MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday that the leak of a Wisconsin Supreme Court abortion order last year was likely deliberate, but they were unable to determine who was responsible. The June leak of a draft order showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is […]
A federal judge on Wednesday again directed the Trump administration to provide information about its efforts so far, if any, to comply with her order to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland temporarily halted her directive for information at the administration鈥檚 request last week. But […]
A Philadelphia judge’s role in a cheesesteak shop owned by his wife has prompted a panel to allege he’s violated the state’s ethics rules. The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board on Tuesday filed a complaint against Common Pleas Judge Scott DiClaudio over Shay’s Steaks, a high-end cheesesteak restaurant that opened more than a year ago a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A Republican state lawmaker from Maine appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday after she was censured by the state House for a social media post about a transgender athlete, a move that comes amid sparring over the issue between the Democratically controlled state and the Trump administration. Rep. Laurel Libby […]
President Donald Trump says he 鈥渃ould鈥� bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador if he wanted to. But he insists the 29-year-old Salvadoran, who had been living in Maryland and is married to an American citizen, is a member of the violent MS-13 gang and the kind of person who should not be allowed […]
Artificial intelligence 鈥渁gents鈥� are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you want and can do real work on your behalf. So far, they’re not doing much. Visa hopes to change that by giving them your credit card. Set a budget and some […]
Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023, saying it would 鈥渕ake it right鈥� after five tank cars of vinyl chloride were intentionally burned, sending up a huge black plume of smoke that spread more toxic chemicals over homes, schools and farms. A […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� Republican South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis appears likely to stay in office for at least the rest of the year. The Republican-dominated House has decided not to take up a resolution passed by the Senate to kick Loftis out of office because of his role in a phantom $1.8 billion account […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) 鈥� Elon Musk has for years made Texas a business home and playground, launching rockets, building cars, and dreaming about creating a utopian enclave for his workers on the rural outskirts of the state capital. Now, a new Musk project is on the brink of victory: an election Saturday to officially turn […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� A group of high school students in upstate New York are being threatened with charges of kidnapping if they don’t turn themselves into authorities over a lacrosse team hazing prank in which participants are accused of staging an armed abduction of younger players. Prosecutors allege members of the lacrosse program at […]
BRYCE CANYON CITY, Utah (AP) 鈥� Two people died in a 380-foot (116-meter) fall from a viewing area in southern Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. Tourists spotted the bodies Tuesday below Inspiration Point after the two fell late Monday or early Tuesday, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. How they fell was […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration is moving to cancel $1 billion in school mental health grants, saying they reflect the priorities of the previous administration. Grant recipients were notified Tuesday that the funding will not be continued after this year. A gun violence bill signed by Democratic President Joe Biden in 2022 sent $1 […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Investigators strongly suspect that a pair of shootings three blocks apart in Minneapolis that left four people dead and two others seriously injured were connected and were gang related, the police chief said Wednesday. The first shooting happened late Tuesday and killed three people. The second, which happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� A 180-year-old private Christian university in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to raise $6 million to keep its doors open. Limestone University officials said that after two weeks of furious fundraising and other actions, they collected just a little over $2 million and had […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump got worrisome news on Wednesday about how the U.S. economy is battening down for potential fallout from his tariffs 鈥� and he was quick to try to pin the blame on his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden. The government reported that the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that federal employees who also are in the military reserve must be paid the equivalent of their civilian salaries when called to active duty during national emergencies. The 5-4 decision could affect hundreds of thousands of people, insuring that they don’t suffer financially when they temporarily […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A former TV production assistant resumed testifying Wednesday at Harvey Weinstein鈥� s retrial, elaborating on the weeks leading up to the July 2006 date when he allegedly forced oral sex on her. Miriam Haley is the first of the ex-Hollywood honcho’s accusers to testify at the retrial, which is happening because […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) 鈥� A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington, Vermont, issued his ruling following […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A closely watched inflation gauge cooled last month in a sign that prices were steadily easing before most of President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs were implemented. At the same time, consumers accelerated their spending, potentially in an effort to get ahead of the duties. Wednesday鈥檚 report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� A powerful storm downed trees and power lines, leaving more than a half million customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio and neighboring states in the dark on Wednesday morning, with local officials reporting that at least two people had been electrocuted. More than 440,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 50,000 were […]
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make U.S. production less competitive worldwide. Trump portrayed the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor. Harris will address the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America, an organization that recruits and trains […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma. The justices are taking up appeals filed by the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School and the state charter school board after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the school […]
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) 鈥� Three workers were killed and two others injured after a scaffolding gave way at a Texas construction site, authorities said. First responders were called to the Port Arthur LNG site early Tuesday for an industrial accident involving Bechtel workers, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff鈥檚 Office statement posted on social […]
