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A U.S. bankruptcy court will allow clergy abuse claimants to sue for an estimated half-billion dollars in parish assets to fund settlements under the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese's current financial reorganization case.

Rep. Chuck Edwards announced on social media early Wednesday morning that he will not seek reelection, days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured following its investigation into his behavior toward two former staffers.

Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies.

China announced a series of economic measures Wednesday against the United States, including controls on exports of drones to the U.S. and a ban on dealings with six American entities, in response to recent restrictions imposed by Washington.

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, smashing business premises and a train station, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell ended socialist former Rep. Cory Bush's comeback bid in a rare rebuke of the Democratic Party's rising left wing.

The supercharged Democratic Senate primary between Rep. Haley Stevens and liberal favorite Abdul El-Sayed was too close to call Tuesday night, leaving the political world glued to slow-trickling returns out of the Detroit area.

Authorities on Sunday arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump's California golf course two days ahead of the president's visit.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it paid a $3,500 fine for being in contempt of court after a federal judge ruled Homeland Security didn't turn over documents being sought in a case about immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.

A fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 230 homes in an Indigenous community in western Canada, officials said Tuesday, making it one of the country's most destructive fires in recent years.