BRUNSWICK— The long-awaited trial of former district attorney Jackie Johnson officially began Tuesday morning as hundreds of Glynn County residents showed up for the start of jury selection.

But prospective jurors in the high-profile case were sent home at lunchtime and instructed not to return until Thursday as Coastal Georgia braces for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed school cellphone restrictions would require students to be separated from their devices from “bell to bell,” her office said Tuesday — meaning teens could lose access to their phones during lunch or free periods.

To back those efforts, Hochul wants to allocate $13.5 million in New York’s state...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised to enact hefty tariffs against Mexico and Canada as early as the end of next week as he continued a blitz of right-wing policy priorities on Day Two of his historic second term.

After signing a first day blizzard of executive orders cracking down on immigration and transgender rights and granting pardons to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It’s official: There’s now a Department of Government Efficiency and it reports directly up to Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.

Trump late Monday issued an executive order — one of many Day 1 executive actions — formally establishing DOGE as an agency housed within the Executive Office of the ...Read more

NEW YORK — After a federal lawsuit brought by his administration failed to stop New York’s congestion pricing plan, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is appealing to another power: President Donald Trump.

“As you begin your second term as president, I welcome any opportunity to work with you and your administration where we can find common ...Read more

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Donald Trump’s now-defunct classified documents case, raising the odds it will ever see the light of day.

The Florida federal judge, who has delivered a string of Trump-friendly rulings in the case, ordered the Department of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the chief of the inaugural transition, acknowledged the difficulty of overseeing the handoff of power to President Donald Trump in the site where his followers sought to overthrow election results but also said it was important for herself and other Democrats to acknowledge Trump's 2024 ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. foreign policy will be dictated by President-elect Donald Trump.

It will be influenced by Trump’s pick for national security adviser, U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla.

And policy will be implemented by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., once he’s confirmed as secretary of state.

A fourth Floridian also will have a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A years-old plan by Seminole County to build a pair of tunnels along a popular trail near Altamonte Springs — giving bicyclists and pedestrians an easy way to cross under two of the busiest highways in Central Florida — may be dead after commissioners glimpsed the estimated price tag.

“The idea of the tunnels then was a ...Read more

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she plans to ask the state Legislature for additional funding this budget season in anticipation of legal battles with President Donald Trump’s incoming administration.

The funds would be used to beef up staffing, Campbell, a Democrat, told the Herald Monday at an unrelated event held around...Read more

DENVER — A prison advocacy group is suing Jefferson County officials over claims the jail is censoring books and magazines sent to inmates in violation of the organization’s free speech and due process rights.

The Human Rights Defense Center filed the federal lawsuit Thursday in the District of Colorado, alleging dozens of books, magazines,...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Those heading outdoors should bundle up Tuesday as extreme cold temperatures and bitter wind chills hover around the Kansas City metro.

The National Weather Service in Kansas City has issued a Cold Weather Advisory through noon Tuesday. At 5 a.m., wind chill values were -16 degrees in downtown Kansas City, and -15 degrees ...Read more

Turkey detained four people over a hotel fire that killed 66 people at a popular ski resort.

The hotel’s owner was among the four and the investigation into the incident is ongoing, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on X.

At least 51 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out around 3:30 a.m. on a restaurant floor of the 12-story ...Read more

MIAMI — Recycling services could soon end in the city of Miami.

On Thursday, the City Commission is scheduled to vote on a piece of legislation that would allow the city to stop its biweekly recycling collection service. The proposal gives the Solid Waste Department director “the power to establish the type, frequency and amount, if at all,...Read more

A pair of young siblings were found living in Iceland months after they seemingly disappeared from Ohio late last year, according to authorities.

The unidentified children, ages 8 and 9, were reported missing on Oct. 25, 2024, around the same time their mother reportedly stopped taking medicine for her mental health, according to a statement ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took swift action Monday to put his stamp on the federal government by quickly signing a spate of executive orders that address his administration’s top priorities and set the stage for other changes to come.

Hours after his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda, Trump issued directives that ...Read more

Strong Santa Ana winds pushed a wildfire across critically dry terrain in the Bonsall area early Tuesday, charring more than 80 acres and forcing the evacuation of homes in the path of the fire, officials said.

The so-called Lilac fire — which began north of West Lilac Road just west of Interstate 15 — is burning in an area where the ...Read more

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is among the first four presidential appointees from the Biden administration fired by President Donald Trump the day after he was sworn in to office.

In a Tuesday post just after midnight on Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, the president entering his second term in office made the ...Read more

Word began to spread quickly in the Tijuana migrant shelter Monday, even as President Donald Trump continued to deliver his inauguration speech.

Nidia Montenegro, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, checked her cellphone to see if the asylum screening appointment she’d waited so long to secure was still good for Wednesday morning. Those around ...Read more