Two more men convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have had their convictions overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Pete Musico and Paul Bellar on Monday had their convictions vacated and their case was sent back to Jackson County for further proceedings. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office plans to...Read more

Updated statewide data shows the total confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Virginia have more than doubled the number of cases identified previously, but the state is still not experiencing an “outbreak,” according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Virginia has 79 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, the illness stemming from a ...Read more

It’s smoking hot in the Boise area — literally.

Part of the Southern Snake Plains was expected to see high temperatures spike above 100 degrees on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Meanwhile, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality alert for 10 Idaho counties, including Ada County, due to ...Read more

A new poll released Monday shows the fate of the proposed constitutional amendment to roll back property taxes on primary homes could be determined by how it’s pitched to voters — and suggests certain arguments could imperil its passage.

The University of North Florida poll found that when voters were told that cities and counties would be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed orders imposing new 50% tariffs on Canada, according to senior White House officials.

The move is Trump's latest escalation of an ongoing trade dispute with the United States' northern neighbor. Officials said the new action comes in response to retaliatory acts by Canada following the...Read more

U.S. forces struck Iranian targets after President Donald Trump vowed Tehran “will pay” for killing three U.S. soldiers, even as mediators proposed a new truce with the Middle East war widening further.

U.S. Central Command said the military began a new wave of strikes around 4 p.m. ET on Monday, the 10th straight day of attacks. “Every ...Read more

Infamous social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate — known for promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny — appeared in Miami federal court on Monday afternoon to face new rape and related sex-trafficking charges brought by British authorities in an extradition request to transfer them to the United Kingdom.

Attorneys for the Tate...Read more

A week ago today, authorities in northeastern Minnesota took the rare step of ordering the closure and evacuation of the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Superior National Forest.

Scores of lightning strikes July 7 had birthed some 16 fires in the dry pine forests across the Arrowhead, and between July 8 and July 12, a ...Read more

Federal authorities Monday announced a life sentence for the Mexican drug lord known as El Mayo years after putting away his infamous former partner.

Ismael Zambada, 75, was hit with the same penalty as one-time cartel king Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Together, the two kingpins founded the Sinaloa cartel, a murderous network of drug peddlers...Read more

A recent sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms that detected the cyclosporiasis parasite was a false positive, federal officials say, but there is still "overwhelming" data to support the California-based company's current recall of produce amid the outbreak.

On X, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated, "To clarify, this false positive lab...Read more

Federal authorities have charged a father-son duo with kidnapping federal employees after a dramatic incident last week in which prosecutors say two U.S. Forest Service employees in California were held at gunpoint, zip-tied and kept inside a trailer for some 15 hours.

U.S. Atty. Eric Grant of the Eastern District of California announced Monday...Read more

A father and son accused of abducting two biologists working for the U.S. Forest Service in a remote part of Northern California last week are in FBI custody in Sacramento and will be charged with kidnapping federal employees, as well as aiding and abetting, court documents show.

The two biologists, both women, said Joseph Henrichsen, 49, ...Read more

A soldier based out of North Carolina’s Fort Bragg was among the fatalities in an Iranian attack on Jordan, according to the Pentagon.

First Lt. Tyler James Feehan was killed Saturday when missiles and drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command said in a July 20 news release. The incident is under ...Read more

The Trump administration will not renew direct federal funding of community-based organizations that work on HIV prevention, according to multiple groups impacted by the freeze.

The move is the latest step in the administration’s push to eliminate funding for DEI-focused initiatives that help the LGBTQ community.

But this one directly ...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed that Iran “will pay” for killing three U.S. soldiers in recent days, even as mediators proposed a new truce with the Middle East war widening further.

“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!” Trump wrote on social media on Monday.

White House Press ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV will present a new Villanova University-created award in his name that recognizes outstanding leadership in sustainability at a conference in Italy in October, another sign of the school’s close ties to the pontiff.

It will be several weeks before Villanova and Notre Dame officially open their basketball seasons in Rome with a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump Monday vowed that Benjamin Netanyahu won’t be arrested if the Israeli prime minister visits NYC, despite past threats by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant.

Without mentioning Mamdani, Trump insisted Netanyahu, a key ally in the U.S. war against Iran, is free to come to the city...Read more