The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 25, 2024, in a case that will change the course of American history. That case is Trump v. United States, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether and to what extent former President Donald Trump – or any president – can be criminally prosecuted for actions taken while in...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It’s not just another ride for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts who arrived to the Space Coast ahead of their flight onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, who both joined NASA’s astronaut corps more than two decades ago, will be the commander and pilot for ...Read more

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier departed Thursday from Naval Station Norfolk, embarking on a monthslong journey to its new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, where it will begin a new chapter.

The Washington and about 3,200 sailors on board crossed the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel around 11 a.m. before cruising out of the Chesapeake Bay. It...Read more

Michigan State University students joined students across the nation in setting up an encampment on campus Thursday to pressure the university to divest in Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

The students said they were negotiating with campus police, who informed them that the encampment violated university policies. About 25 tents were ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, that she would not be delivering the traditional speech.

In ending the...Read more

BALTIMORE — The first of 11 ships trapped for a month behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Port of Baltimore Thursday using an alternate shipping channel that opened earlier in the morning.

The Balsa 94, a cargo ship, sailed just before 10 a.m. with the help of two tugboats, passing chunks of the fallen steel bridge ...Read more

BALTIMORE — New Maryland laws aimed at limiting book bans, expanding affordable housing opportunities and preventing burdensome local rules on where cannabis dispensaries can open became official Thursday with Gov. Wes Moore’s signature.

Going into effect immediately was the Freedom to Read Act — a response to a rise in challenges to ...Read more

ATLANTA — An attorney challenging the judge overseeing the Fulton County election interference case remains disqualified from the May 21 race, a DeKalb County judge determined Thursday.

After hearing arguments for nearly four hours, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick opted to uphold a recent ruling from an administrative law judge ...Read more

ATLANTA — Hundreds of people protesting the Israel-Hamas war and Atlanta’s planned public safety training center set up camp at Emory University’s quadrangle Thursday morning, prompting clashes with law enforcement and the arrests of several activists.

The encampment mirrors a growing number of college protests across the country. A ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two doctors testified that the California man who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his wife and children in the car suffered from major depressive order and was experiencing a psychotic break at the time of the crash.

The testimony came Wednesday in the case of Dharmesh Patel, a Pasadena radiologist who was charged with three ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and his Republican opponent, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, will debate three times this fall — including once in Pittsburgh — the campaigns announced Thursday.

The other two debates were scheduled for Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Dates were not announced.

Both men won their primaries without ...Read more

Princeton University is the latest local university to see pro-Palestinian student protesters erect tents on campus as a national movement grips the nation and catalyzes debate over the war in Gaza, free speech on college campuses and American support for Israel.

Calling it a “Gaza Solidarity encampment,” the group said in a news release ...Read more

EVANSTON, Ill. — Hundreds of Northwestern students joined nationwide protests against Israel’s war in Gaza on Thursday, prompting school administrations to abruptly change campus policies and ban tents or other temporary structures in previously public spaces.

University President Michael Schill informed students of the policy change just ...Read more

CHICAGO — Dexter Reed was shot 13 times by Chicago police officers during a fatal March traffic stop that left one of the officers shot in the wrist, authorities found.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office released Reed’s autopsy and toxicological reports Thursday, five weeks after he was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park ...Read more

NEW YORK — In a bombshell ruling Thursday morning, the New York state Court of Appeals has overturned fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan rape and sex crime conviction.

The 4-3 ruling reverses a Manhattan Supreme Court jury’s 2020 verdict that Weinstein, 72, was guilty of rape for an attack on aspiring actress Jessica Mann at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices said Thursday they agree a former president should be shielded from prosecution for his truly official acts while in office, but not for private schemes that would give him personal gain.

They also suggested the case against former President Donald Trump will have to be sent back to ...Read more

SEATTLE —Grizzly bears will soon return to the North Cascades.

The National Parks Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service filed a decision Thursday outlining a plan to capture three to seven grizzlies from other ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains or interior British Columbia and release them in the North Cascades each summer for five to 10 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, that she would not be delivering the traditional speech.

In ending the...Read more

Wildlife officials said they will not remove a gray wolf potentially connected to recent livestock killings, despite requests from stockgrowers.

Two of the gray wolves reintroduced to Colorado’s Grand County in December — including one suspected in recent depredations — are likely “denning” and in the breeding process, Colorado Parks ...Read more