CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s administration has stopped work on a project to slow the spread of invasive carp in the Great Lakes, a move Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday said amounted to a major attack on Illinois’ and the nation’s freshwater supply.

The comments came hours after the Pritzker administration said it had asked the federal...Read more

WASHINGTON — As his nominee for attorney general hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump dug in on Friday, defending a controversial settlement that has angered some Republicans in the Senate.

It further upended Todd Blanche’s bid to permanently lead the Justice Department, as senators look for a path forward after canceling a planned ...Read more

Hamas said it agreed to disarm as long as Israel withdraws from Gaza and agrees to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, conditions that dent the prospects of a revival in the protracted peace process.

The militant group will give up heavy weaponry if Israel accepts those requirements, alongside the deployment of an ...Read more

Investigators on Friday released two notes apparently sent by the individuals who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie from her Tuscon, Arizona, home in February.

Federal and local law enforcement have worked for nearly six months to find Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, without success.

For months, the Los ...Read more

Federal water managers on Friday announced a 10-year plan to manage the critical Colorado River that opens the door to unprecedented water supply cuts to three states and will require near-constant negotiation between water users in the river basin.

The report made public Friday is the culmination of years of intense and divisive negotiations ...Read more

A pilot survived an F-35B jet crash Friday morning at the U.S. Marine Corps' largest air base, located in Miramar in San Diego, according to military officials.

The pilot, the only person on board the aircraft, managed to eject from the jet before the crash, said Marine Corps spokesperson Capt. Jacob Sugg. He was transported to a local hospital...Read more

DNA testing on hair found in the Arizona home where Nancy Guthrie was last seen prior to her Feb. 1 disappearance doesn’t point to a potential culprit.

Federal investigators said “all hair had been resolved and it does not point to a suspect” in a statement cited by NBC News. The bureau’s team couldn’t immediately be reached for ...Read more

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt another blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project Thursday, ruling alongside the 7th Circuit that most immigrants cannot be held without bond while fighting to remain in the U.S.

The rulings will apply to jurisdictions that stretch across much of the southern border, affecting ...Read more

The Trump administration has released its long-awaited 10-year plan for dealing with worsening water shortages along the Colorado River. Instead of ordering the most drastic water cutbacks it could have imposed, the administration chose to take more of a wait-and-see approach.

The plan allows for harsh water cuts if they’re deemed necessary, ...Read more

Mail-in ballots in Kansas will have three days after Election Day to arrive at election offices after the Kansas Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision halting the new law that would remove the grace period.

Kansas for years has allowed election officials to collect mail ballots for three days after the election as long as they were ...Read more

Hip Hop International, which turns 25 this year, brought some of the world’s best dance crews and choreographers to mainstream attention. Groups including Jabbawockeez and Quest Crew, and choreographers such as Parris Goebel (Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Bieber) and Sienna Lalau (BTS, Blackpink, Ciara) all got their start through the group’s ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Wake County elementary school is under fire from conservative groups for hiring a transgender teacher.

In posts on multiple social media platforms Thursday night, Libs of TikTok said Middle Creek Elementary School in Apex has a new “nonbinary” teacher and “students reportedly have to call him Ms.” The far-right ...Read more

California hit a major milestone in May, generating more than half its electricity from the sun in what is believed to be a global first, according to a new analysis from the U.K.-based energy think tank Ember.

“California has had a wealth of solar growth in the last five years,” said Abby Lestina, an analyst at Grid Status, another group ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom released the last four years of his most recently available federal tax returns to the media. It comes on the heels of national interest about how his net worth has grown amid an ongoing federal probe of his family’s finances and speculation about his anticipated 2028 presidential campaign.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, have earned at least $11 million since he took office, with most of their income coming from wineries, restaurants and other investments, according to tax returns from 2019 through their most recent filings for 2024.

The tax records ...Read more

DETROIT — Dale Warner, a Tecumseh farmer, was accused in 2023 of killing his wife, Dee Warner, and putting her body in a sealed fertilizer tank.

Dee Warner was last seen in April 2021 at her Munger Road home in Franklin Township. She was 52 at the time. Police said the day before she vanished, she, her husband and one or two of their workers ...Read more

The Trump administration has released its long-awaited 10-year plan for dealing with worsening water shortages along the Colorado River. It allows for harsh water cutbacks if deemed necessary, potentially requiring California, Arizona and Nevada to cut up to 3 million acre-feet per year — up to 40% of the combined allotments.

But state and ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Attorneys representing Synergy Marine Group and Synergy Maritime pleaded not guilty Friday to all counts in a superseding indictment in connection to the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

In May, federal prosecutors charged the Singapore-based Synergy Marine Group, India-based Synergy Maritime and Radhakrishnan ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city agencies Friday to delay the processing of rebuilding permits for the Lineage burned-out cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights until regulators have found ways to subject the project to strict environmental review.

In an executive order, Bass said the city’s planning and building and...Read more