At the top of the new U.S. food pyramid are a bright red steak and a packet of ground beef. That reflects the new U.S. dietary guidelines’ emphasis on animal proteins. Plant-based sources of protein like almonds and peanuts are tucked farther down, and whole grains appear at the bottom.

The new recommendations, released Wednesday by the U.S. ...Read more

DENVER — Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday expanded a lawsuit filed to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado to now encapsulate a broader “revenge campaign” that he said the Trump administration was waging against Colorado.

Weiser named a litany of moves the Trump administration had made in recent weeks — from moving to shut down ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The families of all four University of Idaho murder victims sued on Wednesday the university attended by the man who killed their loved ones, alleging gross negligence, wrongful death and violations of federal education protections.

Led by Steve Goncalves, the father of victim Kaylee Goncalves, who pledged last year to file a ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his final State of the State address to underscore California’s jaw-dropping crime figures — stats that he said refute the president’s claims about widespread murder and mayhem.

To put in perspective some of the numbers cited by the governor on Thursday:

The last time homicides were this low in Oakland, Rev. Dr. ...Read more

The news that a woman in Minneapolis had been gunned down by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, and that her parents lived in Valley Falls, Kansas, reached Bill Klenklen on Wednesday night when his daughter called.

Then, about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, his neighbor Tim Ganger walked across the street.

“The only thing I know is he came ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration agent identified as Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good, 37, on the morning of Jan. 7 during an enforcement operation near E. 34th Street and Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis, just blocks from where George Floyd was killed by police more than five years ago.

Here’s what we know about the shooting...Read more

Travelers from several countries visiting the United States for tourism and business purposes are now being required to pay a “visa bond” between $5,000 to $15,000 that experts say is designed to drown immigrants and travelers in bureaucracy.

The State Department expanded its visa bond program this week to more than three dozen new ...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday proposed a $373.8 million increase in the education budget, pitching a historic investment in schools even as the state heads into a looming $1.4 billion budget deficit expected to dominate the next legislative session.

The proposal would raise per-pupil spending to $11,811, up from just over $9,200 allocated...Read more

WASHINGTON — A band of House Republicans bucked party leaders to join Democrats in passing a measure to restore expired Obamacare subsidies through the end of President Donald Trump’s term, as rising health care costs drive midterm election anxieties.

The House voted 230-196 Thursday to send a three-year extension of the expired tax credits...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A day after a woman in Minneapolis was killed by an immigration federal agent, clergy leaders and advocates gathered on the steps of the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building to honor her and denounce the killing.

Holding printed photos of Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot in the head by a federal immigration agent, ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the North Bay early Thursday morning shortly after midnight, waking up people across the region.

The quake, centered in a rural area five miles east of Cloverdale in Sonoma County, was the second-largest earthquake anywhere in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area in the past 12 months.

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is threatening to withhold $50 million in federal funding from North Carolina after determining that the state hasn’t followed policy when it comes to issuing nondomiciled commercial driver’s licenses.

Nondomiciled CDL’s are intended to be issued to foreign nationals who are in the United States ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday authorized the Minnesota National Guard to be staged and ready should they be needed to assist local law enforcement with any unrest following the federal agent’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on Wednesday.

The Guard would be tasked with “protecting critical infrastructure and ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick accused some of his Republican colleagues of being “intellectually dishonest” about the Affordable Care Act, hours before he and other Republicans broke party lines to pass a bill to restore recently expired healthcare subsidies.

The Democratic-led bill passed the House by a vote of 230 to 196 after Fitzpatrick ...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz is proclaiming Friday to be a “Day of Unity” and is inviting all Minnesotans and Americans to participate in acts of service to remember and honor Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old fatally shoot in Minneapolis by a federal agent.

“Renee Nicole Good was a loving mother, partner, daughter, and neighbor whose life was defined ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — In recent months, Idaho lawmakers and state leaders have expressed angst over a projected state budget deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars. They have deliberated how to close the gap. Cut spending by slashing state programs? Reverse tax cuts enacted in the 2025 legislative session?

During a sometimes-tense discussion ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Renee Nicole Good was a wife, an award-winning poet and a creative mother of three who liked to make “messy art” with her two sons and daughter.

On Wednesday, she became known worldwide as the woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. The action, which occurred on a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, after breaking with his party to praise President Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela this week, on Thursday gave Democrats a critical vote to advance a resolution aimed at reining in the president's future military endeavors in the country.

The resolution calls for the direct removal of U.S. military ...Read more

NASA is opting to bring home the four members of Crew-11 early after one of them suffered a medical incident on board the International Space Station.

Without revealing their identity, NASA said the astronaut experienced the issue on Wednesday afternoon, and is in stable condition.

“NASA has set the standard for safety and security and ...Read more