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North Carolina Republicans advance Trump-backed congressional map
RALEIGH, N.C. — At the request of President Donald Trump, North Carolina lawmakers officially entered the national redistricting war by advancing a new congressional map intended to pick up another seat for Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans voted 26-20 along party lines to approve the map after an initial vote ...Read more
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison launches campaign for third term
MINNEAPOLIS — Keith Ellison will seek a third term as Minnesota attorney general, pledging to address inequalities and continue combating the Trump administration in court.
Ellison said he feels there’s a “powerful urgency to this moment” in politics, citing the excitement he has seen at public engagements, including nationwide “No ...Read more
White House denies report Trump could free Sean 'Diddy' Combs soon; TMZ doubles down
Despite a White House denial that President Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 50-month sentence for prostitution-related charges, TMZ is standing by its report that the president is “vacillating” on the matter and could make a decision this week.
Combs has served 13 months of his sentence at Brooklyn’s ...Read more
White House plays down prospects for quick Putin-Trump meeting
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has no plans to meet President Vladimir Putin in the immediate future, a White House official said, offering a more downbeat tone after the two sides suggested earlier that a second summit between the two leaders would happen soon.
The official, who asked not to be identified discussing private ...Read more
Pardoned Jan. 6 Capitol rioter arrested for threatening to kill NY Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
A man who took part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots but was later pardoned by President Donald Trump has been arrested for threatening to “eliminate” New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, police said Tuesday.
Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested in Clinton, New York, on Sunday after he allegedly made threats to kill a member of Congress, New York ...Read more
Epstein had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, documents show
MIAMI — Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.
A tranche of over 8,500 pages of records from Epstein’s estate — released by the House ...Read more
White House demolishes East Wing wall for Trump's $250 million ballroom
The White House has started demolishing part of the East Wing to make room for President Donald Trump’s planned massive new ballroom even though officials previously promised nothing would be “torn down” for the $250 million vanity project.
Federal workers were warned not to share photos of heavy construction equipment that tore into the ...Read more
Blue Origin could benefit from SpaceX delay as NASA reopens moon lander contract
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Monday that NASA was reopening the contract for the Artemis III moon lander after delays with development of SpaceX’s Starship.
SpaceX had been awarded the human landing system contract for both Artemis III and IV while Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin won a contract to service the ...Read more
Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean. Haiti, Jamaica on alert
Tropical Storm Melissa has officially formed, and the first forecast track suggests it could threaten Haiti as a hurricane over the weekend.
As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center issued its first forecast track and cone for Melissa, which is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it approaches ...Read more
Firing artillery over Interstate 5 considered unusual for Camp Pendleton, some experts say
LOS ANGELES -- The celebration at Camp Pendleton was billed as an uplifting event to honor the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps and highlight the enduring strength and commitment of the nation’s troops.
A simulated beach assault in which artillery was fired from the sand toward the interior of the sprawling base was intended ...Read more
Man gropes, attacks store's customers, then female shopper fatally shoots him, authorities say
LOS ANGELES -- A woman shot and killed a man who groped and attacked customers inside a Compton store, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and officials are asking witnesses to come forward.
On Sunday, deputies from the Compton Sheriff's Station responded to an emergency call of a disturbance, which was later updated to include a...Read more
Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears
A wild, very "polite" and possibly lonely black bear recently paid a visit to its neighbors at a Northern California zoo.
Before opening for the day, staff at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka were conducting a routine inspection of the Redwood Sky Walk — a self-guided tour of local redwood history and ecology — when they were surprised by a ...Read more
Federal judge declines to block Northwestern from disciplining students boycotting antibias training
CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago declined to issue a temporary restraining order to a group of Northwestern University graduate students Monday, who are boycotting the school’s controversial antibias training video on antisemitism.
Two graduate students and the campus organization Northwestern Graduate Workers for Palestine are seeking ...Read more
New fraud claims in LA County's $4 billion sex settlement leave victims outraged
LOS ANGELES -- It felt like the kind of thing that must happen in Hollywood all the time: a hundred bucks to be a movie extra.
Austin Beagle, 31, and Nevada Barker, 30, said they were trying to sign up for food stamps this spring when someone offered them a background role outside a county social services office in Long Beach. They thought the ...Read more
The nation's community health centers face money troubles
NEW YORK — On a busy street in Queens, New York, just around the corner from a halal hot chicken sandwich restaurant and a barber shop, the Long Island City Health Center welcomes its patients into a brightly lit waiting room, painted baby blue and filled with soft white and gray seats.
A woman working behind the desk on a recent weekday ...Read more
Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device becomes popular way to alert of ICE activity
CHICAGO — Owner Vanessa Aguirre-Ávalos was busy watching over a small group of young children at Luna y Cielo Play Café when she heard what sounded like a helicopter circling over the neighborhood.
Concerned, she stepped outside to figure out what was going on. She watched as federal immigration agents passed by in trucks. Aguirre-Ávalos ...Read more
Trump isn't sending troops to cities with highest crime rates, data shows
President Donald Trump has argued that he needs to deploy National Guard troops across state lines to protect federal personnel and property or to support overwhelmed local law enforcement in cities he claims are “overrun” by crime.
But a Stateline analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and federal crime data shows that Trump’s deployments and ...Read more
For a century, they were gone. But California Condors are making a comeback in these parts of the Bay Area
The elusive and illustrious California Condor is making a major comeback in the San Francisco Bay Area, stretching its wings in areas where the continent’s largest bird has not been seen for more than a century.
In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — ...Read more
In Mississippi, Medicaid coverage of weight loss drugs fails to catch on
COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager.
But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too. “I’m not as fatigued as I used to be, and I’ve been able to go back to church,” she said.
Hines, 46, credits her ...Read more
Last year's flu season was California's worst in years. How bad will this one get?
LOS ANGELES — Last year's flu season was the worst California had seen in years — and state health officials warn this year could potentially be just as bad.
While forecasting disease isn't an exact science, there are some troubling signs. In Asia, the flu has made an early comeback, and quickly swelled to epidemic proportions in Japan and ...Read more
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