The text arrived shortly after James Comey Jr. posted a photograph of seashells he said he had found on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast.

“I have held my tongue for a long time,” the writer, an estranged acquaintance, wrote Comey’s wife, Patrice.

But the photo of the seashells arranged to read “86 47” had compelled the acquaintance ...Read more

After investigators ruled 31-year-old high school counselor and coach Kelsey Harris’ death a suicide in 2021, her mother, Kellee, said she was not convinced the inquiry had answered the most important questions.

About a week before Kelsey died, police had arrested her boyfriend on a strangulation charge after Kelsey reported he attacked her, ...Read more

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid.

The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars’ worth of benefits.

That...Read more

A 41-year-old man from El Salvador who was detained at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement confirmed Monday evening hours after his family and a member of Congress spoke out about the incident.

Delaney Hall, a privately operated detention center under contract with ICE, has ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is asking a federal appeals court for a redo on the President’s House, saying the court’s June ruling that allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to swap the exhibit at the historic site limited the ability of courts to restrain the executive branch.

The city is seeking a new hearing in front of the ...Read more

Officials at High Desert State Prison tried to cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a 24-year-old inmate who was fatally beaten by guards last year, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges.

Malik Avila died Nov. 22 at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, after being airlifted from the Indian Springs correctional facility on Nov. 4, ...Read more

BOSTON — Hyde Park was left reeling Monday after investigators said someone walked into a restaurant there and “started shooting up the place,” leaving one dead and four others injured in the latest act of violence rocking Boston.

The mass shooting occurred just after midnight at Little Haiti International Cuisine, a creole restaurant ...Read more

Sen. Thom Tillis has agreed to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general after a weekend of publicly sparring with President Donald Trump.

Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, and Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, had refused to confirm Blanche out of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary until the White House and Blanche agreed to ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early voting began across Alaska on Monday ahead of the Aug. 18 primary election, but not without hiccups.

In Anchorage, a popular early voting location was moved from the Division of Elections office on Gambell Street to a storefront in the Midtown Mall.

But the mall only opens at 10 a.m., leaving 8 a.m. voters driving ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts is setting out to lower health care costs with steps like investing more state resources in primary care, supporting nursing recruitment, and standardizing out-of-network service rates Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday.

“We know that healthcare costs are burdening people, families, employers, budgets at the state, ...Read more

State lawmakers are spending a rare three-day special session on congressional redistricting even as Maryland families struggle with rising utility bills, housing costs, and grocery prices, prompting critics to argue pocketbook issues could have been added to the agenda.

But Maryland Democratic leaders say constitutional deadlines left them ...Read more

DENVER — “How did it feel to look back at Earth?” a small voice asked the astronauts. A line of children waiting to pop their own questions snaked from the boy standing at the shortened microphone into the wings of Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday.

Christina Koch, one of four astronauts who manned NASA’s Artemis II mission in April, ...Read more

Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday on social media that Aug. 3 has “no legal impact” on his options if a Kentucky U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant this year.

His statement comes amid rampant online speculation that Aug. 3 marks the deadline for holding a special election to complete the term of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been absent since his ...Read more

A father-son duo accused of abducting two federal wildlife biologists in a remote part of Northern California pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court in Sacramento to charges of kidnapping, assault and weapons violations.

Joseph Henrichsen, 49, and Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, were arrested July 17 after authorities said they held two women at ...Read more

California filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration Monday — one to block President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs on international trading partners, the other to block his administration from sharing needy families' personal data with immigration officials.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, whose office brought the lawsuits...Read more

When will the Las Vegas Valley feel some relief from above-average temperatures? It won’t be this week.

On Monday, the National Weather Service issued an extension of its extreme heat warning through Saturday. The warning was originally issued on July 30 to last Sunday, but has been extended twice.

The forecasted high on Monday is 113 ...Read more

Cyclospora cases in Missouri have nearly doubled for the second consecutive week, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The gastrointestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite that’s caused havoc on thousands of people’s stomachs nationwide, with the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention Control ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Just as Senate GOP leaders plan to begin moving several big-ticket items ahead of a planned August recess, President Donald Trump will head out west for a Los Angeles-area fundraiser and an economic speech in Las Vegas.

Trump is set to return to Washington, D.C., Wednesday night — when the chamber could be a few votes away from...Read more