Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wants a state appeals court to declare that a man’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is unconstitutional, a move some legal observers believe could upend long-standing prohibitions on convicts possessing guns.

Uthmeier’s arguments, rooted in Second Amendment jurisprudence, draw ...Read more

SEATTLE — As the Trump administration continues its mass immigrant detention and deportation effort, city and county officials across the Seattle region have approved various bans on new or expanded immigration detention centers.

Washington already houses the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, a jail-like facility privately owned by ...Read more

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — A Florida man has been sentenced to spend at least two years in prison for his role in a signature fraud scheme that kept the names of multiple judicial and gubernatorial candidates off the August 2022 primary ballot in Michigan.

Willie Reed was sentenced Tuesday to two to 15 years in prison and will have to pay more ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state laws forbidding “conversion therapy” for minors violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors.

The court said Colorado’s law violates the 1st Amendment, and the ruling is likely to invalidate similar laws in California and 23 other states.

In an 8-1 decision, the justices...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran has retained some of its ability to launch offensive missile attacks after a month-long U.S.-Israeli bombardment of the country that was intended to cripple Tehran’s military might, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged on Tuesday.

Iran “will still shoot some missiles, but we will shoot them down,” Hegseth said ...Read more

DETROIT — An Albanian drug kingpin who designed a cocaine-smuggling submarine with a Grosse Pointe Park CEO was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday following a sprawling federal case stretching from South America to Metro Detroit and Europe.

Ylli Didani, 48, was sentenced 10 months after a federal jury in Detroit convicted him of ...Read more

Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk last year, are seeking to delay his legal proceedings after they said federal authorities were unable to conclusively link a recovered bullet fragment to the alleged murder weapon.

In a recent court filing obtained by NBC News, Robinson’s defense team asked to ...Read more

Donald Trump’s NATO allies are increasing resistance to getting involved in his Iran war, risking a deeper rupture in the already strained military bloc.

Spain closed its airspace to U.S. jets Monday, and Italy denied U.S. military aircraft bound for the Middle East permission to land at a base in Sicily, according to a person familiar with ...Read more

President Donald Trump is reportedly hinting he could end the war against Iran without reopening the crucial Straits of Hormuz through which 20% of the world’s oil passes, as gas prices soared above $4.

Trump has told aides behind closed doors that he could pull the plug on the monthlong conflict without forcing Iran to allow open passage ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” in talk therapy for LGBTQ patients. The decision found that such laws violate the free speech rights of counselors.

The 8-1 decision reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that upheld the Colorado law ...Read more

Donald Trump’s NATO allies are increasing resistance to getting involved in his Iran war, risking a deeper rupture in the already strained military bloc.

Spain closed its airspace to U.S. jets Monday, and Italy denied U.S. military aircraft bound for the Middle East permission to land at a base in Sicily, according to a person familiar with ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Franklin Circuit Court judge on Tuesday voided the impeachment of Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman, saying she committed no offenses or misconduct that rose to the level of impeachment.

The ruling by Judge Phillip Shepherd nullifies a House Resolution that, on March 20, impeached Goodman in an unprecedented move.

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CHICAGO – Newly released data shows that Operation Midway Blitz led to the deportation of nearly 2,500 immigrants — most of them with no criminal record — during last fall’s immigration enforcement surge that fueled massive protests and led to two shootings, one deadly.

A Tribune analysis of the data, released Monday, offers the first ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Kansas City considers big changes to its rules for developers seeking tax breaks, local affordable housing advocates want officials to pump the brakes and think more about the consequences of such a shift.

City officials are hoping to better align the requirements of all the agencies that grant developers tax breaks in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that state laws forbidding “conversion therapy” for minors violate the free-speech rights of licensed counselors.

The court said Colorado’s law violates the 1st Amendment. The free-speech ruling is likely to invalidate similar laws in California and 23 other states.

In an 8-1 decision, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Iran still retains the ability to launch offensive missiles a month into the war, even as U.S. and Israeli forces have carried out sustained strikes aimed at degrading Tehran's military capabilities.

"Yes, they will shoot some missiles, but we will shoot them down," Hegseth told ...Read more

As spring unfolds, new research highlights an issue for southwestern Pennsylvania residents: Most people know ticks are in their backyard, but few believe they’re actually at risk of contracting tick-borne illnesses.

Every year in the United States, an estimated 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease. The illness, caused by ...Read more

Imagine being asked to sit alone in a quiet room for 15 minutes with nothing to do – no phone, no music, no external distraction. In a well-known 2014 study, many participants found that task so challenging that they chose to press a button to give themselves an unpleasant electric shock instead of continuing to sit with their thoughts and ...Read more

In 1945, an angry mob confronted Aba Mizreh and four of his sons outside their former home in Paris. The Jewish family had hidden in Lyon during World War II, only to learn that their apartment had been looted and rented in their absence. Despite an eviction notice, the new tenants refused to leave, leading to a street fight.

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