WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying and references to one side’s position being a potential 鈥渇ive-alarm fire.鈥� The appeal comes from a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose family says some courts have made it too hard to sue […]
WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state Forest Fire Service said the blaze in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County had grown to nearly 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) but was 75% contained. No deaths or injuries have been […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, over one night in 2017. Willie Cory Godbolt had filed a handwritten petition in August seeking the high court’s review of a decision […]
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration’s freeze on its $2.2 billion in grants will head into the summer. A federal judge on Monday scheduled arguments for July 21 over the university’s lawsuit against the government, after both sides met in court for the first time in a brief hearing. […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next. The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have become increasingly desperate as they eye dwindling inventory […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) 鈥� Consumers across the U.S. still will be able to buy higher-ethanol blend E15 gasoline this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, saving them a little money at the pump but risking potential damage to the air and water. The emergency waiver issued by the EPA prevents retailers in most states […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump鈥檚 first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs with mugshots of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A former career Justice Department prosecutor is challenging his firing by the White House, saying it was for 鈥渦nprecedented partisan and political reasons鈥� and undermines a 鈥渂edrock principle鈥� of the justice system after he was dismissed following a post by right-wing activist Laura Loomer. Adam Schleifer, an assistant U.S. attorney in Los […]
FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) 鈥� Two people were killed and at least two others wounded at a large gathering of motorcycle riders just south of Atlanta, police said. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Sunday in Forest Park, police said in a statement. Numerous motorcyclists were speeding away when officers arrived, and police had to […]
You shouldn鈥檛 have to cross your fingers and hope for a strong stock market to coincide with your short-term goals. And right now, you probably wouldn鈥檛 want to. Because you鈥檙e working within a short time frame鈥攖hink two to six years鈥攊nvesting for shorter-term goals like buying a house or paying for a wedding should look different […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to a new autopsy report. The report documents the 95-year-old actor鈥檚 poor heart health, noting he had experienced congestive […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms took a big step Monday toward running for governor of Georgia in 2026, about four years after the Democrat broke Atlanta tradition by skipping a second mayoral run. Although she hasn鈥檛 officially announced she鈥檚 entered the race, Bottoms filed the necessary paperwork Monday to raise money […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia announced on Monday he is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and will not be seeking reelection next year due to his cancer returning, ending his long career in public life. 鈥淭he sun is setting on my time in public service,鈥� […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a double jeopardy appeal filed by Karen Read, who is on trial for the second time on charges she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors said they were at an impasse. Read鈥檚 defense says trying her again on […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. 鈥淭his morning we woke up to heartbreaking news: a devastating fire has ravaged one of our city’s greatest treasures, Clayborn Temple,鈥� […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military, senior defense officials said. But they insist that crucial programs aimed at addressing sexual misconduct and providing help for victims are so far not […]
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Prosecutors have reduced a felony misconduct charge against a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in two inmate deaths to a misdemeanor as part of a plea deal, online court records indicated Monday. Hepp was charged with felony misconduct in office in June 2024 in the deaths of Cameron Williams and Donald […]
HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� Since her birth 10 years ago, Mackenzie Holmes has rarely called one place home for long. There was the house in Houston owned by her grandmother, Crystal Holmes. Then, after Holmes lost her Southwest Airlines job and the house, there was the trio of apartments in the suburbs 鈥� and three evictions. […]
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Detroit Democrats are once again trying to restore Black representation to the city by unseating an incumbent, as the party more broadly battles publicly over whether challenging their own is the right path forward. Donavan McKinney, a 32-year-old state representative, launched a Democratic campaign Monday in Michigan鈥檚 13th Congressional District, joining […]
The upper Midwest braced Monday for severe thunderstorms with the potential for strong tornadoes. The National Weather Service said the highest risks 鈥� a 4 on a scale of 1 to 5 鈥� were in portions of southern Minnesota including the Minneapolis area, northern Iowa and western Wisconsin. While forecasters expected two rounds of severe […]
Nations are being forced to choose between siding with China or the U.S. as President Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war locks the world鈥檚 two largest economies on a collision course. Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day, accusing Democrats of denigrating traditional American icons by celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day alongside the date when […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires 鈥� funded through a program to help communities protect […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Ahead of his second go-around in the White House, President Donald Trump spoke with certainty about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his new administration and finding lasting peace from the devastating 18-month conflict in Gaza. But as the Republican president nears the 100th day of his […]
