The results are in, and Seattle walked away from this summer's FIFA Men's World Cup with undeniable wins. But the question remains: Was the tournament overhyped?

In Seattle and King County, the global soccer tournament drove $889 million in total economic impact, which includes $109 million in state and local tax revenue. That’s according to ...Read more

A new poll found that more Maryland voters currently oppose than support a proposed constitutional amendment that would change rules governing congressional maps.

In a survey of 600 likely voters conducted Sept. 10-13, 41% said they would vote against the proposed constitutional amendment, while 28% said they would vote for it and 31% were ...Read more

Gov. Maura Healey is calling for a two-month suspension of the 24-cents per gallon state gas tax, filing legislation Tuesday just days after her Republican challenger in the general election, Mike Minogue made the same call as gasoline prices continue to climb.

“If you go back to February, before the start of Donald Trump’s war, gas was ...Read more

Donald Trump signed a security deal with Denmark and Greenland to end a bitter dispute over the Arctic island, saying the United States will start building two “very major military bases” on the territory.

Trump sealed the agreement alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in New ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California's unprecedented humidity fueled by El Niño conditions is giving a boost to mosquitoes and helping spread West Nile virus, experts say.

West Nile virus cases in Los Angeles County are the highest they've been in more than a decade, records show.

The spike is thanks in part to Southern California's ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia teacher is being called the “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal” after being caught lying about her background — a deception that has stirred strong emotions in education and racial justice organizing circles.

Hannah Gann, a veteran Philadelphia School District educator, has claimed at times to be Palestinian and ...Read more

Longtime Donald Trump confidante and political operative Roger Stone Jr. has added Haiti to his growing portfolio of foreign governments he represents.

Haiti’s transitional government, led by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, has retained Stone’s firm for as much as $780,000 a year, bringing on the veteran Republican strategist, who is...Read more

BOSTON — Patrick Clancy believes that there are “compassionate” ways to handle cases where postpartum psychosis and mental health issues lead to violence.

“I think we can find a compassionate way to deal with these tragedies, and that doesn’t mean no accountability,” Clancy said in a newly-released, extended version of his interview...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday.

His remarks come more than six months into a war that has grown increasingly unpopular at home, with fewer than a third of ...Read more

In one of the most dramatic bouts of rapid intensification of a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on record, Hurricane Polo has exploded into a major Category 5 storm, with more strengthening expected through the day.

As of late Tuesday morning, Polo had maximum winds of 180 mph and was located off the coast of southern Mexico. For ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for accused double-murder defendant Alex Murdaugh are asking a state judge to require prosecutors to release key evidence in the case.

The evidence they seek concerns DNA, ballistics and other material and information from prosecutors in the case.

The reason defense attorneys seek such evidence is to bolster their ...Read more

CHICAGO — For the past 30 years, descendants of Jewish art collectors whose works were looted by the Nazis during World War II have sought to reclaim stolen works of art.

On Tuesday, the Art Institute of Chicago announced it is returning a 1913 painting, “Woman with a Fan” by Jean Metzinger, to the heirs of its original owner.

“What is...Read more

NEW YORK — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday ratcheted up the tension with Mayor Zohran Mamdani ahead of his visit to New York City later this week, saying he was going to “tell the truth” about Mamdani during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.

The video leveled heavy accusations against the mayor, saying ...Read more

Presley Gerber was reportedly taking ketamine prescribed by a doctor when he died in a southern California rehabilitation center.

An unnamed doctor was giving the dissociative drug to the 27-year-old son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, despite his past issues with the substance, according to TMZ.

Friends of Gerber’...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday threw out rules restricting protesters from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, finding that they violated the free speech rights of demonstrators.

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that U.S. Capitol Police Board restrictions on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sea turtles have been sighted laying eggs on the sand in Huntington Beach — the first known instance of a sea turtle of any species spontaneously nesting on the U.S. West Coast.

On Sept. 16, Huntington Beach Fire Department Marine Safety lifeguards were notified of a sea turtle sighting near Seal Beach. When they investigated,...Read more

The government of Turks and Caicos has intercepted another overcrowded boat from Haiti attempting to drop off migrants.

Members of the British overseas territory’s marine branch, working with U.S. maritime operations personnel, intercepted the illegal vessel early Tuesday inside their territorial waters, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is working with Senate leadership to get health care fraud legislation over the finish line before the end of the congressional session, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday during an announcement about cracking down on health care fraud.

As part of that announcement, Vance said the Trump administration has ...Read more

The 20-year-old social media lifestyle influencer known as Clavicular is accused of drugging and raping a teen in Massachusetts.

Braden Peters, who popularized the vanity practice called “looksmaxxing,” is also charged with procuring alcohol for a minor, according to Orleans District Court criminal complaint.

Prosecutors said in a Sept. 8 ...Read more

NEW YORK — As autumn arrives, a rare September nor’easter could bring coastal flooding, high winds, rain and coastal erosion to the region and potentially disrupt travel, meteorologists warned Tuesday.

A full moon’s tides will exacerbate the situation, the National Weather Service noted.

The storm’s path depends a bit on which weather ...Read more