NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he is unsure whether he’ll attend Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration on New Year’s Day, saying he’s hesitant to do so because the mayor-elect’s “nasty” supporters might use the opportunity to make a scene.

To skip out on the swearing-in would be a break in tradition, with outgoing mayors ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted Thursday to strengthen the city’s separation ordinance, which prohibits city workers from helping enforce federal immigration laws.

Council Member Jason Chavez said the recent influx of federal agents into Minneapolis has been “disheartening” and in addition to targeting ...Read more

Alaska's U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan were among four Republicans who joined the chamber's Democrats to vote in favor of a measure that would have extended health insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans, including thousands in Alaska.

Still, the bill failed to reach the 60-vote threshold to pass amid opposition from most...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to extend the closure of the recreational red abalone fishery for another decade, keeping the ban in place until April 2036.

The fishery has been closed since 2018, when the commission shut it down in response to a dramatic population decline along Northern California...Read more

If all politics is local, in the case of one North Carolina Senate race, it’s both state and national, too.

North Carolina’s longtime Republican Senate leader Phil Berger is being challenged in a primary election by Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

Both men have praised Trump, but Trump chose to endorse Berger on Wednesday night, even ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Health insurance premiums for Obamacare-inspired policies are about to double for Californians, as hope Congress will come to the rescue got a big setback Thursday

COVID-era credits for people with Affordable Care Act marketplace health care policies will expire at the end of this month. That’s likely to mean an increase ...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice sued Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday to demand that she release the state’s full voter registration list without any redactions.

The lawsuit follows months of demands from the federal law enforcement agency for voter and election data and other information about Colorado’s and ...Read more

President Donald Trump professed his admiration of miners Tuesday night at his Poconos rally, contending the brave workers are so enamored of their profession that Trump wouldn’t be able to convince them to swap jobs with anyone — including himself.

“I love miners ... They wouldn’t trade jobs with me if I gave them a beautiful, ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s White House claims that “Democrats allowed a $1+ billion heist to take place” in Minnesota, a figure the administration is using to justify his recent targeting of Somali migrants in Minnesota. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trumpasserted that “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars,” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hollywood has a rich history of personal vendettas, political discord and uncertain loyalties shaping the industry.

It just usually doesn’t involve the U.S. president.

President Donald Trump’s declaration that he will involve himself in the proposed sale of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has thrust an already tumultuous battle ...Read more

CHICAGO — A month before his scheduled retrial on bribery charges, state Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution deal that will leave him with no conviction as long as he admits to certain illegal conduct and pays a fine.

The agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office was announced at a hearing Thursday before U.S...Read more

There’s a new, bipartisan congressional effort underway to support senior legal hotlines.

Led by Reps. Derek Tran, D-Orange, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, the bill establishes a competitive grant program to ensure hotlines are appropriately staffed with trained attorneys and paralegals, can provide older adults with support services,...Read more

NEW YORK — With just three weeks left in office, Mayor Eric Adams is filling slots on the city’s independent police watchdog board with members seen as being more supportive of cops — slotting in a retired NYPD inspector on Thursday after putting in a new interim chair earlier this week.

Together, the appointments to the Civilian ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Artificial intelligence systems designed to physically imitate natural brains can simulate human brain activity before being trained, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University.

“The work that we’re doing brings AI closer to human thinking,” said Mick Bonner, who teaches cognitive science at Hopkins. “What I ...Read more

The United States on Thursday unveiled a new round of sanctions aimed at tightening pressure on Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, targeting three nephews of First Lady Cilia Flores, a network of foreign business partners and a cluster of overseas shipping companies that U.S. officials say have helped move sanctioned Venezuelan oil through ...Read more

NEW YORK — The police officer overseeing the Pennsylvania arrest of Luigi Mangione testified that his officers did not need a warrant to search a backpack that allegedly ties him to the murder of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive.

Lt. William Hanelly of the Altoona Police Department said Thursday that officers properly arrested Mangione ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Street gangs from across Stockton will engage in truce talks Friday night in the wake of November’s deadly mass shooting, brokered by a group formed after the Uvalde, Texas, mass school shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead three years ago.

The Texas-based Youth Peace & Justice Foundation is gathering the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Republicans have unilaterally blocked about $8.3 million in spending aimed at helping residents of Flint deal with the long-term fallout of the drinking water crisis, as the GOP leader, Speaker Matt Hall, said the emergency in the city is over.

In 2024, state lawmakers continued to set aside money annually to ...Read more

DENVER — Pueblo County School District 70 has reinstated a substitute teacher after suspending him indefinitely in September over a Facebook post he made about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

District officials placed Chris Sutton on what’s called “inactive” status on Sept. 16 after receiving complaints about a social ...Read more