RALEIGH, N.C. — After his party took control over North Carolina’s election boards last year for the first time in nearly a decade, Republican Dallas Woodhouse made a promise: that the 2026 election would feature more voting opportunities than ever before.

With early voting plans now finalized statewide, the data offers some insight into ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s self-represented Hail Mary bid to get out of prison, finding the “rambling petition” brought by Jeffrey Epstein’s madame meritless.

The Manhattan Federal Court action filed by the British former socialite in December argued that new information arising in related ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities now say a wind-whipped wildfire that erupted last week on the west side of Tok destroyed nearly four dozen homes.

The tally of 44 homes burned down more than doubles an early count of structures damaged or destroyed released last week. Officials believe the fire that blew through neighborhoods in the Interior ...Read more

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi discussed an “interim framework” aimed at resuming shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a joint statement carried by the Oman News Agency, as the two sides press ahead with long-running talks over navigation through the key waterway.

The ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday is suing Snapchat’s parent company for allegedly failing to protect children from addiction.

This comes after he announced a lawsuit against TikTok over the same issue earlier this month.

“Both of these actions reflect my priority as attorney general to protect our young people ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Two people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, state officials said Tuesday, marking the first fatalities involving the highly contagious disease in the state in 35 years and the only measles-related deaths reported nationally so far this year.

Both were unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County, the center of a major ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has issued guidance to schools and child care facilities on how to interact with Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the recently signed Protect Act as the agency carries out President Donald Trump’s nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration.

The guidance has been issued to all Massachusetts school ...Read more

A day after armed gangs launched a deadly middle-of-the-night assault in the hills overlooking Port-au-Prince, torching homes, killing livestock and abducting dozens of individuals, the extent of the massacre remained unclear with estimates of the numbers killed ranging from 25 to as many as 47.

Part of the discrepancy may lie in how Haitian ...Read more

BALTIMORE — An Anne Arundel County judge reserved a decision Tuesday on whether Maryland’s proposed congressional redistricting amendment can remain on the November ballot, but raised concerns about the state’s defense of how lawmakers placed the measure before voters.

At the heart of the case is whether the General Assembly must follow a...Read more

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday distanced herself from President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that he had reached a deal with still-unnamed countries to ramp up beef imports.

Trump on Friday announced a plan to temporarily allow more tariff-free foreign beef into the United States in an effort ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When the President Donald Trump’s administration sued Philadelphia over one of seven new local restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a ban on law enforcement officers from wearing masks or concealing their identity — the federal lawsuit included a footnote.

“The United States has grave concerns over the ...Read more

Dolly Parton — country music icon, movie star, theme park owner, sex symbol and philanthropist — has died at 80.

The news was shared in an Instagram video on her account by Parton’s nephew, Brian Seaver.

Parton had recently canceled multiple engagements, including the opening of a new ride at her theme park, and updated fans Friday to ...Read more

Haitian authorities have confirmed 25 deaths in an overnight gang attack in the hills overlooking Port-au-Prince, the mayor of Kenscoff said.

Mayor Massillon Jean told the Miami Herald that a justice of the peace, accompanied by the chief prosecutor for Port-au-Prince, confirmed the deaths and also determined that 15 people remain missing after...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased the odds one system in the Atlantic could become the next tropical depression or storm, while dropping chances on a second Atlantic system it had been tracking.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical advisory, the more likely of the two, and the one of more concern to Florida, was an area of low...Read more

A New York federal judge Tuesday denied convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s last-ditch effort to throw out her 20-year-sentence, calling her self-filed legal petition “lengthy,” “rambling” and “meritless.”

In a brutally worded 67-page order, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ⁠further warned Maxwell against ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America if Canada doesn’t cave to his demands in the still-escalating trade war.

After days of verbal jousting, Trump singled out the Canadian industrial powerhouse province whose premier has derided him as a dictator and worse.

“The United States is ...Read more

First came the bronze-cast statue of George Washington.

Then came Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and 11 other American icons, their homes ranging from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle.

Coming soon? A joint sculpture of baseball icons Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.

All told, Florida has so far approved spending nearly $2 million for 18 statues in ...Read more

The reaction to a procedural ruling by the Supreme Court on Aug. 24, 2026, was immediate and sharp.

The conservative justices’ decision in the 6-3 ruling to lift a block on implementation of President Donald Trump’s March 2026 executive order imposing restrictions on mail voting had voting rights advocates and many state officials...Read more