Federal officials have sued two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a synagogue in northern New Jersey, citing a law traditionally used to prevent people from blocking access to abortion and reproductive health clinics. The civil lawsuit filed Monday by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stems from […]
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — One of the people killed in the attack on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Michigan was being remembered as a grandfather who adored spending time with his family. John Bond, a Navy veteran, was among those who died Sunday morning when a Marine veteran […]
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration ’s efforts to deport noncitizens for protesting the war in Gaza was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Young agreed with several university associations that the policy they described as ideological deportation violates the First Amendment. The ruling came after a trial. An email […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ernie “Big Cat” Stevens Jr., a driving force behind the expansion of Native American gaming over the last two decades, has died. He was 66. The Indian Gaming Association, a Washington, D.C.-based group that works to protect tribes and promote tribal gaming, announced Monday that Stevens died Friday at the Oneida […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After years of failed attempts, Republicans in Nebraska have enacted a measure that uses taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition, despite voters repealing a newly-passed state law that would fund private school tuition with state dollars. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order opting the state into a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs and invest $70 billion in U.S. manufacturing under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. The announcement, which Trump made with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at the White House, came as the Republican president has for months sought to […]
The federal government is nearing a partial shutdown, with a range of effects on public services and the broader U.S. economy. Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities. Other functions — like NASA’s space missions, Trump’s immigration crackdown and certain public health work at FDA and the USDA — would continue. Here […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday sided with Black landowners in a fight over zoning changes that weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves. The state Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling that had stopped a referendum to consider repealing a revised zoning […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Minnesota, its two largest cities and a county over so-called sanctuary policies that the agency says interfere with the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration policies. The lawsuit filed Monday targets the state, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis. […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Rep. David Schweikert jumped into the Republican primary for Arizona governor Tuesday, joining an already-crowded field that includes two Donald Trump-backed candidates and raising Democratic hopes for flipping his seat in Congress. Schweikert’s consultant Chris Baker confirmed his candidacy to The Associated Press in a text Tuesday. Schweikert will square off against […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons. The sheriff’s department’s “unreasonable delays” in granting licenses violates California residents’ Second Amendment right to bear […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are over 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. Scientists say they were created using a wedge-shaped rock to create sharp lines. Several were etched […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal entered a crowded race for lieutenant governor Tuesday with a hard-line MAGA campaign pledging to curb the “radical left.” Dolezal, a Republican from Cumming, is now the fourth Republican state senator running for lieutenant governor. His campaign launch video touts his support for President Donald Trump and […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials decided Tuesday to set aside nearly three acres of prime downtown Miami real estate next to the historic Freedom Tower as a potential site of the future presidential library of President Donald Trump. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to give the parcel appraised at more […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people have reached out with related stories to the family of a 32-year-old man who died of blunt force injuries two weeks ago while riding the new Stardust Racers roller coaster at Universal’s Epic Universe theme park, the attorney for the man’s family said Tuesday. People who’ve contacted the family […]
NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a virtual merchant that can help sell goods for Etsy and Shopify as the artificial intelligence company looks for new revenue in online commerce. ChatGPT users can now buy directly from Etsy sellers while interacting with the chatbot and will soon be able to do the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A First Amendment group and watchdog organization pressed a federal appeals court on Tuesday to compel the release of a Justice Department special counsel’s report on the criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Even though the charges against the Republican president were dismissed last […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobs openings were essentially unchanged million last month amid economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s trade policies and an impending government shutdown. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings blipped up to 7.23 million from 7.21 million in July. Economists had forecast a drop to 7.1 million. The Job […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting Tuesday to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness as well as an end to “woke” culture in the military. “The era of politically correct, overly sensitive don’t-hurt-anyone’s-feelings leadership ends right now at every level,” […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, will affect recipients of benefits including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and tax refunds. Trump’s Republican administration argues the shift of all payments […]
More online platforms are giving secondhand shopping a digital upgrade, rolling out features like livestream shopping and AI-powered search to make thrifting faster and more exciting. Although choosing secondhand over new is often the more sustainable option, experts say it’s not a license to overconsume. They warn that resale has its limits, since buying more […]
DALLAS (AP) — A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died, his family said Tuesday. In a statement shared by the League of United Latin American Citizens, the family confirmed that Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support. The […]
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Imelda formed Wednesday morning in the Atlantic Ocean with a forecast track showing it’s expected to move toward Bermuda. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph (120 kph) with some additional strengthening expected. Imelda is centered about 755 miles (1,215 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda and moving northeast near 7 […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If it seems like its getting more expensive to replace a broken door, kitchen fixtures or upgrade a major appliance, you’re not wrong. The cost of home repair and remodeling projects is up compared to a year ago and running ahead of inflation overall, according to a report from data analytics […]
