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The Bakken region in North Dakota is expected to reach a record-setting 1.45 million bpd by March. WASHINGTON - The United States is forecast to reach another milestone in oil output next month thanks to rising production in the…

CHICAGO - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded no contest to not only driving under the influence of alcohol, but also for driving without a license and giving law enforcement false information in 2007. Smollett was sentenced…

TEXAS - The Supreme Court practically foreclosed the possibility that a Texas inmate named Bobby James Moore will be executed, finding Tuesday that Moore is intellectually disabled. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death in 1980…

SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday raising the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $15 by 2025, The Hill reported. Pritzker signaled Thursday that he would sign the bill after it passed…

TUCSON - The Center for Biological Diversity is reporting an enormous amount of lawsuits leveled against President Donald Trump since he first entered office. The Tuscon-based environmental organization has filed a total…

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might be bleeding support from some of the very environmentalists the billionaire is attempting to court ahead of his potential presidential run. Bloomberg is preparing a…

NORTH CAROLINA - A contractor hired by North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris orchestrated an illegal ballot-harvesting operation in the 2018 general election, the state’s elections director said at a hearing…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a directive that will launch the Space Force on Tuesday, placing it under the Air Force. The plan still needs to be approved by Congress, reported The Wall Street Journal. “Space,…

Toledo police mug shot of Lashauwna Tucker, 26, who left her children 4 and 6 years old, alone in her house before going to Burger King. TOLEDO - Police arrested and charged an Ohio mother for endangering children, arson and criminal…

SARASOTA - Vandals covered a statue in Florida depicting the iconic photograph commemorating the end of World War II in red paint Tuesday, spraying #MeToo across the memorial. Sarasota’s statue of the “The Kiss” remembers one of the…