NEW YORK — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is battling bone marrow cancer behind bars at Rikers Island in New York, according to reports.

Weinstein was specifically diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, NBC News reported. It is a rare type of cancer where “the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells” and it usually occurs �...Read more

CHICAGO — A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against the pair attempt to criminalize legal lobbying and relationship building at the center of the state’s politics.

“The evidence will show Mike McClain was a lobbyist, and like all ...Read more

DETROIT — Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido may have violated Michigan campaign finance laws when he distributed a newsletter from his office to county employees that contained a link to his campaign website, according to the Michigan Secretary of State, though Lucido still claims the allegations against him are false.

In a letter sent to ...Read more

DENVER — Domestic violence deaths in Colorado dropped significantly in 2023 after back-to-back years of record-high fatalities during the pandemic, though partner-on-partner abuse continues to be a serious problem, according to a new report published Tuesday.

Fifty-eight people died across 47 domestic violence cases in 2023, according to the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Richard Branson already saw the blackness of space traveling at nearly Mach 3 with his company Virgin Galactic. Now he’s going to take a slower approach.

The billionaire is investing in Space Perspective, the Space Coast-based space balloon venture, and will join its founders on the space tourism operation’s first human ...Read more

ATLANTA — Cases of “walking pneumonia” have been rising sharply in the United States since the spring, especially among young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC said it’s closely tracking the recent surge of these infections to better understand any changes in the illnesses since before the ...Read more

ATLANTA – An Atlanta City Council member wants city employees to be able to take paid sick leave to access reproductive care, including abortions.

Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari introduced legislation Monday that would allow city employees to take paid leave for pregnancy and childbirth including “the loss or termination of a pregnancy ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a contempt order imposed against Young Thug’s lawyer in the rapper’s lengthy gang and racketeering trial.

In a unanimous decision, the state’s high court ruled that Chief Judge Ural Glanville should have stepped aside in June after attorney Brian Steel questioned him about a secret...Read more

The U.S.’s top diplomat arrived in Israel on Tuesday and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Joe Biden makes a last attempt before the American elections to reach cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza.

Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, discussed the prospect of a broad truce in Israel’s multi-front conflict against Iranian-...Read more

A Wichita man who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, wearing a patriotic face mask with an American flag painted on his head has been sentenced to two years of probation.

Chad Dustin Suenram, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, also must pay $500 restitution for damage to the Capitol, which the government says totaled more than $2.9 million. His ...Read more

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time to the modern standby of using an old sheet to make a last-minute Halloween costume. In the middle of the 19th century, however, popular portrayals of ghosts became a year-round staple, in part because photographers ...Read more

In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country’s former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation’s president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have joined a growing list of African countries to have experienced a military coup over the past...Read more

The U.S. presidential election isn’t drawing eyes only at home – Moscow and Kyiv are watching closely, too.

Regardless of who wins in November, there will be significant implications for Ukraine as it continues to resist Russia in a war heading toward a fourth year.

Washington’s continued support is seen by some as no ...Read more

You’ve probably seen them: alarming columns or stories with alarming headlines about how somebody is going to exploit an obscure provision in election law to undo the 2024 presidential election and toss it to the House of Representatives. Your vote won’t count, and democracy will go to hell.

Election law scholar Justin Levitt ...Read more

White signs emblazoned with a big blue dot are going up in yards across Omaha, Nebraska, in an unusual political statement of support for Democratic candidates.

Nebraska splits its electoral votes, giving Omaha’s congressional district a single electoral vote out of the state’s total of five. If enough of Omaha’s metropolitan ...Read more

As the U.S. presidential election approaches, news reports and social media feeds are increasingly filled with data from public opinion polls. How do pollsters know which candidate is ahead in what swing state or with which key demographic group? Or what issues are most important to as many as 264 million eligible voters across a vast country...Read more