A gunman shot two Minneapolis police officers, killed two people and injured three others in an upper floor of an apartment building near Loring Park on Wednesday evening. Another officer was also injured.

The suspected gunman was identified as Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35, of Minneapolis, according to people with knowledge of the investigation....Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal officials lifted a stop-work order Wednesday, Sept. 2, that had halted construction on a state-federal project in Joliet, Illinois, meant to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office said Wednesday it had been notified of the change by the White House and the U.S. Army Corps of ...Read more

The Ross wildfire currently scorching two North Texas counties was caused by a tire blowout, officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service have determined.

The fire has consumed more than 90,000 acres in Palo Pinto and Jack counties as of Wednesday, according to its tracking webpage on the Watch Duty alert platform.

“Texas A&M Forest Service ...Read more

Three Haiti-based photographers working for international news organizations were attacked Wednesday in the hills above Port-au-Prince, where armed gangs carried out a massacre just over a week ago.

The journalists were assaulted by members of the community while covering a funeral for five individuals who were killed in the attack on Kenscoff...Read more

L.A. Unified has adopted a moratorium on student use of generative artificial intelligence for the current school year, officials said Wednesday, another in the school district's pioneering decisions to limit computer use in classrooms amid rising parent concerns about the reliance on technology in schools.

The moratorium came to light at the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — She killed two romantic partners with a knife. The most recent was her wife, a captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. After the slaying, she fled to Mexico.

Now 54-year-old Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi is headed to a prison cell. The Ramona resident was sentenced to 36 years to life on Wednesday in ...Read more

Just like Dolly Parton’s legend, her theme park continues to grow.

Dollywood officials announced during a Wednesday press conference that the Tennessee amusement center will move forward with expansion plans the 80-year-old country superstar approved prior to her death last week, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The afternoon event ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out for now the president’s latest effort to impose new limits on automatic birthright citizenship after losing an earlier legal fight before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In an order on Wednesday, a U.S. judge in Maryland ruled that President Donald Trump’s August ...Read more

Illinois health officials announced an outbreak of measles Wednesday in Douglas County in east central Illinois – news that comes amid a national resurgence of the illness.

There have been at least four confirmed, linked cases of measles in Douglas County, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. An outbreak is defined as three ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Correction signed what’s called a “warrant service officer” cooperation agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which allows officers to enforce administrative warrants within an agency’s own jail.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday touted the partnership, known as a 287(g) agreement...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk judge certified the case against a Navy electrician, accused of beating his wife before wrapping her in plastic wrap, and storing her body in the freezer of their downtown Norfolk apartment.

At a probable cause hearing on Wednesday morning, David Varela appeared in a Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations courtroom ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — For the second day in a row, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial told the judge in the case they couldn’t come to a consensus.

Despite the notes, jurors will return to Plymouth County Superior Court Thursday morning to continue their deliberations.

Just after the lunch break Wednesday, around 2 p.m., jurors ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has “real concerns” about the way Flock cameras — automated license plate readers that capture and store data gleaned from moving cars — are being used in the state, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Open to banning the technology, Shapiro is wary of how Pennsylvanians’ privacy can be ...Read more

NEW YORK — The FDNY on Wednesday honored 36 heroes whose names will be added to the department’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall following their deaths due to 9/11-related illnesses.

“On Sept. 11, as it is every day, the men and women of the FDNY went to work protecting this city,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the ceremony inside the ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll made their first campaign stops of the general election on Wednesday with just 62 days until the incumbent Democratic governor’s matchup with Republican challenger Mike Minogue.

Healey and Driscoll first stopped at the Veterans Center of Fall River, touring the facility and speaking with ...Read more

SEATTLE —Before a key midterm election, Washington elected officials are warning voters it’s getting increasingly risky to rely on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver ballots in time to be counted.

At a news conference Wednesday in Seattle, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs pointed to an uptick in ballots...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vance Boelter entered not guilty pleas to state charges at a court hearing Wednesday, when a judge also accepted his demand for a speedy trial and postponed a ruling on whether to restrict his access to evidence in light of recent online posts prosecutors say he authored while jailed.

In filings submitted before the hearing,...Read more