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Google has released its first new smart speaker in six years, a $100 device built around its Gemini AI assistant, with reviewers calling setup fast and the AI features a meaningful upgrade over past models.

New York City FC showed off progress on its new Etihad Park stadium in Queens, set to open in July 2027, even as ticket prices remain undetermined and the club struggles through a 1-win-in-12 stretch on the field.

A routine speeding stop on Highway 93 near Ash Springs, Nevada, led deputies to more than 700 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl, with the driver now facing federal trafficking charges that carry a possible life sentence.

Ahead of Saturday’s Indiana-Ohio State football game in Bloomington, Indiana University’s hand-written Golden Book — now digitized with more than 25,000 names — continues to chronicle military service dating back to the War of 1812.

A Milwaukee Brewers fan who bought a $1,000 “Timeless Ticket” in 2015 is hoping to finally redeem it for a seat at the team’s first World Series appearance since 1982.

Federal prosecutors say Felix Anthony Salazar III, 34, directed a methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking ring from inside a Mexican prison before surrendering to U.S. authorities at an El Paso port of entry.

Santa Cruz County deputies chased down a runaway emu over the weekend, days after California Highway Patrol officers handled a separate loose emu nearby.

Bend-La Pine Schools in Oregon mourned a teacher and three students killed in a school shooting while crediting a staff member and an armed parent, Kaylub Giamanco, with stopping the attack.

The McLaren that killed driver James Wehr and passenger Lexi Kramer in a Sept. 13 Irvine crash spontaneously caught fire again weeks later at a Costa Mesa tow yard, with no injuries reported and arson ruled out so far.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said Rep. Ilhan Omar should be “jailed and deported” if investigators find she lied about her age to obtain citizenship, as Omar and Democratic leaders call the federal probe politically motivated.