Composer John Kander (``Chicago'') is 98. Novelist Joy Fielding is 80. Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Guy Lapointe is 77. Actor Brad Dourif (``Lord of the Rings,'' ''Chucky`` movies) is 75.

Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 74 ... Rock musician Stuart Zender is 51. Actress-singer-dancer Sutton Foster (``Bunheads'') is 50. NHL defenceman Zdeno Chara is 48. Singer Adam Levine of Maroon ...

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

Senators voted to advance the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday as the deadline for a government shutdown inches closer. By a margin of 62-38, senators voted to advance the measure.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President ...

The social media post comes a day after Hudson publicly defended her relationship when a social media follower called it “insane” Christopher Polk/Getty;Jordon Hudson/Instagram Bill Belichick ...

The bill, which allows D.C. to continue operating at its adopted fiscal 2025 budget, passed by voice vote. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said the measure was ...

March 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a stopgap spending bill, passed by Congress this week, that averts a partial government shutdown, the White House said in a ...