NEW YORK — Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife Nadine, who’s a key player in the alleged bribery scheme he’s on trial for in Manhattan, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a statement from the senator.

The statement, which Menendez sent out Thursday, came as the powerful 70-year-old N.J. Democrat faces a Manhattan Federal Court ...Read more

DETROIT — The Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office charged four people with resisting, obstructing and assaulting police following a protest at the University of Michigan last fall related to Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

Prosecutors accused the suspects, whose names weren't released, of making "sustained physical contact with officers in ...Read more

DENVER — Groundwork for possible car-free living along Colorado’s Front Range got done Thursday as Gov. Jared Polis signed four bills into law to boost public transportation.

The new laws let state leaders pump tens of millions into transit projects, foremost a multibillion-dollar rail system linking Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer at his hush money trial grilled Michael Cohen for hours on the witness stand Thursday about possible inconsistencies in his testimony and his well-documented history of lying under oath.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche took a far more aggressive tone with Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, than earlier in the week...Read more

WASHINGTON — Posing as Americans, North Korean technology workers secured remote work contracts with hundreds of U.S. companies as part of a scheme to help fund Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear weapons and missile programs, the U.S. government said on Thursday.

For three years, starting in October 2020, a U.S. national named Christina Chapman of...Read more

Leaders and lawmakers in Missouri must do more to protect vulnerable youth inside the state’s unlicensed boarding schools, advocates said at a Thursday news conference in Kansas City.

And that should start, they said, with Attorney General Andrew Bailey. He could do more to bring attention to the alleged abuse at schools across the state, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill to regulate therapeutic psychedelic use and another that would require employers to allow employees to disconnect from work in their off hours were the latest victims of a process used to kill bills without public comment.

The bill involving psychedelics, SB 1012, was the latest attempt by Sen. Scott ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer lied to government investigators and likely obstructed justice during a massive federal probe into a fraudulent lawsuit orchestrated by his office, according to an affidavit by an FBI agent that was made public this week.

Feuer, who has not been charged with any crimes, maintained his ...Read more

After a few weeks of finger pointing and viral social media posts, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has found claims that the state was illegally attempting to register non-citizens to vote are unfounded.

State Rep. Adam Morgan, R-Greenville, who is running for Congress in District 4, sparked a frenzy of questions regarding non-citizens ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Rocklin Unified School District Board of Trustees voted Wednesday night to enter into a legal agreement with the Liberty Justice Center in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Education.

Four members of the five-person board voted Wednesday to work with the group, which has offered to represent ...Read more

Doctors’ offices and clinics affiliated with hospitals would have to report allegations of patient abuse to the state health department under a measure introduced by Illinois lawmakers this week — legislation that comes about three months after a Chicago Tribune investigation examined the issue.

Under current law hospitals must promptly ...Read more

Minnesota is poised to prohibit book bans in schools and public libraries as part of an education bill the House approved Wednesday, the last step before it heads to the governor for his signature.

The law, which would become effective July 1, establishes a so-called "Library Bill of Rights" and states that libraries cannot restrict access to ...Read more

When Peter Gorr got his first solar roof in 2011, he didn’t know what to expect.

But installation went smoothly, the smooth black panels lowered his electric bills, and Gorr — who is very concerned about climate change — relished the opportunity to lower his carbon footprint.

He recalled with a chuckle how his wife, Susan, kidded him ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An overdue plaque honoring police who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is finished and waiting to be installed, but Republicans are not taking action to publicly display it, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday.

“It is ultimately a decision of the speaker and the House Republican majority. And there’s ...Read more

The Missouri Senate collapsed into bitter recrimination on Thursday amid an effort to urge Attorney General Andrew Bailey to not use state dollars to defend three Republican senators facing federal lawsuits for sharing social media posts falsely accusing a man of being a shooter in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting.

Sen. Mike ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With summer break and disciplinary action looming, 30 student protesters at Hamline University began tearing down their long-standing encampment Thursday outside Old Main, the gothic administrative building off Snelling and Hewitt avenues that houses the office of the university president.

Students, some of them new ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen completed a third day on the witness stand Thursday and is set to face more grilling next week as Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial nears its conclusion.

After jurors were sent home for the day around 4 p.m., Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the court that he expects to spend roughly another hour and a half ...Read more