A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Virginia’s new law barring law enforcement from wearing face masks, just hours before it was set to take effect.

The law, signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger in May, would have prevented officers from wearing facial coverings except in limited circumstances and required most agents to display identification ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. led a fractured Supreme Court this year that both expanded a president's power to run the government and dealt major defeats to President Donald Trump.

In Trump's second year back in the White House, Roberts and the court punctured his claim to have power with no limits.

The justices struck down...Read more

A team of South Florida fire departments led by the City of Miami Fire Rescue along with other international groups helped rescue Hernán Alberto Flores Gil on Thursday, a man who had been trapped under tons of rubble for eight days after the back to back earthquakes in Venezuela.

The City of Miami said that the South Florida teams worked ...Read more

When images of North Carolina’s booth at the Great American State Fair first surfaced last week, a Confederate battle flag displayed on multiple monitors became the latest controversy to hit the Washington, D.C., exhibit — raising questions about where the image came from and whether it bears any historical merit.

In fact, North Carolina ...Read more

Check your change: You might have one of the U.S. Mint’s special-edition coins celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday.

For one year only, circulating nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars will feature new historical designs. Part of the U.S. Mint’s Semiquincentennial program, many of the coins entered circulation at the beginning of...Read more

Sen. Mitch McConnell is continuing his recovery in the hospital and working closely with his staff, according to a new statement from a McConnell spokesperson.

“Sen. McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital,” the spokesperson said in a July 2 statement. “The Senator ...Read more

The very nature of fireworks makes them dangerous, so what can make fireworks so dangerous that they get recalled two days before the biggest fireworks day of all, July 4, Independence Day?

For an answer, check out Thursday’s recalls by Winco Fireworks International, based in the Kansas City suburb of Grandview, Missouri.

Winco recalled ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s recent hospitalization is the latest in a string of recent significant health incidents for the 84-year-old lawmaker.

McConnell was hospitalized June 14, but his staff did not give details about his health at the time, other than to say he was receiving “excellent care.” The public has since received few ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia can’t prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal officers from concealing their identities, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Chad F. Kenney issued an order preventing Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration and District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office from ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population saw an increase this year, despite still facing a concerning decline over the past decade, according to a news release Thursday from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

May’s winter dredge survey, conducted by Maryland and Virginia fisheries, predicted a jump in crabs to 349 million, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.

The total dollar value of the trades was somewhere between $600 million and $1.86 billion, according to his financial disclosure for 2025, which lists values in broad ranges. ...Read more

A seasoned federal prosecutor in Miami began running a politically sensitive investigation into one of President Donald Trump’s enemies in January, but she would last only a few months because she didn’t see a legal basis for a criminal case.

Her exit from the probe in mid-April, however, didn’t stop the Justice Department from using the ...Read more

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a canal near Everglades Holiday Park. His team was on a mission.

A 10-foot female Burmese python was guarding her clutch of eggs on the other side of the island. Nesting mothers can be more defensive, and reaching her ...Read more

Jailed British rocker Gary Glitter has been charged with four “historic” sex offenses that occurred between 1978 and 1981 in west London.

The 82-year-old glam star born Paul Gadd is accused of one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent months waging an unusually aggressive campaign to reshape how states run elections, leveraging federal agencies in ways no previous president has attempted.

He has pushed the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of citizens in each state to help determine voter eligibility. He is ...Read more

BOSTON — The U.S. Marshals of the District of Massachusetts have made a big dent in their goal to arrest more than 250 fugitives in honor of America’s 250th birthday.

As of Thursday, the agency said they’d apprehended 110 people.

The arrests are part of “Operation 250th,” which the U.S. Marshals described as, “an intensive summer ...Read more

BOSTON — Karen Read, acquitted last summer of the murder of John O’Keefe, is not only winning in the courtroom but also in the court of public opinion, especially when compared to police.

A strong majority of Massachusetts residents polled by the University of New Hampshire said they believe that police concealed evidence in the case ...Read more