FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the execution of convicted killer Dennis Sochor draws near, his victim’s sister is bracing for a reality she has dreaded for 44 years.

“I wish we had her home,” Marilyn Gifford said of her slain sister, Patricia. “I want her back. We want to lay her to rest.”

With his execution date set for Tuesday, time ...Read more

BALTIMORE – The Justice Department’s lawsuit challenging Maryland’s new immigration law has sharpened a growing divide over immigration enforcement, with local sheriffs telling The Baltimore Sun the measure leaves them caught between conflicting state and federal directives, while top Maryland Democrats say it is essential to building ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Funding for Defense Department medical research into traumatic brain injuries has dropped by more than three-quarters in the last three fiscal years, even as the problem continues to plague U.S. servicemembers.

At issue is the Pentagon-funded program to research detection and treatment of TBIs and to understand psychological ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran exchanged fresh strikes overnight into Monday, prolonging a spate of tit-for-tat attacks at a time when the two nations offer conflicting statements over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open to shipping.

The latest wave follows a weekend escalation that saw the U.S. launch one of its heaviest bombardments on Iran since the two...Read more

The United States’ federal investment arm is expanding its reach in the Caribbean, where the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is hoping to soon begin reviewing proposals to boost energy and improve infrastructure such as seaports and airports.

A top official with the federal agency, which helps finance projects in developing...Read more

Andy Burnham, the U.K.’s presumptive next prime minister, is considering unveiling a bolstered budget later this year as allies and experts seek to persuade him to pursue a land tax, public control of utilities and a more ambitious devolution strategy.

Burnham is on course to take over from Keir Starmer on July 20, with little known of the ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran exchanged fresh strikes overnight into Monday, prolonging a spate of tit-for-tat attacks at a time when the two nations offer conflicting statements over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open to shipping.

The latest wave follows a weekend escalation that saw the U.S. launch one of its heaviest bombardments on Iran since the two...Read more

Corruption was once Javier Milei’s strongest card against the Peronist movement that dominated Argentine politics for decades. Now it’s just one of several vulnerabilities that are damaging the libertarian president’s brand and giving wings to the opposition’s comeback plans.

With Milei’s popularity at its lowest level in more than ...Read more

In 1923, the city of Columbus, Ohio, enacted the first known off-street parking requirement for new apartment buildings.

The city’s rules got stricter over time. In 1954, a Columbus apartment building with 100 one-bedroom units had to have at least 100 parking spaces; by 2022, the minimum was 150. For a 2,500-square-foot restaurant, the ...Read more

Buried in North Carolina’s late state budget — now law under the governor’s signature — are two provisions that alter how students are disciplined at public colleges and universities.

One prevents students convicted of assaulting an officer from receiving financial benefits from the state. The other shields disciplinary records that ...Read more

Lucia Vasquez-Gonzalez thought she was doing the right thing when she went to court in March.

Vasquez-Gonzalez migrated to the U.S. in search of a better life but did not have legal permission to live here. In January, she was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery in a confrontation with her roommate, according to court records...Read more

When the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that states can bar biological males from competing in women’s sports, it left unanswered the other side of the question: Can states permit it?

The question is pointed directly at Connecticut or, more particularly, at a case referred to as Soule that has percolated in Connecticut’s federal district ...Read more

By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March, he had been waiting two months to regain access to some of the vital medications he’d been taking since undergoing a heart transplant two years ago.

“He was on a nasty, dirty ground in front of a store,” recalled Sonja Smith, who is enraged...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into allegations that the head of the United Auto Workers pressured another high-ranking union official to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister, according to internal communications within the labor organization.

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the union’s court-...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order declaring a peacetime emergency and authorizing the state National Guard to help respond to wildfires in northern Minnesota.

“Wildfires have broken out in northeastern Minnesota and are putting local communities at risk,” Walz said. “This emergency declaration allows for the mobilization of ...Read more

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ended weeks of speculation about his health with a statement saying he’s on the mend.

The Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14, issued a letter to fellow Kentuckians telling them he has been recovering from a fall, followed by what he termed “a mild case of pneumonia.” ...Read more

Felix White worries his ability to keep working — and avoid a health crisis — could be at risk.

The 62-year-old Montgomery County resident relies on Medicaid to afford the insulin he needs to manage his type 1 diabetes.

Beginning in January, people with Medicaid will be required to provide proof that they are working 80 hours a month, ...Read more

A preliminary examination determined the cause of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death as aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a release from his office early Sunday evening.

The results, from the medical examiner of the District of Columbia, are preliminary, and the death certificate is still ...Read more