Federal prosecutors say the Trump administration did not influence their decision to charge James Comey with threatening the president, pushing back against the former FBI director’s effort to have the case thrown out on the grounds of biased prosecution.

In an affidavit, Ellis Boyle, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, ...Read more

Pennsylvania Democrats, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, are pointing to a stunning upset in a special election for a deep-red statehouse district as proof that the party has momentum while campaigning this fall for a trifecta in Harrisburg.

Butler County Democrat Brandon Dukes said his apparent victory over Republican Scott Timko, by fewer than ...Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be leaving Montecito, California, and moving back to Britain six years after the couple left amid a family feud.

In the coming weeks, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will reportedly relocate just in time for Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to begin school in September. The couple will put ...Read more

California regulators have released a plan to change how the state governs the pumping of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a proposal that would give water agencies more leeway in how they comply with the rules.

The Delta is the central hub of California’s water system, providing water for nearly 30 million people and 4 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The tentative trade deal between the United States and Canada would lower tariffs on certain Canadian exports of steel and aluminum to 25% and cut duties on Canadian auto exports to 15%, according to people familiar with the matter.

The details have yet to be finalized and are not expected to apply across the board. For steel and...Read more

SEATTLE — Minutes before the July crash on Sucia Island, the pilot of a Kenmore Air seaplane with 10 passengers aboard radioed that bad weather would force an emergency landing, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.

All 11 people aboard the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter survived when the plane landed on the water, then ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will begin what President Donald Trump said would be an unprecedented economic warfare operation against Iran, after faulting the country for failing to take its chance to make a deal with him.

“Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is mounting a legal challenge to a law passed by the City Council that forces New York City’s public school system to give a $10,000 boost to low-paid teacher aides.

The Council passed the legislation last month with enough votes to override a mayoral veto — leaving Mamdani with few practical options to ...Read more

NEW YORK — The legendary Carnegie Deli, one of the city’s most iconic delicatessen restaurants, is apparently returning to Midtown after a 10-year absence, with pastrami and corned beef fans cheering in anticipation.

The deli this week dropped a video on social media teasing a reopening with a brick-and-mortar location. In a video set to ...Read more

The violent crime rate in Maryland dropped nearly twice as much as it did across the United States last year, according to an analysis of FBI crime data.

The national violent crime rate decreased approximately 9.7% between 2024 and 2025, according to FBI data released Friday by the Trump administration. That included a 4.1 murder rate, which ...Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to Great Britain.

Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, will start attending school overseas in September, according to People. They reportedly plan to be there for an “extended period” beginning at some point in August.

The move comes a little more than a month after the ...Read more

A forensic psychologist testified that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from a mental disease or defect when she killed her three children and is not criminally responsible for their deaths.

“She had no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act,” Dr. Paul Zeizel said on the stand Wednesday in Clancy’s triple murder trial.

Clancy doesn’t...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff plan to investigate why U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to enter and inspect a Sacramento immigration law firm last week.

The incident, which was first reported by The Sacramento Bee, involved multiple armed ICE officers and the Morris Law Group ...Read more

Maryland counties are being forced to squeeze funding for paramedics and EMTs as rising costs and reduced state support put pressure on local budgets.

The pressure intensified July 1, when Gov. Wes Moore’s fiscal 2027 budget took effect and shifted more costs to local governments, including reducing the state’s contribution to teachers’ ...Read more

An East Coast company has proposed building an underwater artificial intelligence data center, powered by the strong tides of Cook Inlet, off the shore of Nikiski.

Delaware-based DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC released plans for a 100-megawatt data center project with as many 350 underwater turbines and 66 "hives" housing AI servers, both powered...Read more

SEATTLE — A court hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 31 in the recall effort against Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson.

Last week, a Seattle couple filed paperwork to recall Wilson over her handling of public safety. That filing is the first of several steps needed before a recall effort can move forward. Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud cited the...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge ruled that a ballot measure strengthening Missouri’s most visible form of direct democracy will not be on November ballots, siding with Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.

In a decision on Wednesday, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green agreed with Hoskins’ arguments that the proposal ...Read more