New Jersey ratepayers will foot the bill for unfinished construction as the state abandons massive offshore wind energy plans as a result of President Donald Trump’s attacks on the industry.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, or BPU, last week officially ended an agreement with grid operator PJM to create infrastructure for offshore ...Read more

A New York City mom and domestic violence survivor felt a flashback of fear when she received a notice in March that the emergency housing voucher she and her son have relied on since 2023 will run out soon.

“It felt like the rug was pulled out from under me,” said Nyla B., who did not want her last name used to protect her safety. “I ...Read more

Montana officials said they are moving forward with plans to allow Medicaid to pay doulas, reversing a previous statement that budget problems had prompted them to pause the effort to reimburse the birth workers.

But officials warned that all optional Medicaid services are still under review as the state health department looks for cuts to ...Read more

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s climate action plan floats the potential for a congestion pricing system to discourage people from driving their personal cars into the city as one strategy to meet her net-zero emissions goal.

Buried in the 110-page five-year climate action plan released by the city on Monday is a commitment from the mayor to study...Read more

More than 20 years after Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death in a New York recording studio, a man admitted to his role in the killing.

Jay Bryant, 52, pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Cross-Goldenberg that he helped others gain access to the building where the hip-hop icon, born Jason ...Read more

Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Baltimore man who was left with critical injuries after being shot by ICE agents in Glen Burnie in December, pleaded guilty on Thursday to damaging two government-owned vehicles before he was shot.

Judges in the U.S. District Court for Maryland sentenced Sousa-Martins, 30, to about three months in federal prison...Read more

The suspected kingpin of an alleged Guatemalan drug-trafficking organization, who was the subject of a $10 million reward and described by prosecutors as “one of the world’s most notorious and prolific cocaine traffickers,” made his first appearance last week in San Diego federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

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NEW YORK — A woman who long steadfastly maintained that she was raped and groomed by Harvey Weinstein — and convinced a jury to convict him of the crime more than six years ago — took the witness stand in Manhattan on Monday to tell her story once again.

Jessica Mann’s first day of testimony at Weinstein’s rape retrial marked her ...Read more

The Trump administration on Monday said it will pay two more energy companies, including one developing a wind project off California's Morro Bay, to abandon their projects in federal waters.

The U.S. Department of the Interior said it will pay a total of $885 million to Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind to voluntarily end their offshore ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the Capitol Police force is strained to its limits, lawmakers are looking to a key group of officers — those who are nearing retirement.

The House passed a bill Monday evening that could potentially allow Capitol Police officers to work until the age of 65.

“No officer should be forced to retire when they can still do the...Read more

Prosecutors charging Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to shoot Trump administration officials at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner included a manifesto the alleged gunman sent to acquaintances prior to the attack in a criminal complaint against the suspect.

The missive published by TMZ begins with Allen apologizing to family ...Read more

Raja Rajan doesn’t remember if he used Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok to write the memo that got him in hot water with a federal judge, again.

The Cherry Hill, New Jersey, attorney was pressed for time so he says he took a “shortcut” when he wrote a brief that was filed in federal court on Feb. 20.

He wrote it using an AI chatbot, Rajan said, ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia heard arguments Monday in a case that challenges the legality of the process used for the April 21 redistricting referendum, with key arguments centered on the timing of the election and the scope of legislative authority used to get the measure on the ballot.

Republicans filed the lawsuit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The California man who authorities say rushed toward the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner armed with guns and knives faces three criminal charges, as federal prosecutors on Monday accused him of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump and target other administration officials.

The defendant, Cole Allen, who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is reviewing security protocols for presidential events following Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, as officials weigh whether changes are needed to protect President Donald Trump.

Senior Homeland Security, Secret Service and White House operations officials will meet ...Read more

A majority of California voters support the idea of requiring voters to show identification at the polls, according to a new UC Berkeley poll.

Of the 5,962 registered voters who participated in the poll conducted by Institute of Governmental Studies, 56% of respondents approved of a prospective voter ID ballot measure when first presented with ...Read more

A bipartisan pair of senators on Monday introduced legislation that would support research into the link between intimate partner violence and maternal deaths and illness.

The legislation by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would direct the Health and Human Services Department to support research on how domestic ...Read more

BOSTON — A Wellesley mother accused of murdering her two young children allegedly confessed to her aunt and police that she killed her kids, then tried to kill herself.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Janette MacAusland told her aunt, “I wanted the three of us to go to God together, but it didn’t work.”

MacAusland was arrested...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A flag is supposed to represent the entire state. Instead, Minnesota is dividing into warring camps, each with its own battle flag.

For the past two years, Minnesota’s official flag has been a bold outline of the state in dark blue, surmounted by an eight-pointed North Star against a background as bright as its sky-blue waters...Read more