NEW YORK — A rainbow pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village because of a directive from the Trump administration — outraging LGBTQ New Yorkers and local elected officials who feel the move will “erase our history.”

Apparently following orders from a Jan. 21 memo from the U.S. Department of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The former Letcher County sheriff charged with killing a district judge is asking a court to preclude a potential death penalty punishment because he has a “serious intellectual disability” or mental illness.

In the filing made public Tuesday afternoon, Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 44, argues his disability or illness means...Read more

TROY, Mich. — A Troy judge is expected to announce Tuesday if the owner and three employees of a local medical facility, where a 5-year-old boy died last year in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion, should stand trial on second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges.

Thomas Cooper of Royal Oak underwent dozens of hyperbaric ...Read more

Colorado restaurateur Kimbal Musk on Monday addressed his inclusion in a recent release of more files related disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying he only met with him once in New York and never visited his island, according to a statement posted on social media.

Musk, who lives in Boulder and is the brother of Elon Musk, has come under ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told senators Tuesday that “I have nothing to hide” in relation to his interactions with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in his first appearance before Congress since the emergence of new details about their communications.

At a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science ...Read more

Investigators released surveillance photos and a video showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The ...Read more

The FBI released video and photos Tuesday afternoon showing a person who may be involved in the disappearance of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, from her home in Tuscon, Arizona.

FBI Director Kash Patel released the previously unseen images, which appear to have come from the missing woman’s doorbell camera, along ...Read more

NASA’s plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight path needed in case of emergency. That delay, though, opens the door for a national security mission aiming for liftoff on Thursday morning.

The SpaceX Crew-12 mission is now looking at...Read more

Arizona authorities are taking another look at “new leads” in the suspected abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother, Nancy, who has been missing for over a week, as the deadline for an alleged $6 million ransom passed without payment.

The 84-year-old matriarch was last seen at her Tucson home on the evening of...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new bill that would allow university employees to be removed for financial reasons passed out of a Kentucky House subcommittee on Tuesday morning.

House Bill 490 would add provisions to state law allowing universities to remove employees for “bona fide financial reasons,” including financial exigency, low enrollment in ...Read more

Investigators have released surveillance photos showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The FBI ...Read more

The FBI released video and photos Tuesday afternoon showing a person who may be involved in the disappearance of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie.

FBI Director Kash Patel released the previously unseen images along with a plea for tips from the public.

“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — The EPA said Tuesday it would rescind the agency’s 2009 endangerment finding and all regulations based on its determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health requiring regulation under the Clean Air Act.

The final rule is still under interagency review and hasn’t been made public or signed by ...Read more

NEW YORK — A rainbow pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village because of a directive from the Trump administration — outraging LGBTQ New Yorkers and local elected officials who feel the move will “erase our history.”

Apparently following orders from a Jan. 21 memo from the U.S. Department of ...Read more

BOSTON — New staffing cuts proposed by Boston Public Schools’ FY27 budget may be felt across hundreds of current school employees in the coming year, hitting positions like general education teachers, bilingual education teachers and certain aides hard in a plan drawing early criticism from the district teachers union.

“The proposed BPS ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Two top Michigan Republicans defended President Donald Trump's threats to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, arguing it was appropriate leverage in negotiating a deal with the Canada.

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, and U.S. Rep. John James, a frontrunner in the Michigan GOP ...Read more

As Christian clergy across the United States participate in ongoing protests against harsh immigration enforcement actions and further funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, many are still pondering the words of Rob Hirschfeld. On Jan. 18, 2026, Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, encouraged clergy in ...Read more