DENVER — Stephen Martinez is no longer a convicted murderer.

Denver District Judge Andrew Luxen erased his conviction Tuesday and ordered that Martinez, 58, be immediately freed from prison, where he has spent the last 27 years behind bars, convicted of first-degree murder in the 1998 death of 4-month-old Heather Mares.

After vacating the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States is still awaiting a green light from Iran for peace talks to take place before a ceasefire expires on Wednesday, with the sides deadlocked on issues including access to the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance was primed to fly to Pakistan on Tuesday but his trip was put on hold as Iran failed to ...Read more

SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into the University of Washington’s “handling of antisemitism” in response to planned events by a protest group UW says isn’t affiliated with the school.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on X that she authorized an investigation and cited the group ...Read more

MIAMI – Two weeks after the Miami Herald published an investigative series revealing how elderly Floridians are taken into state custody and moved into substandard elder care facilities with almost no court oversight, state leaders issued a statement criticizing journalists for “a fundamental misrepresentation” of how Florida’s elder ...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is opening an investigation into Regent Jordan Acker's purported Slack messages, in which he appeared to make obscene sexual comments about a Democratic strategist and lewd comments about a female UM student.

Regent Chair Mark Bernstein said in a message posted to the university's communications website ...Read more

D4vd was separated from other inmates at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail after he was formally charged with killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was placed in segregation upon his arrival at the facility because of his celebrity status, according to TMZ. He landed at the ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — On the first day of this year’s session, North Carolina House and Senate lawmakers appear poised to take action to provide funding for Medicaid.

This follows a months-long standoff over the funding dating back to summer between the Republican-led House and Senate and the Democratic governor’s administration.

Behind the ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — The assailant who opened fire on tourists from a pyramid at one of Mexico’s signature archaeological sites — leaving a Canadian woman dead and 13 other foreign visitors injured, including six U.S. citizens — was a copycat who admired foreign school shooters and meticulously planned the attack, Mexican authorities said ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready to back limited forfeiture powers for federal agencies during oral arguments Tuesday, in a pair of challenges to the ability for the Federal Communications Commission to impose fines on alleged lawbreakers.

Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon asked the justices to toss more than $100 ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Adults who encouraged the “delinquent behavior” that led to a mass shooting are going to be charged with a crime, North Carolina investigators say.

Winston-Salem Police Chief William H. Penn Jr. made the announcement Tuesday, one day after seven people were shot during a “planned fight” at a city park.

Two of teens ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would have won the Vietnam War and threatened to resume airstrikes on Iran in the latest round of disturbing mixed messages about the Middle East conflict even as the warring sides prepare to return to the table for more peace talks.

Expressing impatience with negotiations, Trump suggested he has the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The city agency that investigates police misconduct is publicly releasing “stigmatizing” unsubstantiated claims of sexual misconduct, racial profiling and perjury made against NYPD cops — unfounded allegations that can wreck an officer’s career and reputation even after proven false, a bombshell lawsuit filed in Manhattan ...Read more

Antisemitic influencer Nick Fuentes reportedly collected around $900,000 in donations by livestreaming to his right-wing audience.

Using AI tools, the Washington Post analyzed more than 1,400 hours of Fuentes’ livestreams and videos on Rumble and tallied all of the contributions made in “super chats” displayed on screen. The sum is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis doubled down in a committee hearing Tuesday morning that he will not confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve System unless an investigation into the current chairman is dropped.

Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, said during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing Tuesday morning...Read more

NEW YORK — The city agency that investigates police misconduct is publicly releasing “stigmatizing” unsubstantiated claims of sexual misconduct, racial profiling and perjury made against NYPD cops — unfounded allegations that can wreck an officer’s career and reputation even after proven false, a bombshell lawsuit filed in Manhattan ...Read more

CHICAGO — The stepsons of a deceased mob-connected businessman have pleaded guilty to participating in a red-light camera kickback scheme that funneled thousands in cash payments to the then-mayor of Oakbrook Terrace in exchange for a lucrative cut of ticket proceeds.

James Colucci, 56, of Lisle, and Joseph Colucci, 51, of Mokena, each ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia jury found a hospital system and a behavioral health management firm responsible for the 2019 murders of four family members by a relative who had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia, issuing a $39.5 million verdict Tuesday, April 7.

When Maurice Louis, 35, was involuntarily committed to Mercy ...Read more

DETROIT — People who own property damaged by the "historic" flooding and tornado activity in Michigan last week should report damage to the state, officials from the Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division said.

Damage reports will help Gov. Gretchen Whitmer seek federal disaster funding, said Capt. Kevin ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of Elk River residents wanted the former Minnesota state flag to be the one displayed on city-owned properties, and on Monday the City Council obliged by passing a resolution making it so.

The unanimous vote on April 20 means the Minnesota state flag from 1983 to 2023 will be the representative flag of the state of ...Read more