PHILADELPHIA — An executive order signed by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blocking federal immigration agents from using nonpublic state property does not violate the constitution, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner dismissed the lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s administration against Sherrill over her ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado is seeing either a later-than-usual COVID-19 bump or an earlier-than-expected start to the fall and winter respiratory-illness season, complicating decisions for people trying to time their vaccinations.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s most recent data showed 20 hospitalizations for COVID-19, ...Read more

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday calling for world maps to more accurately reflect the relative size of Africa and other regions, over the objections of the U.S.

The so-called Mercator projection, in use since the 16th century, makes Africa look comparatively small while inflating the size of land masses ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A shark drone photographer captured extraordinary footage of a great white circling a swimmer off the coast of Santa Barbara.

Carlos Gauna, who has been documenting sharks for roughly a decade, regularly posts such videos to his YouTube channel, TheMalibuArtist. His work has helped people learn that the apex predators are around...Read more

In a village on the edge of Germany’s Harz mountains, families gathering at a beer-and-bratwurst summer picnic lined up for autographs and selfies from the man they want to lead the country’s first far-right state government since World War II.

Ulrich Siegmund, leader of the Alternative for Germany party in the eastern state of Saxony-...Read more

MIAMI — Drive through Fort Lauderdale, and you are almost certainly swept into South Florida’s hidden multimillion-dollar surveillance network — your movements tracked, your privacy at risk — joining a national database of millions.

Driving through any major city in Miami-Dade or Broward raises your likelihood of having your personal ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A blistering grand jury report describing how top DeSantis administration officials diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into Republican political activities is also notable for something that got just a brief mention — Florida was shortchanged by almost $1 million.

State officials signed a deal with the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man in his mid-50s died at Burning Man this week after suffering a medical emergency, according to festival organizers.

The attendee, who has not been identified, was taken to the festival's on-site emergency care center where he was pronounced dead, the Burning Man Project said in a Thursday statement.

The Burning Man ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The mass shooting that killed two and injured several others this week at Shoreline Plaza in downtown Minneapolis has been a tragic step backward for a neighborhood trying to improve safety. It also thwarts efforts by a building owner who was proactively trying to remove tenants engaged in unruly conduct and criminal activity.

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The U.S. military said it launched strikes against three Iranian crude oil tankers in retaliation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting two U.S. Navy warships with ballistic missiles.

Two Iranian tankers were disabled near Kharg Island, while another was destroyed in the Gulf of Oman, U.S. Central Command said Saturday in a post ...Read more

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the potential link between global warming and El Niño — and whether human activity is making the already powerful climate phenomenon even more extreme and disruptive.

Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to ...Read more

NEW YORK — In the days and weeks after 9/11, as those working the pile began coughing, New York City Hall denied knowing anything about the hazardous toxins that wafted above ground zero.

Then, as people began dying, City Hall still denied having any information.

And even as the number of dead from 9/11 illness climbed to 6,000 — double ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A contagious airborne disease spreads. The tally of cases climbs higher as a vaccine debate rages among the public and their elected officials. Politicians point fingers at each other, arguing over the release of information and the steps that some consider “draconian.”

The measles outbreak this year represents a far ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the U.S. Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.

The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge ...Read more

MIAMI — Despite being from a famous political family, Kai Trump is a lot like other kids who have mixed feelings going off to college.

The University of Miami freshman documented her bumpy start to school last week, and having to leave home for the first time.

In her YouTube confessional, posted Sunday, the D1 golfer broke down in tears in ...Read more

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

The decision affirms the dismissal of a lawsuit over alleged lead-contaminated drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the ...Read more