Portions of the FBI affidavit used to secure a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate should be unsealed, a federal judge in Florida said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Thursday gave the Justice Department one week to propose what information in the document should be kept secret.

“I’m not prepared...Read more

Heartbeat International, an Ohio-based nonprofit, has spent years collecting data on pregnant women to develop better ways to make sure women carry pregnancies to term and to persuade them from getting an abortion.

Based in Columbus, it says that it provides support services to the world’s largest network of “pro-life pregnancy resource ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida said Thursday he is likely to order the release of a key court document behind the search of former President Donald Trump’s home, despite warnings from the Justice Department that its disclosure could “irreparably harm” an ongoing criminal investigation.

The legal fight is over an affidavit, ...Read more

DENVER — Almost two-thirds of Colorado’s monkeypox cases have been found in the Denver area, and they’re primarily clustered in men in the first half of adulthood.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new information about the demographics of the state’s 168 known cases on Thursday. Six people have been ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Residents in Northern California allege that sparks from PacifiCorp's high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment are what ignited the deadly McKinney fire last month near the California-Oregon border in Siskiyou County, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week.

The McKinney fire has burned more than 60,000 acres ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — More than 100 people crowded into a room at the Meridian Library’s main branch on Wednesday night for a heated debate where people voiced concerns or offered their support about what books were accessible to children.

Chairs were stuck in every crevice of the room, and, when they were filled, people lined up in the hallway ...Read more

CHICAGO — For the first time after two decades of swirling allegations, R. Kelly’s former goddaughter has taken the stand as a prosecution witness in a case against the disgraced singer.

Dressed in a white blazer with her hair in long braids, the woman, now 37 and testifying at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago under the pseudonym “Jane,...Read more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed avenues to end Russia’s war during talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, as well as conditions for a possible prisoners exchange.

The comments came after the Turkish leader met in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United Nations Secretary General...Read more

DETROIT — The leader of a national white supremacist group that advocates for violence against the government has been resentenced for terrorizing a Dexter family, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

Justen Watkins "used intimidation tactics at a family's home and posted messages to other The Base members targeting the home,"...Read more

ATLANTA — At least one associate planning to testify against Atlanta rapper Young Thug is in protective custody after a document posted online showed his willingness to cooperate, state prosecutors said.

Fulton County prosecutor Don Geary on Thursday asked the judge presiding over the racketeering case to further restrict the disclosure of ...Read more

Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday compared an encounter she had with President Joe Biden to sexual harassment under new definitions for colleges and universities proposed by his administration.

DeVos said that the first time she met Biden in early 2019 she had recently broken her pelvis and was using a wheelchair.

Biden ...Read more

CHICAGO — For the first time after two decades of swirling allegations, R. Kelly’s former goddaughter has taken the stand as a prosecution witness in a case against the disgraced singer.

Dressed in a white blazer with her hair in long braids, the woman, now 37 and testifying at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago under the pseudonym “Jane,...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — With NASA’s first Artemis mission to the moon set to launch before the end of the month, teams are gearing up for future missions with astronauts including just exactly where the next people to set foot on the moon will be leaving their footprints.

NASA has announced a news conference for 2 p.m. Friday to reveal potential ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The trial for a former Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a woman in her home has been scheduled for December after being postponed and rescheduled multiple times.

Aaron Dean shot Atatiana Jefferson inside her Fort Worth home in October 2019. He is charged with murder.

The judge who was initially assigned to ...Read more

CHICAGO — For the first time after two decades of swirling allegations, R. Kelly’s former goddaughter has taken the stand as a prosecution witness in a case against the disgraced singer.

The woman, now 37 and testifying under the pseudonym “Jane,” is expected to testify at the singer’s federal trial in Chicago that she was in fact the...Read more

CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy was in fair condition after he was shot three times during a drive-by shooting early Thursday, the seventh child to have been shot in the city in less than 24 hours — including a 15-year-old boy who was killed and a 6-year-old boy who was in critical condition — according to Chicago police.

Authorities were ...Read more

BOSTON — A plan to overturn a new Massachusetts law that will allow those without lawful presence in the country to receive driver’s licenses marked a milestone this week, when the secretary of state’s office informed petitioners they had gathered more than the required number of signatures to make the ballot.

“I can’t share that (...Read more

In what appears to be the first documented instance of monkeypox spreading from humans to animals, a dog was likely infected with the virus by its owners in France, scientists say.

The development, reported in the Lancet medical journal, underscores guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that urges people with ...Read more