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North Carolina Republicans file sweeping bill targeting transgender rights to bathrooms, documents
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans on Tuesday filed a sweeping bill targeting transgender rights to bathroom access and updated legal documents.
The bill, Senate Bill 516, would require that bathrooms in public ...Read more
Trump reviewing use of Signal app, defends Waltz after chat leak
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his administration was investigating the addition of a journalist to a text group of top officials discussing plans for military strikes in Yemen, but expressed support for ...Read more
Routine Coast Guard inspection uncovers $6 million worth of cocaine stashed on boat off Florida
MIAMI — A routine patrol inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Fort Lauderdale led to the discovery of 550 pounds of cocaine — worth millions — hidden in suitcases.
James Edward White, 35, was piloting...Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz calls special election to replace former Sen. Justin Eichorn
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called a special election for a northern state Senate seat to replace former Sen. Justin Eichorn, who resigned last week following his arrest in an underage prostitution sting.
The ...Read more
Supreme Court weighs where 'good neighbor' pollution lawsuits go
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to allow challenges to EPA rules on air pollution in local courts across the country, pushing back on an effort from the Trump administration to concentrate the cases...Read more
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin cannot have contact with adoptive son, judge rules
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was ordered by a Louisville judge Tuesday to have no contact with one of his adoptive sons after the son sought an emergency protective order against him earlier this ...Read more
Senate Finance advances Oz nomination to lead CMS
WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines.
Mehmet Oz, known ...Read more
Measles outbreak sends warning for future of infectious disease
WASHINGTON — As the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in 25 years spreads, health experts warn that more people choosing to be unvaccinated for infectious diseases will make it harder to replicate past successful ...Read more
US and Ukraine hail Black Sea truce as Kremlin sets conditions
The U.S. said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, even as the Kremlin said its involvement would depend on a series of preconditions including sanctions relief.
In separate statements, the White ...Read more
Federal prosecutors defend ICE's ability to deport Colorado immigration advocate Jeanette Vizguerra
DENVER — Federal prosecutors defended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to deport Jeanette Vizguerra in a new legal filing this week, but argued the petition challenging her detention is being ...Read more
Prosecutors may call members of Bryan Kohberger's family to testify during trial
BOISE, Idaho — In the latest drop of court filings in Bryan Kohberger’s criminal case, the prosecution hinted that it might call members of the 30-year-old’s family to testify at his upcoming trial.
Latah County ...Read more
Alaska medical board asks Legislature to limit gender-affirming care for minors
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska State Medical Board is asking the Legislature to ban hormonal and surgical treatments for minors seeking to transition from one gender to another.
The board — whose members were chosen ...Read more
Father of Georgia school shooting suspect wants trial moved out of Barrow County
ATLANTA — The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect is requesting a change of venue for his upcoming trial due to Barrow County being a community where a feeling is “strongly set against him," attorneys ...Read more
NYC Mayor Eric Adams expands portfolio of Kaz Daughtry, his controversial deputy mayor for public safety
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has quietly expanded the portfolio of Kaz Daughtry, his controversial public safety deputy, granting him the power to help run the law enforcement units of a slew of civilian New York City ...Read more
White House seeks to contain scandal over Signal chat discussing war plans
The Trump administration scrambled Tuesday to contain spreading political, diplomatic and intelligence damage from the shocking leak of secret American military attack plans shared by top officials on an unsecure group ...Read more
Karen Read murder case: Judge denies prosecution request for defense communications
BOSTON — Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case will not be given communications between the defendant and her lawyer in the early days of the case.
Special prosecutor Hank Brennan verbally argued in a hearing ...Read more
Andrew Boutros, a former fed and 'go-getter' on cusp of being named interim US attorney in Chicago
CHICAGO — Veteran Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor Andrew Boutros is expected to be appointed by the Trump administration to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, sources told ...Read more
Fire alarm repair company execs plead guilty to swindling NYC agencies for a decade
NEW YORK — Two men who ran a fire alarm repair company admitted Tuesday they fleeced several New York City agencies with fake and inflated invoices for more than a decade.
Walter Stanzione, 66, served as the head of the...Read more
Judge: No new trial for Kentucky man convicted in federal court after pardon by former governor
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky man pardoned after a state homicide conviction but later convicted in federal court over the same deadly shooting should not get a new trial, a federal judge has recommended.
Attorneys for ...Read more
Gov. Maura Healey questions border czar Tom Homan's 'fixation' on Mass. after ICE arrests
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey questioned Trump border czar Tom Homan’s “fixation” on Massachusetts after he visited the state last week amid a series of immigration-related arrests carried out by federal authorities. ...Read more
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