Some of Kentucky’s federal delegation are criticizing President Donald Trump’s speech that doubled down on raising doubts about election integrity in the United States.

In a prime time address Thursday night, Trump announced he has declassified documents that reveal issues in America’s election system in the 2020 and 2018 elections, ...Read more

A Northwestern University professor filed a federal lawsuit alleging that, under pressure from federal officials, the school denied him tenure in retaliation for his pro-Palestinian activism and on-campus speech.

Steven Thrasher, an assistant professor and the Daniel H. Renberg Chair of social justice in reporting, accused the university of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Big Bear bald eagle Jackie, one-half of the beloved avian pair featured in a longtime nest livestream, was rescued over the weekend after going missing from the aerie for several days, according to the wildlife nonprofit behind the cam.

The injured eagle was seen on the ground near Dana Point Park in the nearby community of ...Read more

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Pinellas County has led the charge against insider trading in Congress, pushing for a bill that would prevent members from trading stocks.

But a new Wall Street Journal report cites an anonymous source who says that Luna is under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates political ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Big Bear bald eagle Jackie, one-half of the beloved avian pair featured in a longtime nest livestream, was rescued over the weekend after going missing from the aerie for several days, according to the wildlife nonprofit behind the cam.

The injured eagle was seen on the ground near Dana Point Park in the nearby community of ...Read more

For decades, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was Mexico's most elusive kingpin, perpetually slipping through the fingers of authorities who pursued him across his home state of Sinaloa.

One former U.S. law enforcement official recalled that while other drug lords were escorted by convoys of heavily armed gunmen, Zambada kept a low profile and made ...Read more

Hundreds of thousands of Bostonians live at risk of worsening coastal flooding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) states in a draft report set to be released this week outlining massive projects to defend the city’s waterfront over coming decades.

“More than 40% of our residents now live in areas at risk of coastal flooding, ...Read more

Two more men convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have had their convictions overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Pete Musico and Paul Bellar on Monday had their convictions vacated and their case was sent back to Jackson County for further proceedings. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office plans to...Read more

Updated statewide data shows the total confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Virginia have more than doubled the number of cases identified previously, but the state is still not experiencing an “outbreak,” according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Virginia has 79 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, the illness stemming from a ...Read more

It’s smoking hot in the Boise area — literally.

Part of the Southern Snake Plains was expected to see high temperatures spike above 100 degrees on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Meanwhile, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality alert for 10 Idaho counties, including Ada County, due to ...Read more

A new poll released Monday shows the fate of the proposed constitutional amendment to roll back property taxes on primary homes could be determined by how it’s pitched to voters — and suggests certain arguments could imperil its passage.

The University of North Florida poll found that when voters were told that cities and counties would be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed orders imposing new 50% tariffs on Canada, according to senior White House officials.

The move is Trump's latest escalation of an ongoing trade dispute with the United States' northern neighbor. Officials said the new action comes in response to retaliatory acts by Canada following the...Read more

U.S. forces struck Iranian targets after President Donald Trump vowed Tehran “will pay” for killing three U.S. soldiers, even as mediators proposed a new truce with the Middle East war widening further.

U.S. Central Command said the military began a new wave of strikes around 4 p.m. ET on Monday, the 10th straight day of attacks. “Every ...Read more

Infamous social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate — known for promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny — appeared in Miami federal court on Monday afternoon to face new rape and related sex-trafficking charges brought by British authorities in an extradition request to transfer them to the United Kingdom.

Attorneys for the Tate...Read more

A week ago today, authorities in northeastern Minnesota took the rare step of ordering the closure and evacuation of the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Superior National Forest.

Scores of lightning strikes July 7 had birthed some 16 fires in the dry pine forests across the Arrowhead, and between July 8 and July 12, a ...Read more