U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s recent hospitalization is the latest in a string of recent significant health incidents for the 84-year-old lawmaker.

McConnell was hospitalized June 14, but his staff did not give details about his health at the time, other than to say he was receiving “excellent care.” The public has since received few ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia can’t prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal officers from concealing their identities, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Chad F. Kenney issued an order preventing Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration and District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office from ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population saw an increase this year, despite still facing a concerning decline over the past decade, according to a news release Thursday from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

May’s winter dredge survey, conducted by Maryland and Virginia fisheries, predicted a jump in crabs to 349 million, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.

The total dollar value of the trades was somewhere between $600 million and $1.86 billion, according to his financial disclosure for 2025, which lists values in broad ranges. ...Read more

A seasoned federal prosecutor in Miami began running a politically sensitive investigation into one of President Donald Trump’s enemies in January, but she would last only a few months because she didn’t see a legal basis for a criminal case.

Her exit from the probe in mid-April, however, didn’t stop the Justice Department from using the ...Read more

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a canal near Everglades Holiday Park. His team was on a mission.

A 10-foot female Burmese python was guarding her clutch of eggs on the other side of the island. Nesting mothers can be more defensive, and reaching her ...Read more

Jailed British rocker Gary Glitter has been charged with four “historic” sex offenses that occurred between 1978 and 1981 in west London.

The 82-year-old glam star born Paul Gadd is accused of one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent months waging an unusually aggressive campaign to reshape how states run elections, leveraging federal agencies in ways no previous president has attempted.

He has pushed the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of citizens in each state to help determine voter eligibility. He is ...Read more

BOSTON — The U.S. Marshals of the District of Massachusetts have made a big dent in their goal to arrest more than 250 fugitives in honor of America’s 250th birthday.

As of Thursday, the agency said they’d apprehended 110 people.

The arrests are part of “Operation 250th,” which the U.S. Marshals described as, “an intensive summer ...Read more

BOSTON — Karen Read, acquitted last summer of the murder of John O’Keefe, is not only winning in the courtroom but also in the court of public opinion, especially when compared to police.

A strong majority of Massachusetts residents polled by the University of New Hampshire said they believe that police concealed evidence in the case ...Read more

CHICAGO — The latest chapter in a years long legal scuffle between the city of Chicago and two of its main police unions over COVID-19 vaccine mandates has ended with a city victory, though the fight could continue.

A three-judge appellate court panel reversed a decision by the Illinois Labor Relations Board, finding the board “abused its ...Read more

The Democrat vying to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate says Kentuckians deserve to know “if our senator is alert, conscious, or capable of serving” more than two weeks after the 84-year-old was hospitalized for an unspecified reason.

Charles Booker, the Democrat facing off against Republican nominee Andy Barr, released a lengthy ...Read more

Venezuelan security forces have tightly restricted access to parts of the country’s Caribbean coast following last week’s devastating earthquakes, amid allegations that authorities are protecting hidden caches of gold, weapons and cash, according to people familiar with the situation.

The claims come as multiple foreign rescue teams have ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida’s Venezuelan community is seeking help in the wake of last month’s rare twin earthquakes that devastated their homeland.

On June 24, 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude earthquakes struck the South American country and have caused more than 2,200 deaths so far, officials said this week, with thousands more still missing ...Read more

BOSTON — Bay State teachers who have sex with 16- and 17-year-old students could face criminal charges after the Legislature closed the “age of consent loophole” in the state budget.

This child protection measure in the state budget comes as local school districts face lawsuits for educator sexual misconduct with students.

Across ...Read more

I stood there in shock, staring blankly at the letter. A lawyer was notifying me that my neighbors – as well as anyone they hired – would be on my property the next day to cut some branches from a tree near the property line. It ended with a stern command to lock up my “vicious” dog for the safety of the workers.

I read the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republicans slammed Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling on New Yorkers to save electricity and ease strain on the power grid by setting air conditioners no lower than 78 degrees.

Even though red states have made similar pleas, GOP officials derided Mamdani for the optional request as a brutal holiday weekend heat wave gripped NYC.

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WASHINGTON — All aboard the Trump train.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday emerged from a rail coach painted specially for America’s 250th birthday bash, with both arms spread, as the awaiting crowd in Medora, N.D., cheered his arrival.

Moments later, as a pack of Theodore Roosevelt-era “Rough Rider” enactors on horseback escorted ...Read more