DENVER — The two students wounded in the Wednesday shooting at Evergreen High School remain in two separate hospitals in critical condition.

One student is in CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and is in critical but stable condition. The other person was moved from St. Anthony to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora and was in...Read more

Poverty dropped last year nationwide and in 38 states, according to census estimates released Thursday.

But since that decrease was recorded in mid-2024, more people have signed up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, in 18 states and the District of Columbia. In those places, more people were...Read more

The suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, of Utah after a tip from a family member led to his apprehension.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said on Friday that investigators arrested Robinson after the family member alerted authorities that he had confessed, or at least implied involvement,...Read more

HELENA, Mont. — In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that said the state had deprived them of a “clean and healthful environment,” a right enshrined in Montana’s constitution.

Their victory in Held v. Montana , later upheld by the state Supreme Court, resounded across the country, showing that ...Read more

The suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, from Utah, officials said at a news briefing Friday.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that investigators arrested Robinson after a family member alerted authorities that he had confessed, or at least implied involvement, in the killing. The tip ...Read more

The suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, of Utah after a tip from a family member led to his apprehension.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said on Friday that investigators arrested Robinson after the family member alerted authorities that he had confessed, or at least implied involvement,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento leaders will consider four new locations for homeless people, including three tiny home communities designated for seniors at a monthly fee.

​The sites — proposed at four vacant lots in different neighborhoods — would provide a place to sleep for about 220 people. Three of the locations would be interim ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday said a suspect has been arrested connection with the fatal shooting Charlie Kirk, his own close personal ally and the co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA.

“I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News. “I think we�...Read more

OREM, Utah — Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced the arrest of a 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Friday press conference, saying “we got him.”

The suspect was identified as Tyler Robinson and was taken into custody at 10 p.m. Thursday in St. George, Utah, about 280 miles south of Orem,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Legislature on Thursday passed a pair of bills to prohibit on-duty law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from masking their faces and to require them to identify themselves.

Senate Bill 627, written by Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley, includes ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said America’s democracy cannot coexist if political violence continues to rear its head.

During a five-minute speech on the Senate floor delivered the day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Warnock encouraged both Republicans and Democrats to turn down the temperature.

“We ...Read more

Poland’s prime minister rejected Donald Trump’s assertion that this week’s incursion by Russian drones may not have been intentional as European leaders struggle with the president’s apparent ambivalence.

The U.S. leader said Wednesday’s incident, in which NATO forces shot down several Russian drones that had breached Polish airspace,...Read more

Russia said negotiations with Ukraine are on “pause,” less than a month after the summit meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump that the U.S. said would spur talks on a peace deal.

“Communication channels exist, they are established, our negotiators have the opportunity to communicate through these channels, but for now, perhaps,...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday increased the chances a tropical wave in the Atlantic will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the wave was near the west coast of Africa moving into the far eastern Atlantic producing disorganized showers and ...Read more

OREM, Utah — President Donald Trump said Friday that he believes “with a high degree of certainty” that authorities have apprehended a suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Essentially, somebody that was very close to him turned him in,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

Trump praised ...Read more