WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy in exchange for tariff relief and wider Medicare access.

The deals, announced Thursday at a White House event with President Donald Trump, will make some of the most ...Read more

The kids are in school, Halloween decorations are coming down to make way for the holiday season and the fall crisp air floods your lungs each morning.

But soon, that deep breath may get harder as another fall staple comes to your area — flu season.

While flu shot campaigns and initiatives start around the end of the summer, the peak season ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House pulled legislation from its Thursday agenda that would allow government agencies to hide the addresses, phone numbers and outside employer names of state lawmakers, the governor, former governors, the lieutenant governor and their immediate family members.

House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, ...Read more

The first three victims of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash have been identified, according to a Thursday afternoon statement from the company.

The victims, members of the UPS crew, were identified as Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond.

“Words can’t express the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andy Beshear has gotten a lot of use out of his navy blue emergency management jacket in his six years as Kentucky governor.

He wore it when he visited London in May after a tornado ripped through the area killing 20. He wore it in 2022 when catastrophic floods killed 45 across Eastern Kentucky.

And he wore it Nov. 5, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A jury in D.C. federal court found Thursday that Capitol Police discriminated against a former K-9 officer in training on the basis of her sex and awarded damages of $850,000.

The verdict was reached seven years after Mauricia VanMeter, a current Capitol Police officer who was dismissed from the department’s K-9 training ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the release of video taken during an hourslong deposition given last week by U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.

The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Media petitioned U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to release the recordings, which were filed under seal as part of a lawsuit led by the Chicago ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Opioid Restitution Fund paid out a combined $11 million in opioid settlement funds to three nonprofits that are financially delinquent with the state of Maryland, online data accessed Thursday by The Baltimore Sun shows.

Maryland OneStop data shows the three groups — Baltimore Safe Haven, Charm City Care ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline on Thursday suspended Philadelphia Judge Scott DiClaudio without pay amid allegations that he sought to influence a colleague’s decision in a case with ties to rapper Meek Mill.

DiClaudio, who sits on Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, was placed on administrative leave in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland National Guard is set to establish a crowd control reaction force by April, following an order from a top military commander requiring every state, territory and the District of Columbia create a “quick reaction force” that provides crowd and riot control as well as use riot batons and shields.

The state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Commerce Committee Democrats said they are considering options for ethics and privacy probes into Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, for recording and looking up Democrats’ personal vehicle identification numbers to find data for a vehicle safety debate.

“Democrats on the committee are looking at all of their options to get ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to remove transgender markers from new passports and to require applicants to designate they were male or female at birth.

By a 6-3 vote, the justices granted another emergency appeal from Trump's lawyers and put on hold a Boston judge's order that prevented the president'...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during“Operation Midway Blitz,” saying top government officials lied in their testimony about threats that protesters posed and that their unlawful behavior on the streets “shows no...Read more

A Florida mayor wants to tax tourists to help rebuild damage from hurricanes Milton and Helene.

Adrian Petrila, St. Pete Beach’s mayor, proposed tolls at the north, central, and southern access points to the barrier island, according to a report from WFLA.

Petrila said the city needs about $200 million to shore up the infrastructure back to ...Read more

President Donald Trump reacted to the news of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s retirement by bashing his political rival as “evil” and “overrated.”

Pelosi, 85, released a video message Thursday, telling her supporters that she’ll leave the House of Representatives after 40 years when her term ends in 2027.

Trump responded to that announcement ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Thursday announced an updated critical minerals list that includes metallurgical coal and both phosphate and potash, two key ingredients for common fertilizers.

The final 2025 list also includes boron, copper, lead, rhenium, silicon, silver and uranium. Maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the list...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his 2026 budget proposal Thursday following a rating agency lowering its outlook on the city this week, which signaled a potential future credit downgrade to one notch above junk status.

And he addressed budget cuts he wants to make in 2026 at Chicago libraries, which have drawn criticism.

Speaking to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ever since the Trump immigration raids began in Los Angeles in June, local leaders and community activists have criticized agents for sometimes making it difficult to identify them as federal law enforcement officials or refusing to identify themselves at all.

Now, an unexpected new group has expressed its own concerns: the FBI....Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A fundraiser for a man severely burned in this week’s UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, had raised more than $60,000 as of Thursday afternoon.

The man, Matt Sweets, had burns on more than 95% of his body, according to the fundraiser, organized by Fawn Armstrong, the sister of Sweets’ girlfriend, Brooke ...Read more