After pledging to hold local governments accountable for solving homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is throwing his support behind a bill that would require cities and counties to plan for potentially hundreds of thousands of new affordable homes for California’s very poorest residents by 2040.

The requirement would be part of the every-eight-...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. soldier detained on criminal charges in eastern Russia — adding to the tally of Americans held in the country during a low point in relations with Washington — flew there “for personal reasons” and without official authorization, the Army said Tuesday.

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, had been assigned to the Eighth ...Read more

DENVER — Auraria campus police arrested a small group of pro-Palestine protesters inside a Metropolitan State University of Denver building Tuesday night.

Approximately 14 people sat in a circle in the Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute, leading chants in support of Palestine as more protesters outside chanted and banged on the ...Read more

Steven Mnuchin, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary, said he’s still interested in buying TikTok’s U.S. operation from its Chinese owner, and believes the social media app’s critical video recommendation technology could be replicated.

“I’ve actually spoken to a lot of tech companies on working about rebuilding this,” Mnuchin said ...Read more

PORTAGE, Mich. — At least three tornadoes touched down in Michigan on Tuesday night, one sweeping through parts of St. Joseph County and two hitting Kalamazoo County, knocking down trees and power lines and scattering debris from buildings and homes, according to the National Weather Service.

The St. Joseph County tornado struck Mendon and ...Read more

NEW YORK — In riveting testimony at Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial Tuesday, porn star Stormy Daniels explicitly detailed allegations of a disorienting one-night stand in a Lake Tahoe hotel room with a future U.S. president in silk pajamas and hush money she received to keep it secret.

Just feet away from a stone-faced Trump, Daniels, 45, ...Read more

The first of three major U.S. airlines is returning to Haiti. Spirit Airlines said it is resuming daily commercial service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Cap-Haïtien on Friday and passengers can start booking on spirit.com.

“We are resuming daily service at Cap-Haïtien (CAP) beginning May 10, 2024, following a ...Read more

Florida is the top state for education for the second year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking announced Tuesday.

The outlet said the state’s standing is “largely fueled by several stellar metrics in higher education, and less so by Florida’s still fairly strong performance in the prekindergarten-through-...Read more

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday signed into law a sweeping education bill requiring voters to decide whether large school districts can shift to four-day school weeks and expanding a scholarship program for students to attend private or charter schools.

Parson, a Republican, on Tuesday touted a provision in the new law that raises minimum ...Read more

Dozens of MIT students who refused to clear an anti-Israel encampment on campus Monday are being suspended and referred to the Committee on Discipline, Chancellor Melissa Nobles wrote in a Tuesday update.

Nobles did not specify the exact number of students being sanctioned nor disclose the institute’s plan in breaking down the encampment.

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MINNEAPOLIS — An ethics panel Tuesday delayed action for yet another day on the question of whether Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen violated the norms of the state Senate by sending to his 66 colleagues a link to a video about gender-affirming surgery.

State Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, filed the complaint against the Glencoe Republican in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Porn star Stormy Daniels took the stand on Tuesday, offering bombshell testimony on her alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump at a Lake Tahoe golf tournament in July 2006. Testifying at Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, Daniels recounted the salacious details, at one point mimicking a sexy pose Trump allegedly struck ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It will be more than four years before a Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement again connects I-695 over the Baltimore harbor, but by this summer, the state is expected to identify its builder.

During a two-hour virtual forum Tuesday, potential consultants, contractors and subcontractors asked questions of Maryland Transportation ...Read more

NEW YORK — Kai Cenat, the online streamer whose PlayStation 5 giveaway in Union Square turned into a riot last summer, won’t be prosecuted, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Tuesday.

Cenat, who has millions of followers on Twitch and YouTube, received just a desk appearance ticket on a Class E felony charge of rioting, as well...Read more

University of Michigan President Santa Ono has been called to testify before a Republican-led congressional committee to address how colleges are addressing antisemitism on campus amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations, though the conditions for him to answer questions have been changed.

Ono was slated originally to appear May 23 before the U.S. ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All four Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers who were hospitalized after suffering injuries in last week’s deadly shooting in east Charlotte are now at home recovering, the CMPD said Tuesday.

CMPD officers Christopher Tolley, Michael Giglio, Jack Blowers, and Justin Campbell suffered injuries after responding ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Last week, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would bring forward a motion to remove Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker when the House reconvened Monday evening, but those plans have been on hold following a series of meetings with the House leader.

Greene, R-Rome, and Johnson, who met behind closed doors for two hours Monday, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters called for the University of Central Florida to divest itself from companies with ties to Israel and urged a ceasefire in Gaza during a day-long on-campus rally Tuesday.

As has been the case with earlier rallies at UCF — and in contrast with some around the country, including at the ...Read more