The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year.

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23% since 2007.

The Trump administration has said it wants ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Santa Clara County judge Monday ordered District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s fundraising records to be turned over to defense attorneys, citing the documents as necessary to determine whether the prosecutor has a conflict of interest that should bar him and his entire office from retrying a felony vandalism case against five ...Read more

BOSTON — A doctor who practiced at Brigham and Women’s Hospital faces 81 sexual assault charges, including rape, indecent assault and battery, and assault with intent to rape.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Dr. Derrick Todd’s grand jury indictment Tuesday, describing the case as unprecedented.

“The allegations ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing a fresh legal challenge in its bid to collect and store voters’ personal information before the midterm elections.

Four registered voters backed by advocacy groups are suing the U.S. Justice Department over the data collection push. Their lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely a day before it was set to expire, even as plans for a fresh round of talks between the two countries fell apart.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Tuesday he would maintain a blockade over ships coming to and from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. ...Read more

Gov. Andy Beshear left something unsaid in his criticism of University of Kentucky leadership, casting doubt on the creation of a high-paying position and the naming of incoming UK College of Law Dean Gregory Van Tatenhove, a federal judge.

He said he worried the “actions are related to certain donors pushing partisan and undue outside ...Read more

LONDON — Forty-eight hours of brutal public inquiry into Keir Starmer’s judgment have left the prime minister looking increasingly like a leader on his way out.

Starmer had already been battling for months to save his job before a former top Foreign Office official alleged on Tuesday that he was pressured by 10 Downing St. to approve Peter ...Read more

The California Attorney General could soon be required to investigate when federal immigration agents shoot someone in the state, issue a public report on the agency’s findings and if warranted file criminal charges against the officers.

On Tuesday, the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 7-2 along party lines to advance the bill. ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely a day before it was set to expire, even as plans for a fresh round of talks between the two countries fell apart.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Tuesday he would maintain a blockade over ships coming to and from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. He added that ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — The assailant who opened fire on tourists at one of Mexico's signature archaeological sites — leaving a Canadian woman dead and 13 other foreign visitors injured, including six U.S. citizens — was a copycat who admired mass shooters and meticulously planned the attack, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.

The shooting Monday ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Gates Foundation has commissioned an external review into ties between the Seattle-headquartered philanthropic foundation and the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who maintained a yearslong relationship with foundation founder Bill Gates.

In a Tuesday statement, the Gates Foundation said that it launched the external ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York City Council is debating a law that would set time limits on young people’s social media use as concerns grow over its effects on mental health.

At a hearing Tuesday afternoon, Councilwoman Althea Stevens, D-Bronx, chair of the Committee on Children and Youth, asked health officials to weigh in on her bill, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department announced bank fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center related to $3 million in payments the civil rights group allegedly made to informants of extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan.

A federal grand jury in Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging SPLC with six counts of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Efforts to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system are moving along with the support of funds provided in last year’s reconciliation law, but the Transportation Department will need even more money from Congress to finish the job, Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday.

Congress authorized $12.5 billion in funds to ...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Tuesday with Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who is on a weeklong visit to the United States seeking to shore up support for the volatile country.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Rubio reaffirmed U.S. support for Haiti’s stability and security and welcomed “progress on the...Read more

DENVER — Colorado courts will now need to suppress name change records for minors under a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis.

Polis signed Senate Bill 18 into law administratively on Monday, without a signing ceremony. The law, which takes effect July 1, will require courts to keep records of petitions for a legal name change from public view...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is opening an investigation into Regent Jordan Acker's purported Slack messages, in which he appeared to make obscene sexual comments about a Democratic strategist and lewd comments about a female UM student.

Regent Chair Mark Bernstein said in a message posted to the university's communications website ...Read more

North Carolina’s General Assembly came back to work on Tuesday under high pressure to pass a long overdue budget, reach a deal on Medicaid spending and make decisions on tax cuts and raises.

At least one came to fruition right away, with a deal announced on funding Medicaid’s increased costs, and with votes expected starting Wednesday.

But...Read more