DETROIT — Two coalitions say they are taking steps to protect Detroit and Michigan elections from "federal interference" during August primary and again during the November general election as President Donald Trump raises concern about possible widespread voting fraud.

A group representing interfaith clergies asked the Detroit City Council ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City was under a flood watch as a massive storm threatened to sweep over the five boroughs on Tuesday.

Mayor Mamdani advised New Yorkers in garden and basement apartments to prepare go bags so they can leave quickly as forecasts warn of potentially life-threatening flooding.

“If you live in a basement apartment or an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The late Sen. Lindsey Graham was remembered Tuesday by President Donald Trump and others as a Senate technician and foreign policy powerhouse, as lawmakers joined world leaders and his loved ones during a Washington National Cathedral funeral service.

As the South Carolina Republican’s casket made its way into the massive ...Read more

As Florida continues state executions at a record-setting pace, Catholic leaders are encouraging the public to oppose the death penalty and instead promote a “culture of life.”

On Monday, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops released a pastoral letter urging Florida elected officials to end capital punishment, arguing that the ...Read more

Kentucky’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to approve a major disaster declaration for flooding, tornadoes and storms that hit the state between June 17 and June 30.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a formal request for federal assistance to Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency July...Read more

Law enforcement agencies around the country are facing new limits on their ability to sweep up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes, as a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a bank robbery case in Virginia found that so-called geofence searches are bound by constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

The ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A wildfire along the Oregon-Idaho border has swelled in size, prompting officials to close popular recreation areas in Owyhee County.

The National Interagency Fire Center updated the Big Grass fire to 288,119 acres on Tuesday. Just 5% of the wildfire had been contained with 135 personnel, 14 engines and seven dozers working on ...Read more

A coordinated cyberattack has targeted more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota, including in Twin Cities suburbs Plymouth and South St. Paul.

Sunday night and early Monday morning, city officials across the state discovered outages and disruptions to some of their water utilities’ automated operating controls.

City officials ...Read more

The Republican governor of Ohio is speaking out against the Trump administration’s end of deportation protections for more than 300,000 Haitians, saying that terminating the humanitarian program and targeting the group for mass deportations “is a mistake” and does not serve either the interest of the United States or his state.

“Haiti ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — State Rep. Erin Paré is proposing legislation to regulate what transgender school employees wear in school after she says the Wake County school system hired a transgender music teacher.

In posts Monday on Facebook and X, Paré said she had received emails and phone calls about “the hiring of a transgender biological male, ...Read more

For nearly three decades, North Carolina required law enforcement officers and agencies to record information about traffic stops, searches, arrests and uses of force, creating a database that allowed the public to examine racial disparities involving individual officers and departments.

That requirement ended July 1, when the General Assembly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help developing nuclear energy to create thousands of jobs.

The states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho — all have Republican governors who say they welcome the chance to help America reclaim its leadership in ...Read more

The leading Arizona lawman investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is confident that evidence investigators have collected will crack the case.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos made his bold assurance on the NBC morning show hosted by the missing woman’s daughter Savannah Guthrie.

“We have so much DNA to sort through. We have so ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A warming Chesapeake Bay may mean more days of swimming, but it brings a greater threat from a flesh-eating bacterium that thrives as the mercury rises.

Last year, the health department reported 11 deaths from Vibrio fulnificus — the so-called flesh-eating strain — including an outbreak tied to a Wicomico County crab feast. ...Read more

DETROIT — Evidence that a Dearborn man is dangerous is thin, his lawyers said Tuesday while requesting bond amid a broader terrorism crackdown in which prosecutors recently secured the government's first conviction.

Ayob Nasser, 20, asked U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith to be released from pretrial detention after spending nearly nine ...Read more

The former aide Gov. Gavin Newsom had an affair with while he was mayor of San Francisco revealed more details in a Vanity Fair essay published Tuesday that contradicts Newsom’s public recollection of their brief relationship.

Ruby Rippey worked as Newsom’s deputy campaign finance director, and later appointments secretary from 2004 to 2006...Read more

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has challenged a Minnesota law banning apps that digitally alter photos of clothed people to make them appear nude before the law takes effect Aug. 1.

In a complaint filed Monday in Minnesota federal court, xAI argues that the provision is a “clumsy attempt to prohibit ...Read more

Even after Prince Harry stirred up “psychodrama” and lost out on his chance to stay at Buckingham Palace when he visited the U.K. earlier this month, King Charles III wants to continue to extend an “olive branch” and has reportedly offered him accommodations at the royal residence when he returns to London for a charitable event in ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — When Bryan Kohberger admitted to stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, he was asked by the presiding judge question after question to make sure all aspects of his plea were offered “voluntarily.”

The convicted murderer is now claiming that wasn’t the case, and despite the fact that his plea agreement ...Read more