Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now 8, the second grader is dealing with it again. Her cancer came back late last year.

Ollie’s parents, who adopted her in 2020, tried to sign her up for a clinical trial using CAR T-cell therapy — which genetically ...Read more

CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace.

But the job is harder now, the answers scarcer. In one of its first acts, the second Trump administration cut annual ...Read more

As countries and consumers embrace renewable energy in the wake of the Iran war, skyrocketing gasoline prices in the U.S. are fueling efforts to weaken state climate laws.

Renewable energy mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generally have little impact on U.S. gas prices, according to experts. But the growing pain at the pump has ...Read more

DENVER — During President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, 4,750 people without legal status were arrested by federal immigration authorities in Colorado, new data shows, reflecting a near-quadrupling of the prior year’s arrest rate.

The data provides detailed insights into the dramatic effects of the Trump administration’s ...Read more

Soaring fuel prices driven by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran risks worsening an already dire situation in Haiti, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday, as a recent hike at the pump renewed protests in gang-plagued Port-au-Prince.

Angry bus drivers took to the streets in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of the capital, blocking roads with their ...Read more

NEW YORK — Multiple activists were arrested for occupying the lobby of the Palantir building in the West Village after a protest in which Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood with hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers on the sixth night of Passover to protest the federal immigration crackdown.

Mamdani joined more than 500 activists at Union Square for “...Read more

Several states, including Virginia, are suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that would change how mail-in voting works in federal elections.

The order would not impact the state redistricting referendum. Upwards of 219,000 people voted early by mail according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

The executive order directs ...Read more

A judge denied Minnesota’s request to immediately block the Trump administration’s attempted withholding of a quarter billion dollars in Medicaid funding federal officials say is related to the state’s fraud problems.

U.S. District Court Judge Eric C. Tostrud on April 6 ruled in favor of the Trump administration in a lawsuit filed by ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed an expansion of Colorado’s red flag law on Monday afternoon, allowing more people to file extreme risk protection order requests with the courts to remove a person’s firearms.

This year’s Senate Bill 4 builds off the landmark 2019 measure creating the state’s red flag law. That law allows certain ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As Gov. Tim Walz faces criticisms over his administration’s handling of Minnesota’s Medicaid fraud crisis, he’s coming back to a suggestion he’s made many times in his seven years as governor: Legislators’ emails should be open to the public.

“It seems absolutely outrageous,” Walz said in January about the fact ...Read more

TOKYO — Preparations are underway for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to have a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to public broadcaster NHK.

The report comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to bomb key infrastructure in Iran unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. Takaichi is seeking a de...Read more

Massachusetts may join a growing list of states attempting to outright ban social media usage for young minors with the House scheduled to take up legislation addressing the issue this week.

“The bill prohibits social media use for children under 14 in Massachusetts, and requires platforms to obtain parental consent for users ages 14 and 15,�...Read more

NASA’s Artemis II crew flew past the moon Monday, traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and becoming the first to see some sections of the moon’s far side in the sunlight with the naked eye.

The four astronauts, sitting in the dark of their capsule, described the far side in eloquent detail: geometric patterns of browns, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Air Force airmen rescued from Iran by an armada of helicopters, other aircraft and commandos used a standard issue Boeing Co. communications device to alert their comrades and signal their locations, according to a service official.

“They have a very sophisticated beeper-type apparatus that is on them at all time,” ...Read more

Kendra Duggar, wife of embattled reality star Joseph Duggar, appears to have moved the entire family out of their Arkansas home. Following her recent arrest and that of her husband, the spouses discussed how they’d manage to pay for Joseph Duggar’s bail bond and defense, and discussed renting out the home and selling some of their ...Read more