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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires. The funding approved Thursday will help with the …
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN
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1/23/25
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A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist appeared in court Thursday to face criminal charges over data tampering that authorities said raises questions about the validity of more than …
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By MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN
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1/23/25
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A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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1/23/25
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President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances. Trump has previously criticized former President Joe Biden’s Justice …
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
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1/23/25
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Federal agencies, employees and contractors are trying to process how President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI executive order will upend their work. Republican legislators who oppose DEI …
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By FERNANDA FIGUEROA, AYANNA ALEXANDER and COREY WILLIAMS
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1/23/25
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.A suburban Seattle police officer who was convicted of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man has been sentenced to over 16 years in prison. Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson was …
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By MARTHA BELLISLE
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1/23/25
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The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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1/23/25
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An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court. Twenty-two year old Damien McDaniel is accused of killing 11 people between July and September …
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1/23/25
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One of President Donald Trump's executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people. It calls for the government to define …
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON
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1/23/25
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The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced. Leading the way is Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, with 13 nominations, including best …
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1/23/25
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As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies on his first day in office with a spate of orders largely favoring oil, gas and coal. But there is one renewable …
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
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1/23/25
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Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years. Applications for …
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By MATT OTT
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1/23/25
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They call her the ‘Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’ for a reason. The late great Tina Turner died in 2023 after a long illness. She left behind a vast catalog of classics. And now there’s a …
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By MARIA SHERMAN
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1/23/25
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A federal judge is set to hear the first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship …
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By MIKE CATALINI
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1/23/25
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Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged …
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KEVIN FREKING
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1/23/25
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In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, the twice-delayed nominations to the 97th Academy Awards are going forward Thursday morning. The …
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By JAKE COYLE
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1/23/25
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A former Arkansas police officer who was caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate in the back of his patrol car has been arrested. Former Jonesboro Police Officer Joseph Tucker Harris was arrested …
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1/22/25
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A New Hampshire judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with raping a teenage boy in 1998. The decision came Wednesday after jurors said they were …
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By HOLLY RAMER
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1/22/25
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The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon died earlier this month at a New York nursing …
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By MICHAEL CASEY
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1/22/25
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Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him. Lawyers for Marion Bowman …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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1/22/25
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