BOISE, Idaho — A Canyon County woman with young kids was the victim in a recent alleged attempted murder case. But she didn’t have access to the Idaho Crime Victims Compensation Program, a state resource that can pay for help like counseling, because of her legal status, Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue said.

Instead, the Canyon County ...Read more

A new congressional map drawn by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to create four more Republican-leaning seats, and three of them will be whiter.

Staff for the governor repeatedly said they did not consider race when drawing the map, which legislators approved Wednesday. Officials said they did, however, consider partisan data.

The new ...Read more

CHICAGO — The man accused of fatally shooting a Chicago Police officer and critically wounding his partner concealed a gun through at least one search before he allegedly fired on the officers while inside Endeavor Swedish Hospital over the weekend, prosecutors said Thursday.

Cook County Judge D’Anthony Thedford ordered 26-year-old Alphanso...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There was a swanky dinner in the basement of a Center City sushi restaurant, a parade with Mummers, a secret party with DJ Jazzy Jeff, and hundreds of cheering union members lined up at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philly’s stadium complex.

And it was all, basically, for one person.

Ken Martin, the chair of the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pied-à-terre tax could fall short of the $500 million she’s aiming for — by more than $100 million — New York City Comptroller Mark Levine found in a report released Thursday.

The report said the tax, which would place a surcharge on second homes valued at $5 million or more, could yield between $340 ...Read more

Caroline Kennedy was seen at King Charles and Queen Camilla’s charity event Wednesday in New York City, in a rare sighting following her daughter Tatiana Schlossberg’s death in late 2025.

Multiple sources told People they saw the former U.S. Ambassador, 68, at the King’s Trust Global Gala, which the royals hosted at Christie’s New York,...Read more

Addressing ongoing conflict between himself and the University of Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear warned Thursday that he has seen university presidents’ tenures end “in a very difficult way.”

During a Team Kentucky address on the state of the Commonwealth Thursday, Beshear referenced the fall of the University of Louisville’s 2016 ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Like clockwork, the Missouri House again has endorsed a plan to adopt daylight saving time year-round.

Debating an issue for at least the 10th year in a row, the House approved legislation Tuesday that would end the practice of Missourians having to change their clocks twice a year by making daylight saving time ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota officials are seeing a massive spike in new reports of fraud in social services programs, overwhelming the ability of investigators to handle all the cases.

That’s led state authorities to farm out more cases to federal investigators, and delayed their ability to identify and shut down credible allegations of ...Read more

The federal government is deferring more Medicaid funding to Minnesota days after the FBI raided autism and child care sites across the Twin Cities amid ongoing probes into social services fraud.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said on X that his agency told Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday that it�...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two more tornadoes, including one that traveled more than 36 miles, touched down earlier this week as storms raced across the Kansas City region, the National Weather Service said in survey results released Wednesday.

That brings the total number of confirmed tornadoes from the severe weather that moved through the region ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports even as oil prices hit a wartime high amid concerns the vital Strait of Hormuz would not reopen anytime soon.

“Their economy is crashing, the blockade is incredible,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Their economy is a disaster. So ...Read more

Thermos is recalling more than 8 million of its insulated food jars and beverage bottles because gas expansion within the containers can force a lid stopper to pop explosively.

The April 30 recall includes 5.8 million Stainless King food jars and about 2.3 million Sportsman food and beverage bottles.

From the recall notice, the company writes:...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dropped Casey Means’ nomination for surgeon general and named radiologist and Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier for the role after Means struggled to clinch the support to advance her nomination.

Saphier is an associate professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She is the ...Read more

Federal authorities have charged a minor in connection with the hoax active-shooter calls that led to widespread panic at Villanova University and a number of other institutions in August.

The juvenile suspect, whose name was withheld due to their age, was a self-identified member of the online group “Purgatory,” U.S. Attorney David Metcalf...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump focused on other matters this week as House Republicans struggled to pass measures related to surveillance powers, agricultural policy and immigration enforcement funding, with former officials saying the president’s own priorities are likely to increasingly draw him away from the legislative grind.

The ...Read more

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the giant snake’s favorite prey.

The initiative comes from biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove of the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Key Largo, South Florida.

The researchers attach tracking devices to ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A group of transgender Idaho residents filed a lawsuit over a new law that bars people from using restrooms or changing rooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges the state’s new bathroom ban violates the constitutional rights of transgender people and puts their safety ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the U.S. prosecution of a sitting Mexican governor and other officials on drug trafficking charges as “political,” and said Thursday that Mexico would not comply with Washington’s demands that the accused be arrested and extradited to the United States.

“We are not ...Read more