Hold on Idaho's gender-affirming care ban remains in place for transgender kids
BOISE, Idaho — A federal appeals court has allowed gender-affirming health care for transgender children to continue ... Read More
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NAACP calls for federal investigation into Broward jails
One of the nation’s largest civil rights organizations is demanding an investigation of Broward jails by the U.S. Justice Department, pointing out numerous recent deaths and troubling incidents that critics say could ...Read more
Migrants pummel NYPD cops outside Times Square shelter
NEW YORK — A group of migrants pummeled NYPD officers attempting to make an arrest outside a shelter in Times Square, police and sources said Tuesday.
Two officers and a lieutenant from the NYPD’s Midtown South ...Read more
Doom scrolling? Nevada AG files lawsuits against these 5 social media apps
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford filed civil lawsuits Tuesday against five popular social media platforms, alleging the algorithms they use have been designed to deliberately addict the youth.
Ford, ...Read more
Fearing failure: Jennifer Crumbley told boss, co-worker she worried she was 'failing' her son
PONTIAC, Mich. — The mother of the Oxford High School shooter told coworkers she felt like she was "failing" as a mother after she met with school officials the morning of the shooting to discuss concerning statements ...Read more
Leader of notorious Haiti gang 400 Mawozo decides to plead guilty in middle of DC trial
The head of a notorious armed gang linked to the kidnapping of U.S. citizens in Haiti, including 16 missionaries, decided to plead guilty to federal weapons smuggling charges Tuesday while in the middle of his federal ...Read more
Lily Whitworth sentenced to 6 years in prison over school shooting plot in Colorado Springs
KIOWA, Colo. — Lily Whitworth, the 19-year-old who admitted to planning a mass shooting at a school in Colorado Springs, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday after an Elbert County judge ruled that probation ...Read more
Biden pulls in $6.2 million for his reelection bid at Miami fundraiser
MIAMI — President Joe Biden raised more than $6 million for his reelection campaign and its allies during a high-dollar fundraiser in suburban Pinecrest on Tuesday evening.
The total — a staggering amount of money for...Read more
Jean Carnahan, first Missouri woman in US Senate and former Missouri first lady, dies
Jean Carnahan, the first Missouri woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and a former Missouri first lady, died Tuesday. She was 90.
Carnahan died peacefully after a brief illness, a spokesperson for the family said in a ...Read more
New 'red flag' gun law takes effect Feb. 13 in Michigan
DETROIT — Political leaders, academic experts, survivors and student activists convened virtually for day two of the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Summit to discuss progress the state has made in gun-violence ...Read more
Michigan AG: Overturning abortion rights amendment would damage faith in democracy
LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Dana Nessel asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit that aims to overturn voter-supported protections for abortion rights in Michigan.
Nessel's office contended in a 67-...Read more
Kentucky Republicans push ban on noncitizen voting, though no cities allow it
A bill aimed at stopping non-U.S. citizens from voting — a practice that does not currently happen in Kentucky — is advancing in the 2024 General Assembly.
House Bill 341 from Rep. Michael Meredith, R-Oakland, ...Read more
Colorado man sentenced to 2 years in prison for assaulting police during Jan. 6 riot at US Capitol
A 49-year-old Colorado Springs man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Jonathan David Grace ...Read more
House panel consideration of Mayorkas impeachment lasts all day
WASHINGTON — The House Homeland Security Committee began consideration Tuesday morning of a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but appeared to be nowhere near a final vote more than ...Read more
Miami mayor proposes voting map changes, strong-mayor government, independent auditor in State of the City address
MIAMI — Amid a flurry of financial scandals and an ongoing federal lawsuit that threatens to overturn the city’s voting map, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Tuesday announced a proposal for an independent auditor to ...Read more
Indiana House passes GOP-backed firearm sale privacy legislation
On Tuesday, the Indiana House of Representatives to pass a GOP-authored bill aimed at keeping records of gun sales and ownership private.
House Bill 1084, authored by Rep. Jake Teshka, R-North Liberty, was prompted by a ...Read more
State auditors: Anaheim hasn't properly managed tourism money
The California State Auditor says Anaheim hasn’t properly managed its tourism contracts and millions in related money, according to a report released Tuesday morning by the agency, and some of that public money had been ...Read more
Biden shrugs off Trump ballot controversy ahead of major ad blitz
President Joe Biden shrugged off the controversy over Donald Trump being on the 2024 ballot as a political action committee supporting the incumbent’s reelection announced plans for a record-shattering $250 million ad ...Read more
Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby delays decision on testimony in mortgage fraud trial
A federal judge sent the jury in Marilyn Mosby’s mortgage fraud trial home early Tuesday afternoon to give the former Baltimore state’s attorney more time to decide whether she will testify.
Defense lawyers had asked ...Read more
Lawmakers wrestle with congressional use of AI amid rising risk of deepfakes
WASHINGTON — As deepfake scandals continue to rock both politics and pop culture, House and Senate lawmakers are grappling with the risks of rapidly advancing technology, while also trying to capitalize on the benefits ...Read more
Trump lawyer drops attack on E. Jean Carroll counsel's ties to judge
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer backtracked from her suggestion that a new trial may be warranted in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against the former president because the presiding judge in the case ...Read more
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