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As the fatal stabbing last month of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte light rail received national attention and sparked a debate over crime and public safety, a top Republican lawmaker said he was exploring “potential ...Read more

On Monday afternoon, a San Diego Superior Court judge sentenced 24-year-old Walt Mehran to 12 years in prison for the Dec. 2, 2023, attempted murder of Eric Van Tine.

The two men, both struggling with mental illness and ...Read more

The Missouri House on Monday gave initial approval on a Republican plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts, marking the first major vote on a map that would dilute the voting power of Kansas City.

The ...Read more

A humiliating election defeat is forcing Argentine President Javier Milei to face up to a series of political miscalculations — chief among them, his reliance on his beloved sister.

The president’s libertarian party ...Read more

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within days, after the current premier lost a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is formally ...Read more

Japan’s ruling party is set to decide when and how an upcoming leadership race will be held, after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation announcement triggered a vote to choose his successor.

The Liberal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said the federal government has not yet started writing a report on the possible causes of autism but reaffirmed a longstanding promise that it ...Read more

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is asking the US Supreme Court to review a Connecticut court’s nearly $1.4 billion judgment against him and Infowars stemming from his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary...Read more

Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices dismissed suggestions that their decisions were political as they made their case for retention in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

In a rare public speaking event Justices Kevin ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would ban online pet dealer websites and shadowy middlemen who pose as local breeders from selling dogs to California consumers — the latest move to ...Read more

Top Beacon Hill Democrats criticized President Donald Trump’s administration Monday for renewing a surge of immigration arrests in Boston over the weekend, with Gov. Maura Healey calling the actions “political theater�...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the Missouri House gave preliminary approval Monday to a plan asking voters to make it harder for citizens to change the state Constitution through ballot questions.

Facing heavy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday for the Trump administration and agreed U.S. immigration agents may stop and detain anyone they suspect is in the U.S. illegally based on little more than their working at a ...Read more

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to clear the way for ICE raids in Los Angeles, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Boston’s legal recourse amid the latest ICE operation has slimmed.

“The federal...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has struck down an effort by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island, ruling the action was ethically “impermissible” because it...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The transgender Boise State University student who sued Idaho Gov. Brad Little over the state’s law banning trans women and girls from women’s sports has dismissed her case two months after the U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As electricity prices outpace inflation, members of Congress and the administration have constituents’ bills on their mind, with Democrats hoping they will help them make the case against Trump ...Read more