NORFOLK,Va. — Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order Friday that addresses data center expansion and sets stricter standards.

Executive Order 22 bans state agencies from entering into or requiring non-disclosure agreements for data center projects, creates a new AI task force and directs the state to develop environmental ...Read more

President Donald Trump is making plans to meet Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York as early as next week, a potentially significant encounter after months of rapidly expanding cooperation between Washington and Caracas, according to the Axios news site.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States had reached an agreement with Denmark over Greenland that he said would give the U.S. “permanent control over security” and that addressed U.S. concerns over the territory.

Trump announced the deal on social media Friday, saying that the arrangement was one that addressed “ALL ...Read more

Oil fell for a third straight session amid shifting concerns about Middle East supply, with Saudi Arabia pausing some sales to Europe though traders and analysts saying buffers still hold for now.

The global benchmark edged 0.9% lower to settle near $104 a barrel, cementing a narrow loss for the week. Saudi Aramco is working to partially ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced Friday he intends to ban CNN, MS NOW, Politico and other news outlets from covering the White House, his strongest threat yet against a free press.

In a statement on Truth Social, Trump attacked the reporting of the three outlets which he described as “FAKE NEWS!”

“Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to ...Read more

BOSTON — The Justice Department threw its support behind parental rights as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a Massachusetts child custody battle in which parents say state authorities took custody of their teenage daughter after they refused to allow a medical gender transition.

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko continue a nearly two-year legal battle ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Charges were dismissed Friday against a former doctoral student whose psychotic delusions led him to kill his University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor in 2023, but he will remain in a mental hospital.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour found Tailei Qi, 37, not guilty by reason of insanity after a day...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her “engaged in offensive and inappropriate behavior” with her employees but did not sexually harass or retaliate against anyone, according to a two-page summary of a monthslong internal investigation into her conduct.

In summarizing the report’s findings, St. Paul Human Resources proposes that Her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge suggested a court-appointed “neutral” overseer could allay concerns that the Justice Department might use a long-standing U.S. fund to revive plans to compensate supporters of President Donald Trump as victims of government “weaponization.”

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema made clear during a hearing ...Read more

BOSTON — An attorney who has previously represented President Donald Trump has taken on a new client: the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial, whom the lawyer is describing as an “American Hero and Champion of Justice.”

Attorney Edward Andrew Paltzik confirmed that he is representing the juror, who he says has ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday began watching a new, rapidly organizing area in the Atlantic that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, an area of low pressure several hundred miles southwest of the Azores was producing showers and thunderstorms, ...Read more

The latest excerpt of Charles Spencer’s book about his sister, the late Princess Diana, makes a shocking claim about her reasons for getting a divorce from the future king: She had discovered the existence of a love affair between Charles and his valet.

In this excerpt from “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” published by Daily Mail, the 9th ...Read more

MIAMI — After Colombian magistrate Carlos Horacio Urán Rojas was found dead inside Bogotá’s Palace of Justice in November 1985, military officials told his family that he had been killed in the crossfire as Colombian forces retook the building from M-19 guerrillas.

Years later, evidence emerged that challenged that account. Video and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It looked like another afternoon commute at the bustling intersection of De Soto Avenue and Nordhoff Street on Tuesday when Metro Bus Line 166 crossed into the intersection.

Cars in opposing traffic lanes were stopped. Suddenly, a 2004 Ford Expedition barreled into the intersection from the wrong direction at a high rate of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered the formation of a panel to come up with safety regulations for the state’s artificial intelligence companies, including the development of a possible “kill switch” for AI programs that go rogue.

Newsom issued an executive order to convene “a group of world-leading experts” ...Read more

Fall and winter mark the peak season for common respiratory infections such as COVID-19; respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV; influenza, better known as the flu; and the common cold. These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in...Read more

Dan Driscoll resigned as secretary of the Army on Aug. 31, 2026. His departure leaves the Army without a Senate-confirmed civilian leader six months into the war with Iran, its busiest period since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Driscoll’s resignation was reportedly motivated, at least in part, by his frustration with Defense ...Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested roughly 50,000 immigrants in July and August 2026; almost 80% of those migrants did not have a criminal record. Until the end of the Biden administration, federal authorities did not expect migrants to leave the country while their visa renewal was pending. The Trump administration has changed...Read more

Each Passover, as Jewish families start the Seder meal, a child asks, “Why is this night different from all other nights?”

And each Yom Kippur, as worshippers attend the last prayers of the day, they might well ask: “Why is this closing service different from all other services?”

Throughout the High Holidays, the 10-...Read more