MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has confirmed another 18 cases of measles in the past week — one of its highest single-week totals in decades — amid two ongoing outbreaks in the state’s least-vaccinated counties.

“The case count will very likely grow in the days and weeks ahead,” the Minnesota Department of Health warned in a written ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump didn’t order any limitations on Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starshield satellite technology, according to a senior U.S. official.

Asked whether the U.S. president had ordered restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Starshield, the official said Thursday no such request was ever made by the president.

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Remnants of Hurricane Isaias brought a record number of tornadoes to central North Carolina, with one of the strongest tornadoes traveling more than 5 miles.

There were 13 tornadoes across the state on Sunday, Oct. 11, with nine of those in the central part of the state and under the National Weather Service’s Raleigh office’s coverage area...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is seeking to stop the counting of some votes in California through a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, arguing that more than 20,000 voters in the state may not be citizens.

The lawsuit, filed in California federal court, argues the state should set aside the ballots of more than 20,000 voters who the ...Read more

The Department of Justice is suing the city of St. Paul over ordinances banning federal law enforcement officers — including ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents — from hiding their faces on the job, as well as requiring they identify themselves.

The complaint, filed Thursday in Minnesota federal court, argues the city’s ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A showdown between prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh who is accused of killing his wife and son will take place Friday when they meet in a pretrial hearing at the Lexington County courthouse.

Murdaugh, 58, is expected to be at the hearing.

Over the last several weeks, prosecutors and defense attorneys have filed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is facing a lawsuit accusing him and others of sexually trafficking and abusing two women from 2017 to 2019.

The lawsuit, filed anonymously by a pair of women in Florida federal court and docketed Thursday, alleges that Gaetz and coconspirators coordinated to pay for travel, sex and ...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday sued California over its handling of voter fraud claims, asking a federal court to immediately bar the state from counting ballots from about 20,000 voters statewide — many in Los Angeles County — whom the administration alleges are “likely noncitizens.”

The lawsuit is highly unusual, particularly ...Read more

SEATTLE — Five people are believed to be dead after a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

The shooter was also shot and killed, although it’s unclear whether the shooter was among the five people authorities believe have died so far.

Police responded to Silver Rail Elementary ...Read more

Thousands of “No Kings” rallies are scheduled to take place Saturday aimed at getting people to vote early in the November midterm elections.

The first three “No Kings” rallies held over the past year or so were aimed at protesting President Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war in Iran and high gas and food ...Read more

The United States imposed sanctions on Banco Internacional de Comercio S.A., a Cuban government-owned bank, Thursday, saying it has done business with an Iranian bank, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced.

According to Rubio’s statement, the bank, known as BICSA, has been doing business with Iran’s Karafarin Bank—a bank under U.S. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez encouraged undocumented immigrant students to keep applying to the City University of New York, or CUNY, on Thursday amid President Donald Trump’s legal challenge to New York’s in-state tuition policy.

“I don’t want anybody to be confused because there’s lawsuits, and because of other ...Read more

Plain old water could be responsible for making plastics harmful to people, according to a new study that portends significant consequences for human health.

The study, published Thursday in the prominent scientific journal Nature, found chemical reactions between water and six types of fossil fuel-based plastic created particles that damaged ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of Minnesotans, including in the northern half of the state, oppose new mines near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, according to results from the latest Minnesota poll.

The new Star Tribune/KARE 11 poll of likely voters showed that 67% statewide would not support new mines generally, while 26% support them. ...Read more

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is taking on a new role that will keep her in Earth’s orbit, for now.

Seven months after she made history by becoming the first woman to journey around the moon, Koch will become NASA’s acting deputy chief engineer in November. The post will make her ineligible for future spaceflights, the agency announced ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dr. Greg Murphy is a urologist who has worked in healthcare for decades, including with East Carolina University’s medical school and healthcare system.

Rep. Greg Murphy is a congressman who has represented North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District since 2019, in a part of the state where ECU is a dominant employer and ...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday sued California over its handling of voter fraud claims, asking a federal court to immediately bar the state from counting ballots from about 20,000 voters statewide — many in Los Angeles County — whom the administration alleges are “likely noncitizens.”

The lawsuit is highly unusual, particularly ...Read more

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill had a whirlwind day, rushing to headline a high-profile political event in Washington, D.C., by way of a Philadelphia business conference.

The Democrat gave a 10-minute speech at the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia’s Leadership Exchange ahead of schedule at Girard College on Thursday before rushing to her...Read more

California sued the Trump administration for the 100th time in under two years Thursday, challenging the practice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people for alleged civil immigration violations at or near state courthouses.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said such arrests have long been barred because they ...Read more

Prominent children’s hospitals and other providers of care to transgender youth are facing a new threat to funding from President Donald Trump’s administration.

A federal rule that took effect this week bars states from seeking U.S. funds for transgender youth medical care, including puberty blockers, hormones, or rare surgical ...Read more