WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Except for the stained-glass windows, much of the inside of Temple Israel is now unrecognizable.

Flooring that was once inside the large West Bloomfield synagogue has been removed, revealing the building's concrete foundation. The seats inside the sanctuary are gone, too. And pipes usually hidden in the ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to downgrade the drug classification for medical cannabis will help medical marijuana businesses. Companies will be able to claim some federal tax benefits. New research can start up at state universities.

But the broader divide between federal and state marijuana policy remains largely intact,...Read more

Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa.

Nationally there have been 1,983 measles cases this year, nearly the 2,288 total for all of 2025, which in itself was the worst year since ...Read more

In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held.

An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside the jail,...Read more

On April 10, 2025, several hours after finishing a hike in Sedona, Arizona, Jan Anderson started repeating herself.

"Did we hike this morning?" she asked.

"Yes, we hiked," said her husband, Steve Francks. "And you did really well."

But 15 seconds later, she asked the same question: "Did we hike today?"

Anderson, 65, a retired finance ...Read more

CHICAGO — When David Bippes recently brought his parents to see a small plot of land tucked between a raised railway track and a row of homes in Englewood, he was hoping to show them his latest community project.

Bippes, an Eagle Scout whose passion for community gardens began with a high school service project in Missouri, now helps lead ...Read more

For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes used PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and common in competitive racing just about everywhere.

Then studies began finding PFAS in human bodies, and research...Read more

Haiti still does not have a date for its first general elections in a decade. But the process is already mired in controversy, raising the prospect of a new electoral crisis.

On Wednesday, the country’s Provisional Electoral Council issued a document barring its executive director, Uder Antoine, from entering the premises in Pétion-Ville. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are threatening to block an extension of a controversial spy powers law if the White House refuses to withdraw its appointment of Bill Pulte as the acting director of National Intelligence.

Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee and a key vote on the extension, warned Majority Leader...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House debate over Rep. Rashida Tlaib's resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Lebanon devolved into personal attacks Wednesday night, with an Ohio Republican lawmaker accusing the Michigan Democrat of "advocating for terrorists on a daily basis" and advocating for "butchers" — a reference to the militant group Hezbollah....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing two sex assault cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs that stem from allegations made by a Florida music producer last year, law enforcement officials and the alleged victim said Wednesday.

Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s ...Read more

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire if Hezbollah also agrees to stop hostilities, according to a joint statement from both countries and the United States.

The deal is contingent on “a complete cessation” of fire from Iran-backed Hezbollah, the statement said, adding that the group must evacuate all operatives from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rebecca Grossman and former major leaguer Scott Erickson are to blame for the deaths of two young brothers who were struck by Grossman’s SUV in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a jury decided Wednesday.

Grossman, 62, is already serving 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder for fatally striking ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge has determined that individual Alaskans can’t sue the state over ongoing delays in processing applications for federal food assistance, in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curtailed aid recipients’ legal recourse when program rules are violated.

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon ...Read more

A controversial citizens’ initiative in Shasta County, California, that would dramatically reshape local elections — by requiring ballots to be hand-counted, in apparent violation of state law, among other changes — was on track to be approved, according to early results from Tuesday night’s election.

Ballots were still being tallied, ...Read more

Sipping freshly desalinated water from the Pacific Ocean, water managers from Nevada, Arizona and California ushered in what could become a game-changing agreement for the drought-stricken American West.

Because San Diego has excess water available in its larger portfolio of supply, Nevada and Arizona officials are exploring how their states �...Read more

NEW YORK — Crime across the Big Apple has hit historic lows, with record reductions in murders, shooting incidents and shooting victims, according to the NYPD.

Major crime across the city declined 10.6% across the five boroughs — and more than 6% in the city’s subways — in May, according to the latest Police Department figures.

Year ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted to halt the U.S. war with Iran, breaking with President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that is taking an escalating economic toll on Americans.

The 215-208 vote Wednesday showed worries over the war spreading in the president’s own party five months before congressional elections. ...Read more

It’s that time of year again — spotted lanternflies have made a comeback across Maryland and most of the eastern U.S.

Spotted lanternflies typically hatch in late April and early May, meaning juveniles of the species are popping up around the state. The Maryland Department of Agriculture predicted in March that Baltimore City and central ...Read more