn Hernan five years ago using a fatal dose of tetrahydrozoline, the main ingredient in eyedrops. The jury also found Kurczewski guilty …

One of the hallmark answers of the confident Democratic strategist about 2024 usually includes some combination of the following: Joe Biden will win thanks to abortion, concerns over democracy and worries about GOP extremism. Ask Republican strategists what gives them confidence about winning in 2024, and I usually get answers that include the phrase …