MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter stood in the backyard of state Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman’s Brooklyn Park home as they lay dying behind him.

He had few options.

A cavalry of law enforcement was descending on the area as word spread of a second shooting at a state lawmaker’s home in the early morning hours of June 14, 2025.

In front of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian was never meant to be in the spotlight — let alone an office with political influence.

But as Republicans lurch toward a habit of using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to fund key government agencies, they are increasingly putting the fate of the party’s biggest spending ...Read more

When RaDonda Vaught got her first speaking request, it had been a year since that day in a Nashville courtroom, when she listened as a jury read her guilty verdict for negligent homicide and neglect of an impaired adult.

That was in 2022. Vaught was sentenced to three years of probation for administering the wrong medication and killing a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ten years ago, Orlando, best known for its medley of theme parks, was rebranded as the site of America’s deadliest mass shooting when a lone gunman burst into the Pulse nightclub on “Latin Night” and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

Forty-nine patrons of the South Orange Avenue venue, long considered a safe space...Read more

PORT HURON, Mich. — State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan. The outbreaks of the highly contagious virus — which can lead to brain swelling, deafness, and death — came as parents are opting school-age kids out of vaccinations...Read more

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is pursuing leads on its next director.

Tony Mattivi on Tuesday won the U.S. Senate’s approval to become a federal judge. His confirmation follows a three-year stint as KBI director and a high-profile career as a prosecutor.

“As he has throughout his career, he continued to impress me with his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rodeos are causing a circus at L.A. City Hall.

On Tuesday, rodeo lovers and animal welfare advocates descended on downtown Los Angeles to argue for and against a draft ordinance that would ban the hooved spectacles within the city.

The thing is — the ordinance wasn’t even on the agenda.

In 2023, the city council voted ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iran hours after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for shooting down an American military helicopter off the coast of Oman.

U.S. Central Command said its forces “struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of ...Read more

Thailand is racing to secure a free-trade agreement with the European Union as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs pushes countries to forge new economic partnerships, according to a top trade official.

“The reason why we’re accelerating the E.U. FTA so much is because we want to diversify as quickly as possible,” Thai Trade Representative ...Read more

A Florida trading company is in advanced talks to send Cuba the biggest cargo of U.S. fuel since the Eisenhower administration as the island nation contends with an acute energy crisis.

Vanguard Energy already was sending small shipments of gasoline and diesel to Cuba and now is gearing up to expand those volumes, company President Matthew ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Challengers to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” asked a judge Tuesday to let them seek evidence the Justice Department truly is abandoning the program.

The filing came in response to arguments the Trump administration made in filings last week that the lawsuit is unnecessary because the fund...Read more

A month away from its closure, onetime gambling oasis Primm, Nevada, located along the state border with Southern California, has a new lease on life.

The Primm family, owners of the land that includes three casino resorts and other businesses along the 15 Freeway, announced Tuesday a partnership intended to save the struggling state-line strip...Read more

NEW YORK — A majority of the City Council thinks New York City public schools need to slow down the rollout of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

Twenty-nine Council members — out of a total 51 — penned a letter Tuesday asking Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his schools chancellor, Kamar Samuels, to “immediately pause” the use of ...Read more

The lawyer for a Porterville man accused of conspiring with a terrorist group described his client Tuesday as a student with plans to transfer to Fresno State and become a civil engineer.

“He doesn’t even have a criminal record,” said Peter Jones, who appeared with defendant Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, in court.

Shamsaldeen was arrested by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — American forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iran on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for shooting down an American military helicopter off the coast of Oman.

“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said in a brief statement on...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ana Cruz was 13 when she arrived to the U.S. from Mexico with her family. But after 23 years of living in Los Angeles, raising two children and working as a community organizer, she has never been able to vote in any elections because of her status as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient, which doesn't offer a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen advanced a proposed ordinance Tuesday that stiffens penalties for marijuana-related offenses near Chicago schools and parks — and could include sharp punishments for smoking cannabis in public.

The measure would expand the city’s long-standing “safe passage” laws that already place steep minimum fines and jail ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration is investigating the City University of New York over allegations of racial discrimination, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday.

The agency’s civil rights arm said it received reports alleging CUNY’s Black Male Initiative gives preference to some students over others on the basis of race.

“...Read more