COLUMBIA, S.C. — A top official at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, the large Richland County, S.C. jail, has been arrested as part of a monthslong investigation into a sweeping alleged cover-up of more than 60 crimes involving inmates and guards at the jail, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Tuesday.

James Lipscomb, 66, one of two top officials at...Read more

NPR retracted a bombshell report claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito plans to retire.

A story written by award-winning legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg was published briefly Tuesday morning, reporting that Alito, whose time remaining on the nation’s highest court often generates speculation, planned to step down.

The 76-...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A top official at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, the large Richland County, S.C. jail, has been arrested as part of a monthslong investigation into a sweeping alleged cover-up of more than 60 crimes involving inmates and guards at the jail, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Tuesday.

James Lipscomb, 66, one of two top officials at...Read more

DENVER — Large wildfires burning across southern and western Colorado continued to spread on Tuesday, together scorching nearly 90,000 acres — roughly 140 square miles.

“Critical fire weather” — hot, dry and windy — is expected each day this week and could spur the growth of existing and new wildfires across the state, according to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Constitution’s promise that all those born in the country are citizens of the United States, regardless of the status of their parents.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices rejected President Donald Trump’s plan to revise the Constitution by executive order and to end citizenship at birth ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal agencies long regarded as pillars of nonpartisan stability are facing an identity crisis after the Supreme Court this week swept away nearly a century of precedent limiting presidential power.

The high court's decision in Trump vs. Slaughter, allowing the president to remove members of historically independent agencies ...Read more

TikTok is finalizing a settlement related to a lawsuit claiming that the world’s largest social media platforms are addictive to minors, according to people familiar with the matter, avoiding a jury trial scheduled for July in Los Angeles.

The settlement amount with TikTok is confidential, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing...Read more

The State Board of Education voted Tuesday to ban undocumented students from enrolling in state colleges, a move that brings the state one step closer to becoming the largest in the nation to shut these immigrants out of publicly financed higher education.

The board, which oversees the state’s 28 state colleges, voted in a 6-1 decision ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho that forbid transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams.

In a 6-3 decision, the court said the federal Title IX law envisioned separate teams for girls and boys based on their biological sex at birth.

"Separate sports teams for biological males ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A judge ruled Tuesday that a memoir by the man accused of organizing the killing of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur is admissible evidence.

Authorities have accused Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, in connection with the fatal shooting of Shakur near the Strip in 1996. His trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 10.

A memoir called "Compton ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sam Page, whose shocking victory in this year’s Republican primary ousted longtime North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, is now suing Berger’s son in federal court.

Page, who is the sheriff of Rockingham County, alleges that county commissioner Kevin Berger engaged in a campaign of retaliation against him for running ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Confronted with math test scores showing that 68% of California public school third-graders do not meet grade-level standards, state lawmakers are considering one way to potentially reverse the trend: Give kindergartners a math test to find out if they are ready for the rigors of first grade.

Do they have a sense of what numbers...Read more

Blue Origin revealed its plans for a rebuilt launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after the explosion of a New Glenn rocket destroyed much of the pad in May.

The Jeff Bezos company released video renderings of an updated launch tower design and new method for New Glenn to get ready for launch that includes rolling out to the pad...Read more

The University of Kentucky’s board of trustees approved Tuesday a budget of over $9.6 billion, an increase of almost $1 billion, driven by its hospital system for the 2026-27 school year.

The budget includes around $6 billion for UK HealthCare, $3.3 billion for higher education and $219.2 million for athletics.

It’s UK’s third-largest ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Vice President JD Vance will speak in Virginia Beach on Wednesday to mark 250 years of the nation’s military.

According to a White House press release, Vance will deliver remarks at Naval Air Station Oceana on the Trump administration’s “efforts to support American warfighters and veterans.”

No additional details about...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Darwin Elizer Serrano López left Venezuela three years ago, dreaming of earning enough to put his daughters through school. He ended up in Chicago, where he drove for Uber seven days a week, pausing at 8:30 each night to call home.

When immigration agents came to his door with a deportation order, Serrano’s family was ...Read more

NEW YORK — A rotting human corpse was found stuffed in the chimney of a Queens public school Tuesday, police said.

An exterminator investigating a foul odor at PS/IS 113, the Anthony Pranzo School, in Glendale found the remains in the chimney just before 9 a.m. Cops are now trying to identify the adult male.

School ended for the summer on ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s federal food assistance program had the highest error rate in the nation for the fourth consecutive year, according to data recently published by federal officials.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, serves more than 66,000 Alaskans, or roughly 9% of the state’s ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Top Florida Republicans are seeking to block a transgender girl who is a defending Irish Dance champion from competing in the girls’ division of the national competition this week in Orlando, saying the teen’s participation violates state law.

“Your policy of forcing women to compete against biological men who identify ...Read more

Benjamin Pinckney, 46, has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since just after his 20th birthday.

He had been targeted by a drive-by shooter in Jacksonville, Florida, and hospitalized with two gunshot wounds. During his weeklong hospitalization, he said, a physician assistant changed the course of his life by visiting his hospital bed ...Read more