DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed an expansion of Colorado’s red flag law on Monday afternoon, allowing more people to file extreme risk protection order requests with the courts to remove a person’s firearms.

This year’s Senate Bill 4 builds off the landmark 2019 measure creating the state’s red flag law. That law allows certain ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As Gov. Tim Walz faces criticisms over his administration’s handling of Minnesota’s Medicaid fraud crisis, he’s coming back to a suggestion he’s made many times in his seven years as governor: Legislators’ emails should be open to the public.

“It seems absolutely outrageous,” Walz said in January about the fact ...Read more

TOKYO — Preparations are underway for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to have a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to public broadcaster NHK.

The report comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to bomb key infrastructure in Iran unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. Takaichi is seeking a de...Read more

Massachusetts may join a growing list of states attempting to outright ban social media usage for young minors with the House scheduled to take up legislation addressing the issue this week.

“The bill prohibits social media use for children under 14 in Massachusetts, and requires platforms to obtain parental consent for users ages 14 and 15,�...Read more

NASA’s Artemis II crew flew past the moon Monday, traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and becoming the first to see some sections of the moon’s far side in the sunlight with the naked eye.

The four astronauts, sitting in the dark of their capsule, described the far side in eloquent detail: geometric patterns of browns, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Air Force airmen rescued from Iran by an armada of helicopters, other aircraft and commandos used a standard issue Boeing Co. communications device to alert their comrades and signal their locations, according to a service official.

“They have a very sophisticated beeper-type apparatus that is on them at all time,” ...Read more

Kendra Duggar, wife of embattled reality star Joseph Duggar, appears to have moved the entire family out of their Arkansas home. Following her recent arrest and that of her husband, the spouses discussed how they’d manage to pay for Joseph Duggar’s bail bond and defense, and discussed renting out the home and selling some of their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education proposed a raft of changes to college oversight guidelines on Monday, moves that would upend the traditional regulatory framework for universities and amplify the Trump administration’s higher education policy agenda.

The shift, laid out in a department memo viewed by Bloomberg, would tie ...Read more

On a day the crew members of Artemis II broke the record set by Apollo 13 for farthest distance from Earth ever flown by humans, they made a request to name two newly identified craters: one to honor their Orion spacecraft named Integrity, and one in the memory of commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll.

The Orion spacecraft and its four ...Read more

On a day the crew of Artemis II broke the record set by Apollo 13 for farthest distance from Earth ever flown by humans, they made a request to name two newly identified craters: one to honor their Orion spacecraft named Integrity, and one in the memory of commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll.

The Orion spacecraft and its four ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland General Assembly has passed the Youth Charging Reform Act, reforming which offenses minors are automatically charged as adults for, and what type of facilities they can be held in. A version of the reform has been considered for about 14 years, but has never been up for a vote in either chamber before this session.

In...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A 17-month-old was hurt Saturday after crawling under a fence at Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark zoo and sticking his hand into a wolf enclosure. Now, the boy’s parents face charges.

The child, who has not been publicly identified, was “unsupervised” at ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park, which is inside Hersheypark, a ...Read more

Someone claiming to know Nancy Guthrie is dead, but was last seen alive in Mexico, is offering to deliver her kidnappers “on a silver platter.”

A tipster looking to collect a Bitcoin told TMZ the missing woman was spotted with a suspect or suspects identified as “them” in the Mexican state of Sonora. TMZ said it receive a pair of notes ...Read more

CHICAGO — With just over two months to go until the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center opens to the public, patrons will soon be able to secure their entry to the campus museum.

Museum ticket sales will kick off later this month, going live for founding members on April 21, the Obama Foundation announced on Monday.

Tickets will open to ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina should set up a legal, regulated marijuana and hemp market for adults, a state advisory council said, noting that without it, residents had spent about $3 billion in 2022 on illegal marijuana.

That makes North Carolina one of the largest marijuana black markets in the country, ranking second in the nation, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump revisited his grievances with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over Greenland as he expressed fresh frustration with the security alliance’s stance on the Iran war.

“It all began with, if you want to know the truth, Greenland,” Trump said during a White House press conference Monday. “We want ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland attorney general’s office can defend the constitutionality of the state’s Child Victims Act against challenges by the WWE in an ongoing sexual abuse lawsuit involving former ring crew recruits, a judge ruled Thursday.

The recruits, known as “ring boys,” were hired by professional wrestling promotions for ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A new Idaho state law lets stores, restaurants and other sellers round up prices to the nearest nickel to reflect federal guidelines.

Senate Bill 1350 was sponsored by the state Senate State Affairs Committee.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law on March 31.

Here’s how it works:

Is the US running out of pennies...Read more