BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge for the District of Idaho has ruled that part of Idaho’s abortion restrictions violate the U.S. Constitution, according to a decision issued Thursday in a case brought by a Boise maternal-fetal medicine specialist.

U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill wrote in his decision that the 14th Amendment’s due ...Read more

DEARBORN, Mich. — Self-described anti-Islamic activist Jake Lang said he expects trouble when he and his supporters come to Dearborn next week for a planned rally and pig roast — a dig at Muslims, whose religion eschews eating pork.

"Does the sun rise in the east?" Lang said during a telephone interview with The Detroit News when asked if ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Friday to fatally stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a dramatic turning point in the high-profile prosecution over the executive’s predawn murder outside a Midtown hotel in December 2024.

In a stunning courtroom admission before Thompson’s tearful widow, Paulette...Read more

The family of murdered UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson called Friday’s guilty plea by Luigi Mangione an “important step toward justice for Brian and our family.”

“While nothing will ease the pain of losing him, we are grateful that the federal justice system has held the person responsible for this heinous act ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Friday to fatally stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a dramatic turning point in the high-profile prosecution over the executive’s predawn murder outside a Midtown hotel in December 2024.

In a stunning courtroom admission before members of Thompson’s grieving ...Read more

A longtime ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell said Kentucky’s senior senator is aware of and seems frustrated by the intense public scrutiny about his health condition.

Scott Jennings, a former McConnell adviser and conservative political commentator on CNN, said he spoke with McConnell on Tuesday about political races and the attention he’s ...Read more

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Just days after the Trump administration launched proceedings that could limit California’s ability to protect its iconic shoreline, the state’s top coastal officials reasserted their authority by voting unanimously against an oil company’s controversial bid to restart underwater fracking operations.

This is the ...Read more

A University of California, Santa Cruz student died after the vehicle she was in veered off a road near the university, dropped off a seaside cliff and plunged into the Pacific, according to officials.

A second occupant of the vehicle was able to escape from the submerged vehicle, but the woman who died became trapped, according to the Santa ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Immigration arrests of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California increased more than tenfold in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new analysis by the University of Southern California Equity Research Institute.

The analysis found that the AAPI Californians were involved in ...Read more

President Donald Trump will be touching down on Long Island Friday to highlight his record on crime and try to boost Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s campaign for governor.

With Blakeman by his side, Trump plans to release FBI statistics showing decreases in violent crime after touring the Nassau County Police Academy in ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has joined a prominent Michigan law firm as a partner following his 12 years as the mayor of Michigan's largest city.

Duggan will join Detroit-based Honigman's government relations and public policy practice group a few months after abandoning his independent bid to be the state's next governor.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a recall of Texas-produced eggs its most severe classification due to a possible risk of salmonella poisoning.

On July 22, Midwest Poultry Services. L.P. issued a recall on more than 1.5 million eggs that were produced and distributed by its Texas farms between June 6 and July 6. These eggs, both ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her proposed reducing the number of vacant positions in the police department in her 2027 budget address, cuts that come in the wake of the police chief accusing Her of sexualizing officers.

Along with a property tax increase and other budget cuts, Her proposed the police department will receive funding for...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a dramatic turning point in the high-profile case that started with the executive’s high-profile murder outside a Midtown hotel in the pre-dawn hours of December 2024.

The plea throws a wrench in Mangione’s parallel state prosecution scheduled...Read more

NEW YORK — The city can move forward with its implementation of a tax on luxury second homes, a state appeals court judge ruled — at least until a court hearing at the end of the month.

Thursday’s ruling upheld the city’s appeal of a temporary block placed on the pied-à-terre tax by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi.

That...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California voters are sharply divided over a ballot measure to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund healthcare programs, a proposal already triggering a fierce and expensive political fight as the November election approaches, according to a poll released Friday.

More than half of likely voters oppose a separate ...Read more

CHICAGO — Why does a big-shot trial lawyer want an unpaid gig leading Chicago’s school board?

Victor Henderson, a longtime white-collar civil litigation attorney, points to his time on the board of Urban Prep Academies. The troubled charter school network was on the brink of closure in 2023 amid allegations of financial mismanagement and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday continued to track two tropical waves in the Atlantic with a chance to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the leading wave, Invest 92, was about 400 miles east of the Caribbean’s Windward Islands with gusty winds and a ...Read more