A suspect is in custody and an umbrella cockatoo has been rescued after it was stolen from the Steckel Park Bird Aviary in Santa Paula, California, officials said. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said the 35-year-old cockatoo, named Julie, is valued at $2,500. Police said caretakers at the aviary were …

Washington — Doctors successfully removed cancerous skin tissue from first lady Jill Biden’s chest and face during a scheduled procedure Wednesday, according to a letter from Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician. O’Connor said the first lady was “feeling well” and would return to the White House later Wednesday. Surgeons …

One year after the sudden death of comedian Bob Saget, his wife has a request for billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk: Give Saget his blue checkmark back. Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, took to Twitter Monday — on the one-year anniversary of his passing — to ask Musk why the …

When he was thrust into the presidency in 1974, Gerald Ford’s plain-spoken optimism was seen by many Americans as his greatest virtue. “There’s great public support for Ford when he first becomes president; he’s such a contrast to Nixon,” said Mirelle Luecke, curator of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. …

Phoenix — An Arizona death row inmate has withdrawn his request to be executed. In a handwritten motion dated Wednesday and addressed to the Arizona Supreme Court, Aaron Gunches cited three recent executions he said were “carried out in a manner that amounts to torture,” noting that Arizona Department of …

The man prosecutors call the “architect and mastermind” of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids’ way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday. The punishment for Rick …

The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most lucrative markets for cannabis — underscored by the dozens of unauthorized shops that have operated in the open for years. The …

Denver — Two women who say a male nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital’s management didn’t do enough to prevent the abuse. The lawsuit – which is proposed as …

Washington — The $1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown unveiled early Tuesday includes a ban on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, in what would be the most significant restriction on the app to date. The 4,155-page spending bill, which was released overnight and has …

General Motors is recalling nearly 140,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars in the U.S. and Canada to fix a seat belt problem that can cause fires. The recall covers certain Bolt hatchbacks from the 2017 to 2023 model years, but does not include Bolt utility vehicles or Bolts made for Cruise, …