LEXINGTON, Ky. — The same day the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled a GOP bill creating a funding mechanism for charter schools was unconstitutional, House Republicans introduced legislation critics see as another assault on public education.

House Bill 1, filed Thursday and sponsored by Rep. Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill; Rep. TJ Roberts, R-Burlington...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A man with a reported history of aggression toward Muslims has received a nearly seven-year prison term for setting fires on successive days that damaged two Twin Cities mosques.

Jackie Rahm Little, 39, of Edina was sentenced on Feb. 19 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis after pleading guilty to one count each of arson and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter, the man accused in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their families last summer, is due in federal court Friday morning.

Boelter faces six federal charges connected to the June 14 shootings that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and injured state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court invalidated much of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime in a ruling released Friday, dealing a major setback to one of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic and foreign policy efforts.

The 6-3 ruling found that Trump overstepped the emergency authority Congress gave to presidents in the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A state lawmaker wants Kentucky’s attorneys to have voluntary — not mandatory — membership to the association that regulates the legal profession.

Sponsored by Rep. Steven Doan, R-Erlanger, House Bill 526 aims to let licensed attorneys decide whether they want to be a member of the Kentucky Bar Association.

Now, state ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s sweeping worldwide tariffs are illegal and cannot stand without the approval of Congress.

The 6-3 decision deals Trump his most significant defeat at the Supreme Court.

Last year, the justices issued temporary orders to block several of his initiatives, but Friday�...Read more

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's sweeping worldwide tariffs are illegal and cannot stand without the approval of Congress.

The 6-3 decision deals Trump his most significant defeat at the Supreme Court.

Last year, the justices issued temporary orders to block several of his initiatives, but Friday's ruling is the ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Iran — that it has just 10 to 15 days to avert potential military action — suggests matters could come to a head when the United Nations nuclear watchdog next meets to decide whether to further censure the Islamic Republic.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board is scheduled to hold a ...Read more

Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal.

On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite son was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office. By evening, the former prince was released from police custody. But the ongoing investigation will unpick years of ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Iran — that it has just 10 to 15 days to avert potential military action — suggests matters could come to a head when the United Nations nuclear watchdog next meets to decide whether to further censure the Islamic Republic.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board is scheduled to hold a ...Read more

A leading Venezuelan opposition figure spoke out against a newly approved amnesty law shortly after he was released from house arrest Thursday, challenging a measure that could free hundreds of other dissidents but with carve-outs and judicial restrictions that limit its reach.

The legislation — which passed unanimously Thursday and was ...Read more

A Miami man is accused of selling sadistic internet videos in which someone stomps dogs and other animals to death to satisfy viewers’ sexual fetishes.

Francisco Javier Ravelo, 47, a former contractor for the U.S. Air Force in Florida, is charged with distributing videos over the internet that show animals — from dogs to primates — being ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York-Presbyterian Hospital has reached a tentative deal with its nurses, ending a historic six-week strike, officials said Friday.

Striking nurses could return to work as early as next week if members of the New York State Nurses Association ratify the new contract this weekend.

The tentative agreement includes improved ...Read more

KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — It had been 647 days since Amani Imran left her home, and she had felt every single one of them.

So when the call came at 10 p.m. telling her she was finally leaving Egypt and returning to Gaza the next day, she didn't think about the house that was destroyed in Israel's onslaught on the enclave, or worry about the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to sue states for their artificial intelligence laws, but how the push is affecting work on future legislation depends on a state’s politics.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order in December that directs the Department of Justice to sue states with AI laws the administration deems “...Read more

A total lunar eclipse will cross the skies over the contiguous United States on Tuesday, March 3, turning the Moon a deep reddish color in what’s commonly called a “blood moon.”

No special eye protection is required to watch.

This will be the third total lunar eclipse in the past year. It could also be your last chance for a long time to...Read more

Following a large water pipe rupture at the Colgate Power Plant which led to hundreds and possibly thousands of salmon killed in lower Yuba River, Yuba Water Agency on Tuesday announced the $300,000 grant to a local conservation group for its fish restoration project, while turning down a second bid for a separate fish habitat effort.

The ...Read more

A federal judge is weighing whether to extend his order blocking the arrest and detention of Minnesota refugees legally admitted to the United States who await their green card.

At a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim heard arguments in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis in the class action lawsuit against federal officials over...Read more

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and its two co-executors have agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve outstanding legal claims of his victims who haven’t already reached settlements.

Epstein’s estate and the co-executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, agreed to the settlement to “finally, and forever resolve, discharge, and settle”...Read more