LANSING, Mich. — Businessman Perry Johnson, a Republican candidate to be Michigan's next governor, is planning to sponsor commercials in the coming days that encourage viewers to change the channel during musician Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.

Bad Bunny, who's Puerto Rican and backed Democrat Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Democratic campaign manager was charged Monday in Chester County with filing fraudulent nomination petitions in the 2024 primary for auditor general, including the forged signature of a Chester County judge, authorities said.

Mariel Kornblith-Martin, 40, of Philadelphia, allegedly filed false nomination petitions when serving...Read more

In a defiant gesture, Cuba’s handpicked president Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted President Donald Trump on Thursday and vowed his government will resist the U.S. “oil blockade” with creativity, but warned the population will go through difficult times.

“The collapse lies in the imperial mindset, but not in the mindset of the Cubans,” he ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The tradition arrives with the Super Bowl every year, as much as part of the pregame lead into the contest as the arrival of the two teams, the weeklong Super Bowl Experience, and the never-ending parties with high rollers. When America’s biggest sporting event comes to town, so does the assumption that human trafficking ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin won't voluntarily cooperate with federal prosecutors' investigation into a social media video that she organized with fellow Democrats telling members of the military and intelligence communities that they may refuse "illegal" orders.

Slotkin's lawyer called the inquiry "meritless" and an "unconstitutiona...Read more

Nancy Guthrie appeared to have been abducted just minutes after a security camera at her home was disabled, according to a new timeline officials shared in the case Thursday.

The new facts — including that blood found at her home belonged to the 84-year-old — were shared the day after her children made a desperate plea to a possible ...Read more

MIAMI — Armed volunteers would be permitted to provide security services at houses of worship without having to obtain licenses that normally apply to professional security officers under proposed legislation that is advancing in the Florida Legislature. The bill passed unanimously through a Senate committee on Tuesday.

The bill, which has ...Read more

Far right-wing firebrand Steve Bannon is calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to “surround” polling places in the upcoming midterm elections, a move that would amount to an unprecedented effort to intimidate voters.

The ally of President Donald Trump claimed that ICE agents, who have spearheaded the president’s ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A bald eagle found recently at a Kentucky state park with a gunshot wound will need to be euthanized, according to a Facebook post from Kentucky State Parks.

The eagle was found Monday at Lake Cumberland State Park in Russell County. The park said an employee spotted the eagle alongside the road, and other employees helped ...Read more

The United States and Russia have agreed to restart high-level military contacts that had been suspended shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. announced.

The agreement came during negotiations in Abu Dhabi aimed at seeking an end to Russia’s war, facilitated by President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law ...Read more

Like the sight of people huddled against the cold, Kansas City’s data about people living outside or without stable housing presents a bleak picture — but one that the city, in a new collaboration with local businesses, is seeking to change.

The numbers, according to the city, are dire:

More than 2,000 people are homeless in Kansas City at...Read more

MIAMI – Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner on Wednesday defended his decision to flag a resident’s critical Facebook comment about him and denied directing police to knock on the resident’s door, his first public comments about the controversy since email records revealed that he had sent the comment to the city’s police chief.

Speaking to...Read more

The United States and Russia have agreed to restart high-level military contacts that had been suspended shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. announced.

The agreement came during negotiations in Abu Dhabi aimed at seeking an end to Russia’s war, facilitated by President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law ...Read more

Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange prisoners as the warring parties pressed ahead with “detailed and productive” negotiations to end the four-year conflict, according to President Donald Trump’s special envoy.

The two sides agreed to swap 314 prisoners in the first such exchange in five months, Steve Witkoff said in a post on platform...Read more

When Noah Hulsman, who owns a skate shop in Louisville, Kentucky, learned he no longer qualified for federal subsidies to help him pay for his “gold” Affordable Care Act health plan, the 37-year-old opted for skimpier coverage. But the deductible is about a quarter of his yearly income.

Loretta Forbes realized she would have to drop her ...Read more

Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge’s current multiyear research project.

Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence. Each jar holds samples of breast ...Read more

Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are still ways to find care.

Over the next decade, the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to slash nearly $1 trillion in spending from Medicaid, the state-federal ...Read more

When she noticed an unusual craving for hot dogs, Matte’a Brooks suspected her body was telling her something, so she decided to take a pregnancy test. She took two just to be sure. Both were positive.

“I was definitely scared,” said Brooks, 23, who was uninsured. “I was like, OK … I’m pregnant, so where do I go from here?”

Until...Read more