Staff Writer
The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to a Biden administration executive order that is intended to boost voter registration
The Biden administration has imposed visa bans on former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, his vice president and their immediate families for corruption
Communities in Florida still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene are now also grappling with the still-unfolding damage from Hurricane Milton
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is again refusing to acknowledge that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election over former President Donald Trump
An apparent road rage shooting during rush hour traffic in Los Angeles has killed one person and injured another
The Egyptian health ministry says a bus crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others
The Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates
The FBI says it's investigating the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran
Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4 million, a record high price not just for a baseball, but for any ball in any sport
Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. It happens every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and this year, it is on Dec. 3
The Supreme Court is allowing national medication and anti-doping rules for horse racing to remain in effect while a court fight likely to wind up with the justices continues
The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only scratching the surface” according to the CEO of one the companies that tracks methane with its own satellites
The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month
Another Iowa teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal drive-by shooting near Des Moines East High School in 2022
A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi has been convicted of murder in the 2017 killings of two girls who vanished during an afternoon hike
The mayor of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland is out after just two years in office
Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy and markets
California teen pleads guilty to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US
The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9 million deal to pay Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s
The Supreme Court has left in place disclosure rules for campaign contributions that Alaska voters approved in a 2020 ballot measure
California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour
Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts
Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm
Police want to talk to man after gun was accidentally fired gun inside Walmart bathroom
Woman arrested for what was found in 'colorful party bag' during traffic stop, deputies say
Device helps police detect drugs safely
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about trade with Canada and Europe in remarks to Davos
Prince Harry claims court victories. But is he winning the larger war with the British media?
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship
Made in Maine: Kittery company using kelp to help keep skin hydrated
Karla Sofía Gascón makes history with ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar nomination
‘Offensive’ tattoos and ‘see-through clothing’ can get you kicked off your next Spirit Airlines flight
Ariana Grande pays homage to her ‘Oz’ roots with emotional Oscar nomination reaction