BALTIMORE — The owners of the Dali were negligent in sailing an unseaworthy ship out of the Port of Baltimore and should be held fully liable for the Key Bridge collapse that killed six people, the city said Monday in a court filing.

“None of this should have happened,” a claim filed by the Mayor and City Council in Baltimore’s U.S. ...Read more

He came out of left field, a candidate who until late last week very few people had heard of, but diplomat Edmundo González is being portrayed today as Venezuela’s greatest chance to recover its democracy, following a sudden decision by the major opposition parties to unite behind his presidential bid.

The decision comes after the Nicolas ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Courts will be posting the transcripts of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial.

Each day’s transcripts will be posted online and publicly available before the end of the following business day, “to ensure broad and continuous public access to this extraordinarily high-profile case,” according to a release.

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ATLANTA — The speed with which a jury was seated in the New York prosecution of Donald Trump likely won’t be matched in his yet-to-be-scheduled criminal trial in Fulton County, legal experts say.

Over just five days, a dozen jurors and six alternates were selected in Manhattan, where the former president faces 34 felony charges, accused of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Monday to draw sharp lines about when local governments that criminalize public camping infringe on the constitutional rights of people experiencing homelessness.

Across more than two hours of oral arguments, a majority of the conservative-controlled court repeatedly asked the parties about how...Read more

ATLANTA — After a nearly three-month break, the election interference case is back on track against the lone sitting elected official charged by Georgia prosecutors.

State Sen. Shawn Still’s case was placed on hold during the Georgia General Assembly’s 2024 session. With the session over, the Norcross Republican filed a slew of court ...Read more

NEW YORK — A third teen gunman has been busted in connection with the Bronx subway gang shooting that killed an innocent bystander and wounded five people, police said Monday.

The 15-year-old suspect, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was arrested Sunday and charged with murder, attempted murder and gun possession.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police on Monday cleared an encampment at Yale University to protest the war in Gaza and arrested dozens of students, as demonstrators at New York University and The New School set up tents after a similar action at Columbia University led to the arrests of more than 100 protesters.

Yale students had set up a camp Friday in ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — About 45 protesters at Yale University were arrested and charged with trespassing Monday morning during a protest seeking the university to divest from weapons manufacturers that supply Israel with arms, police said.

New Haven police officers assisted the Yale Police Department in the area of the Beinecke Plaza, where ...Read more

An arrest has been made nearly two weeks after an Islamic center at Rutgers University was broken into and vandalized.

Jacob Beacher, 24, of New Brunswick, N.J., has been arrested and charged with one count of damage to religious property and one count of making false statements to federal authorities, the Rutgers University Police Department ...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James have hashed out a compromise on the $175 million bond in the former president’s civil fraud case.

James’ office last week sought to void the bond, posted by Knight Specialty Insurance Company, questioning whether Trump would improperly still have control of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cops on Monday cleared an encampment at Yale University to protest the war in Gaza and detained dozens of students, as demonstrators at New York University and The New School set up tents after a similar action at Columbia University led to the arrests of more than 100 protesters.

Yale students had set up a camp Friday in Beinecke ...Read more

NEW YORK — Columbia University, on edge amid growing concern about safety and antisemitic rhetoric on a campus rocked by protests and encampments, made all classes remote Monday, the first night of Passover.

University President Minouche Shafik announced overnight that the goal is to “deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia GOP has spent more than $1.7 million on legal fees since 2022 after promising to help cover the tab for the party’s former chairman and other officials targeted in Fulton County’s election interference case.

The state party tallied $237,000 in legal fees in March atop more than $1.5 million in previous courtroom ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded deeply divided Monday over whether to give cities in the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property.

The court's three liberals said they were wary of giving cities a broad and unchecked power to use arrests and fines to punish homeless people who are...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump returned Monday to the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Monday, where his historic hush money trial proceeded with opening statements and the prosecution’s first witness.

The former president had a difficult first week in court as jury selection got underway. He apparently fell asleep at the defense table, was forced...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal describes her office as dangerously underfunded, to the point that she is unable to buy needed supplies for her deputies.

"This jeopardizes the lives and safety of our sworn and civilian personnel," Bilal testified before City Council last year.

But when it came to getting a costume made for...Read more

The Supreme Court Thursday will hear arguments on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, and its decision could sink or delay some of the criminal cases against him, including Georgia’s.

Trump will argue he cannot be prosecuted for crimes he allegedly committed while in office, including his ...Read more

ATLANTA — Squatting is having a moment.

Recently, there has been a rise in high-profile reports about trespassers seizing control of vacant homes, violently clashing with real estate agents and landlords, trashing properties, or terrorizing homeowners.

Atlanta has been at the center of the national conversation about the practice, and ...Read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida officials and environmental advocates on Monday touted major progress toward Everglades restoration, which has been advanced by dozens of state-funded projects.

The state has pumped billions of dollars into the effort, as the gusher of tax money flowing into state government in recent years has helped fund a ...Read more