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NATIONAL NEWS


FILE - Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
2 hours ago

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine rule won't start for 90 days, won't cover all diseases

Read full article: Florida's plan to drop school vaccine rule won't start for 90 days, won't cover all diseases
Darleen Hall worships during a service at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
10 minutes ago

Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of expected federal intervention

Read full article: Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of expected federal intervention
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Vera Farmiga in a scene from "The Conjuring: Last Rights." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
3 hours ago

'The Conjuring: Last Rites' creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre

Read full article: 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
Philipos Melaku-Bello talks to people during Peace Vigil in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
3 hours ago

A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump's order

Read full article: A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump's order

Law enforcement officials have removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital.

President Donald Trump's approval rating from the NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
3 hours ago

Poll: Trump’s job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines

Read full article: Poll: Trump’s job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines

Americans’ views of President Donald Trump’s job performance remain negative amid a flurry of activity from his administration on tariffs, immigration and public health, according to the latest NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2011 photo, Mark Volman teaches a class in music management at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)
4 hours ago

Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78

Read full article: Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78

Mark Volman, a founding member of the 1960s pop group The Turtles, whose hits include "Happy Together," has died.

Ohio State quarterback Lincoln Kienholz takes a snap against Grambling State during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
1 hour ago

The AP Top 25 college football poll shows USF breaking into the rankings

Read full article: The AP Top 25 college football poll shows USF breaking into the rankings

The third week of the AP Top 25 college football poll shows last week's top three teams holding their spots, while USF breaks into the rankings for the first time.

In this Sept. 3, 2025 photo, Samuel J. Redman, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts, sits in front of content he uses from the Smithsonian on campus in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
7 hours ago

White House's review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

Read full article: White House's review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

Some history teachers are concerned about what may come of a White House review of the Smithsonian's public-facing content.

Doors are open to NAM's Market, in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)
36 minutes ago

In one DC neighborhood after federal intervention, the notion of more authority is a mixed bag

Read full article: In one DC neighborhood after federal intervention, the notion of more authority is a mixed bag

In a swath of the nation’s capital that sits across the tracks, and the river, residents can see the Washington Monument, the Waldorf Astoria and the U.S. Capitol dome.

Norwich Police School Resource Officer Bob McKinney hands an ice cream to Alby Little as his mother Sylvia Little, right, looks on in Norwich, Conn., on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
15 hours ago

Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light

Read full article: Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light

Police around the country are turning to a summer favorite to help strengthen ties to their communities by running their own free ice cream trucks.

Jarvis McKenzie talks about how he was the victim of what police called a hate crime at a news conference on Thursday Aug. 21, 2025 in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
15 hours ago

Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law

Read full article: Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law

A Black man in South Carolina is pushing for the state to pass its own hate crime law after police say he was shot at by a white man in a racist attack.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speak during a town hall on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
18 hours ago

Sanders and Mamdani energize supporters at town hall as NYC mayor's race enters final stretch

Read full article: Sanders and Mamdani energize supporters at town hall as NYC mayor's race enters final stretch

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani rallied supporters at a town hall in Brooklyn, slamming President Donald Trump and boosting their shared progressive message.

Demonstrators protest against President Donald Trump's deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington during a march on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
23 hours ago

Thousands protest for a 'Free DC' on the fourth week of federal control in Washington

Read full article: Thousands protest for a 'Free DC' on the fourth week of federal control in Washington

Thousands have taken to the streets of Washington, D.

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
21 hours ago

Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a 'wannabe dictator'

Read full article: Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a 'wannabe dictator'

President Donald Trump is amplifying his promises to dispatch the National Guard to Chicago by posting a parody image from “Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom overhead.

President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
17 hours ago

Legal aid group sues to preemptively block US from deporting a dozen Honduran children

Read full article: Legal aid group sues to preemptively block US from deporting a dozen Honduran children

A legal aid group has sued to preemptively block any efforts by the U.S. government to deport a dozen Honduran children, saying it had “credible” information that such plans were quietly in the works.

This photo taken from video shows, from left, Kenneth Moore Jr, Suelonnee Tingle, Shonnee Hullum, Sage Harrington and Ronnee Tingle, right front, walking to Ronnee Tingle's car after Moore and Suelonnee Tingle were dropped off by an RTA bus after school Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)
1 day ago

Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands

Read full article: Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands

A scramble is underway in Ohio over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big yellow school bus.

The sunsets on the Shankweiler Drive-In as previews run before the feature film "Jaws" in Orefield, Pa., Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
1 day ago

How romance and a road trip led to the purchase of the world's oldest drive-in theater

Read full article: How romance and a road trip led to the purchase of the world's oldest drive-in theater

In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as the owners of the world’s oldest drive-in movie theater.

People play mahjong at an event organized by the YLL Mahjong Club on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
1 day ago

Mahjong nights draw young crowds to San Francisco bars and restaurants

Read full article: Mahjong nights draw young crowds to San Francisco bars and restaurants

Ryan Lee has turned his love of mahjong into a thriving social scene in San Francisco.

People march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
19 hours ago

Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump’s threats for the city

Read full article: Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump’s threats for the city

President Donald Trump’s plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge.

An electronic sign reads $1.8 billion as crowds wait in line to buy lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
7 hours ago

Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split nearly $1.8 billion jackpot

Read full article: Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split nearly $1.8 billion jackpot

Powerball players in Missouri and Texas have won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, right, speaks next to Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott, left, during a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
1 day ago

Maryland leaders tell Trump they don't need the National Guard to curb gun violence

Read full article: Maryland leaders tell Trump they don't need the National Guard to curb gun violence

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence.

SPORTS HEADLINES


Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) is congratulated by teammate Chris Rodriguez Jr. (36) after scoring during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
20 minutes ago

Samuel scores in Washington debut, and the Commanders stifle the Giants in a 21-6 win

Read full article: Samuel scores in Washington debut, and the Commanders stifle the Giants in a 21-6 win
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) calls a play before the snap against the New York Jets during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
25 minutes ago

Aaron Rodgers throws 4 TD passes in his Steelers debut, leads 34-32 comeback win over Jets

Read full article: Aaron Rodgers throws 4 TD passes in his Steelers debut, leads 34-32 comeback win over Jets
Tennis fans line up to get into Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch Jannik Sinner, of Italy, and Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, play in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
28 minutes ago

Fans remain stuck in line as US Open final begins because of extra security with Trump attending

Read full article: Fans remain stuck in line as US Open final begins because of extra security with Trump attending
The USA team's Mason Howell, left, shakes hands with Jacob Modleski during Walker Cup golf matches against the Great Britain and Ireland team at Cypress Point Club on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong )
53 minutes ago

Americans cling to 1-point lead at Cypress Point as they go for another Walker Cup win

Read full article: Americans cling to 1-point lead at Cypress Point as they go for another Walker Cup win
FILE - South Carolina Education Lottery Director, Ernie Passailaigue , right, extends his hand to Monica and Anthony Wilson, of Charlotte, N.C., as he presents them with a check for their Powerball winnings Thursday May 29, 2003, at Red Rocket Fireworks in Fort Mill, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
1 day ago

Someone could win $1.8B Powerball jackpot Saturday. Odds are their identity will remain a mystery

Read full article: Someone could win $1.8B Powerball jackpot Saturday. Odds are their identity will remain a mystery

If someone wins the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot there’s a good chance the public will find out little or nothing about the person.

This undated photo provided by Tom Forchas in September 2025 shows his daughter, Sophia Forchas, who was wounded in the Church of Annunciation shooting in Minneapolis, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Tom Forchas via AP)
1 day ago

Neurosurgeon says there are 'rays of hope’ for girl critically hurt in Minneapolis church shooting

Read full article: Neurosurgeon says there are 'rays of hope’ for girl critically hurt in Minneapolis church shooting

A neurosurgeon says there are “rays of hope” for a 12-year-old girl critically injured in a Minneapolis church shooting.

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric's Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
1 day ago

States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates

Read full article: States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates

The widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a human smuggling news conference Thursday Sept. 4, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
1 day ago

Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum

Read full article: Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum

The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro speaks with reporters as President Donald Trump, from left, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
1 day ago

Two DC teens arrested in congressional intern's fatal shooting

Read full article: Two DC teens arrested in congressional intern's fatal shooting

Two teenagers have been arrested on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation’s capital.

FILE - Joseph David Emerson, back, appears in Multnomah County Circuit Court for an indictment hearing in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 7, 2023. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, Pool, File)
2 days ago

Ex-pilot accused of trying to cut a passenger flight’s engines reaches plea deals, his lawyer says

Read full article: Ex-pilot accused of trying to cut a passenger flight’s engines reaches plea deals, his lawyer says

A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has reached plea deals with federal and state prosecutors.

FILE - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, March 9, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
1 day ago

Attorneys general warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety

Read full article: Attorneys general warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety

The attorneys general of California and Delaware have expressed serious concerns about the safety of OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens.

FILE - Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters outside "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, with Attorney General Pam Bondi, , left, and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, partially visible right, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
2 days ago

Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe

Read full article: Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has agreed to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free trip to Hawaii and other complimentary trips while serving as the state’s attorney general.

This image provided by NASA on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, shows a scene of star birth in Pismis 24, a young star cluster about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius taken by NASA's Webb Space Telescope. (NASA via AP)
2 days ago

Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope

Read full article: Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope

Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

The wireline drilling core barrel is visible from the underside of the Liftboat Robert platform, from the Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
2 days ago

Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world

Read full article: Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.

Sikh truck driver Prahb Singh maneuvers his truck at a gas station in Fontana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
2 days ago

A deadly crash, a divided nation: Why Sikh truckers are now in the crossfire

Read full article: A deadly crash, a divided nation: Why Sikh truckers are now in the crossfire

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric.

FILE - U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland is recognized with military honors before his burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
1 day ago

Zizians group member pleads not guilty to murder and other charges in Vermont border agent's death

Read full article: Zizians group member pleads not guilty to murder and other charges in Vermont border agent's death

A woman accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont has made her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against her.

This GOES-West GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at 11 a.m. EDT and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Kiko churning over open waters in the Pacific Ocean. (NOAA via AP)
1 day ago

Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii

Read full article: Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii

Hurricane Kiko has intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, left, visits with parents and family of children who died at Camp Mystic as he prepares to sign camp safety bills, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
2 days ago

New Texas laws ban youth cabins in floodways, require camp safety plans

Read full article: New Texas laws ban youth cabins in floodways, require camp safety plans

The families of some of the children who died at Texas' Camp Mystic during catastrophic flooding two months joined Gov. Greg Abbott for a ceremonial bill signing.

FILE - Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
2 days ago

Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

Read full article: Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status.

FILE - Ruth Paine sands shelves for a cooperative nursery school in her backyard in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo, File)
2 days ago

Ruth Paine, who opened her Texas home to Lee Harvey Oswald and shooed away conspiracies, dead at 92

Read full article: Ruth Paine, who opened her Texas home to Lee Harvey Oswald and shooed away conspiracies, dead at 92

Ruth Paine, whose kindness to Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife as a young mother near Dallas would leave her inexorably linked to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died.

Travelers walk toward an exit at Miami International Airport at the start of the Labor Day weekend, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
2 days ago

Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions

Read full article: Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions

The Trump administration has decided to abandon a Biden-era plan that would have required airlines to pay cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for stranded passengers when airlines cause flight cancellations or changes.

FILE - Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State, answers journalists' questions, Nov. 16, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
2 days ago

Republican Gabriel Sterling, defender of 2020 Georgia election, runs for secretary of state

Read full article: Republican Gabriel Sterling, defender of 2020 Georgia election, runs for secretary of state

Gabriel Sterling, known for defending Georgia's 2020 election results, is running for the state's secretary of state.

ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES


This image released by Amazon Prime shows Tom Bateman, left, and Tessa Thompson in a scene from "Hedda." (Parisa Taghizadeh/Amazon Prime via AP)
16 minutes ago

A bold, queer 'Hedda,' from Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson, debuts at TIFF

Read full article: A bold, queer 'Hedda,' from Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson, debuts at TIFF
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Vera Farmiga in a scene from "The Conjuring: Last Rights." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
3 hours ago

'The Conjuring: Last Rites' creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre

Read full article: 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2011 photo, Mark Volman teaches a class in music management at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)
4 hours ago

Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78

Read full article: Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78
Xin Zhilei, winner of the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for 'The Sun Rises on Us All', poses for photographers at the awards photo call during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP)
4 hours ago

The 2025 Venice Film Festival is over. Here's everything you need to know

Read full article: The 2025 Venice Film Festival is over. Here's everything you need to know
People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
2 days ago

Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

Read full article: Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants.

FILE - Porcha Woodruff poses for a portrait on Aug. 7, 2023, in Oak Park, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
2 days ago

Woman wrongly accused of carjacking loses lawsuit against Detroit police who used facial tech

Read full article: Woman wrongly accused of carjacking loses lawsuit against Detroit police who used facial tech

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Detroit police in the wrongful arrest of a pregnant woman who was charged with carjacking partly because of facial recognition technology.

Donna Adelson listens to her defense team's opening statements in the courtroom on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 in Tallahassee, Fla. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP, Pool)
2 days ago

Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law

Read full article: Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law

A jury has convicted the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family in the hired killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor.

FILE - Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing in Milwaukee, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
2 days ago

Immigrant pleads guilty to being in US illegally after judge allegedly helped him evade agents

Read full article: Immigrant pleads guilty to being in US illegally after judge allegedly helped him evade agents

An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him evade federal agents has pleaded guilty to being in the U.S. illegally.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as U.S. Attorney of Middle District of Florida Gregory W. Kehoe, left, watches during a human smuggling news conference Thursday Sept. 4, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
2 days ago

Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

Read full article: Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

The U.S. Justice Department is ramping up efforts to target human smuggling operations exploiting America’s northern border, citing growing concerns about sophisticated criminal networks transporting migrants for profit, expanding their focus beyond the southern border.

FILE - Joseph McNeil speaks during a AFL-CIO conference in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey, File)
2 days ago

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

Read full article: Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

Joseph McNeil, a key figure in the civil rights movement, has died at 83.

FILE - The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is seen on March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
2 days ago

US immigration officers raid Georgia site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles

Read full article: US immigration officers raid Georgia site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles

Immigration agents are conducting a raid at the sprawling industrial site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles in southeast Georgia.

Former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, left, speaks at a news conference for "Don't Take the Bait" campaign in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
2 days ago

Trump's promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says

Read full article: Trump's promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says

Leaders of a Chicago suburb that houses a federal immigration processing center say they were told that the Trump administration's promised immigration enforcement surge will run for about six weeks.

An image made from surveillance footage provided by Kory Krause shows Robin Westman inside the Frontiersman Sports gun shop in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Kory Krause/Frontiersman Sports via AP)
2 days ago

Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

Read full article: Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

The shooter who killed two children and injured 21 others at a Minneapolis church was seen on video visiting a suburban gun shop the weekend before the attack.

FILE - A home burns in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)
3 days ago

Federal government sues California utility, alleging equipment sparked deadly wildfires

Read full article: Federal government sues California utility, alleging equipment sparked deadly wildfires

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people.

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
2 days ago

Google facing $425.7 million in damages for nearly a decade of improper smartphone snooping

Read full article: Google facing $425.7 million in damages for nearly a decade of improper smartphone snooping

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions.

FILE - Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
2 days ago

Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension

Read full article: Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Trump administration and heated criticism from House Republicans over the university’s response to campus protests.

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Read full article: What polls show about Americans' views on childhood vaccine mandates

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Missouri lawmakers recite the Pledge of Allegiance as a special legislative session gets underway on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
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Lawmakers in Missouri are the latest to try to draw a new U.S. House map for the 2026 election that could enhance the Republican Party’s numbers in Congress.

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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, center, speaks with Laborers' International Union of North America leaders Donato Bianco, left, and Michael Sabitoni, right, after a news conference in North Kingstown, R.I., on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. Democratic politicians and union leaders called on the Trump administration to allow work to continue on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
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Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Trump says US would be on 'brink of economic catastrophe' unless justices rule his tariffs are legal

Read full article: Trump says US would be on 'brink of economic catastrophe' unless justices rule his tariffs are legal

President Donald Trump says the country would be on “the brink of economic catastrophe” without the import taxes he's imposed on U.S. rivals and allies alike.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Read full article: Gregory Bovino, head of Los Angeles campaign, shows how immigration agents rack up arrests

The Border Patrol agent leading immigration enforcement in Los Angeles was removed from his position in 2023 under President Joe Biden.

FILE - School buses are lined up in a storage lot, Aug. 14, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Moms' careers and personal time are hit hard by school drop-off demands, a poll finds

Read full article: Moms' careers and personal time are hit hard by school drop-off demands, a poll finds

A new poll finds many parents are struggling to balance work and school transportation for their kids.

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