NEW YORK — State Sen. Zellnor Myrie announced Wednesday he’s opening a campaign committee to raise money for a possible mayoral run, making him the second potential challenger against Mayor Eric Adams in the 2025 battle for City Hall.

Myrie, a progressive Democrat who represents the same swath of central Brooklyn once led by Adams in his ...Read more

For the last 10 years, Prince Harry has used his platform to support wounded veterans through the Invictus Games he started back in 2014.

Now, on the 10-year anniversary of the games, Prince Harry is returning to where it all started, his home country England. And the Royal family has chosen not to take an interest in the event.

In a statement...Read more

BALTIMORE — Seven weeks after Maynor Suazo Sandoval died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, his family in Honduras met his body at the San Pedro Sula airport and prepared to bury him.

A commercial flight bearing the remains of the 38-year-old worker arrived at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ramón Villeda Morales Airport. At the Amor Eterno ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis personally directed the Florida Highway Patrol’s response to the recent pro-Palestinian campus protests in Florida, a top state official said Wednesday.

“On countless occasions, campus and local law enforcement has requested the assistance of Florida Highway Patrol. And on countless other occasions, we have proactively ...Read more

ATLANTA — Despite entering hospice care over a year ago, Jimmy Carter refuses to miss an election.

At 99 years of age, the former president cast a mail-in ballot for the May primary election this week, grandson Jason Carter said Wednesday on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Monica Pearson Show.

“He’s not going to miss an election!”...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer canceled a scheduled hearing aimed at examining the local response to a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University after police cleared the area early Wednesday.

The hearing, which was slated for Wednesday afternoon, was announced last week after reports ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Francis Scott Key Bridge cleanup officials shared a video animation Wednesday depicting how crews plan to deploy small explosive devices to clear a large steel truss resting on the bow of the Dali container ship in the Patapsco River.

Crews will cut holes into various sections of the truss and place thin pieces of metal inside ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

The court’s decision almost certainly means a significant delay of a trial here for Trump and ...Read more

DENVER — Douglas County High School on Wednesday moved the location of its upcoming graduation after teachers and union leaders raised concerns that holding the ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy created hurdles that could have prevented undocumented students and their families from attending the celebration.

The new venue for the May 22 ...Read more

ATLANTA — A 10-count indictment filed Tuesday lodges new accusations against a man suspected in the February killing of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus.

Three of those counts accuse 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra of felony murder. The others include malice murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault with ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals decision to consider whether District Attorney Fani Willis should remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference prosecution of Donald Trump and his allies casts uncertainty on the case’s future, especially its timetable.

Here is what to know about what comes next:

Court Calendar: The ...Read more

BOSTON — Police arrested more than 130 protesters at a pro-Palestine encampment on the UMass Amherst campus after administrators ordered the students to disperse Tuesday night, according to a statement from the university and videos documenting the clash.

As of Wednesday morning, UMass Police reported 109 people booked in charges and pending ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina House moved on Wednesday toward adopting a new definition of antisemitism under state law that lawmakers say is necessary to clearly outline examples of antisemitic incidents that shouldn’t be tolerated.

Critics of the bill being spearheaded by House Speaker Tim Moore, which received bipartisan support, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was back in battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday pushing his jobs agenda, but his predecessor’s legal issues and Israel’s actions in Gaza hung over his visit.

Biden’s stop in the Racine area to announce a $3.3 billion project by Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center was part of a ...Read more

MIAMI — The last time Felipe Henao spoke with his sister over the phone was late January, days before she disappeared in Spain.

“She was looking forward to the future,” Henao said at a Fort Lauderdale press conference Wednesday about the Jan. 24 call. “She was telling me about concerts she wanted to go.”

Ana María Knezevich Henao, ...Read more

A former senator and the acting mayor of a small Haiti town have been charged in the death of a journalist whose 2019 killing, amid the country’s deepening political crisis, sparked protests and calls for an investigation after he became the third journalist in the country killed in less than two years.

A popular radio host of a ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic lawmakers on a secretive legislative committee are questioning why they are being blocked on trying to investigate crisis pregnancy centers and private schools receiving money from the tuition voucher program.

Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, who serves on the General Assembly’s Joint Legislative ...Read more