WINDSOR, Canada — The long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge opened to traffic around 10:30 a.m. Monday, the culmination of eight years of construction and two decades of planning by the Canadian government.

A Detroit News reporter and photographer were among the first 10 vehicles to cross the new 1.5-mile, six-lane Detroit River ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Almost 13 months after he pleaded guilty, Bryan Kohberger claims he’s innocent and says he will fight his conviction for killing four University of Idaho students.

For a New York Times report published Monday, Kohberger provided a statement and interview for the first time since he was sentenced to four consecutive life terms...Read more

NEW YORK — New York students who were abruptly unenrolled from Howard University just weeks before the first day of school will be guaranteed admission to the State University of New York or the City University of New York this fall, Gov. Kathy Hochul was set to announce Monday.

Each student will also receive an $800 credit to help offset ...Read more

The United Kingdom shared its “Stone Cloak” technology capable of jamming Russian air defense systems with Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became the first foreign leader to visit Britain for talks with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Burnham told broadcasters that the meeting aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen ...Read more

DETROIT — A Michigan couple is suing Taco Bell and Taylor Farms after the couple says they contracted cyclosporiasis from eating infected lettuce from the restaurant, which was sourced from Taylor Farms.

Karl and Gina Hercula, of Clinton Township, became ill in July after eating Taco Bell meals containing shredded lettuce in June, according ...Read more

Sen. Mitch McConnell is not yet medically cleared to return to work or leave the rehabilitation facility where he’s receiving care following his fall at home last month, his office shared late Monday morning.

McConnell, who was hospitalized June 14, released a statement that said the 84-year-old Republican Kentucky senator is still recovering...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he decided to pause strikes on Iran to give negotiations another chance, minimizing the prospect of a potential military escalation of the war.

Trump said Monday in an interview with Axios that “very deep talks” are taking place with the Islamic Republic and “if they don’t work out, we will go back to ...Read more

Former FBI Director James Comey Jr. is asking a federal judge to dismiss a federal criminal case accusing him of threatening President Donald Trump, arguing that his Instagram post at the center of the case doesn’t meet the legal definition of a “true threat.”

“While the indictment fails on its face to allege a true threat, the ...Read more

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-third of the world’s fertilizer normally passes, has made clear that access to nutrients for crops remains as strategically important in the 21st century as access to oil.

As an environmental historian, I study how fertilizer transformed the modern world. That history is...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Three people were convicted and sentenced for nearly $5 million worth of Medicaid fraud at Kentucky addiction treatment clinics, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

A Texas businessman, a Kentucky doctor and another Kentucky woman were sentenced to prison for wrongly billing Medicaid and Medicare at multiple Kentucky...Read more

WASHINGTON — John Thune has yet to be branded with a derisive nickname from Donald Trump, but the president and his team have turned up the heat on the Senate majority leader. Yet, GOP sources are banking that the South Dakotan has the support of his caucus.

The latest Republican-on-Republican drama has yet to reach full-blown Washington feud...Read more

The U.S. and Iran maintained a pause in attacks for a third straight day, helping to push down oil prices and boost global stock and bond markets.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who last week threatened to intensify strikes against the Islamic Republic after two weeks of clashes, is instead giving diplomacy “some space,” according to Mike ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran held off on attacks for a third straight night, helping lift global stock and bond markets and push down oil prices.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who last week threatened to intensify strikes against the Islamic Republic, is instead giving diplomacy “some space,” Mike Waltz, Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations,...Read more

During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week on Haiti’s security crisis, Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast repeatedly claimed that giving Haitians in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status had significantly weakened the Haiti National Police and impeded the country’s fight against terrorist gangs.

Mast, the committee’s ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the U.K. on Monday for talks with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with Britain set to offer Kyiv fresh help to breach Russian air defenses.

“The key priorities are air defense, maritime security, and joint defense production,” Zelenskyy said in a social media post on his arrival. “Over ...Read more

With only 100 days until the Nov. 3 general election, it would seem that questions surrounding Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against former state Rep. Harry Benton would be an issue ripe for Republicans looking to make gains in the chamber where they are a superminority.

But ...Read more

Courtney Hamby and her husband spend close to $6,000 per year for their daughter Ellie’s cheer and tumbling classes, competition fees and uniforms.

That doesn’t include their travel expenses for multiple out-of-town competitions, including hotel rooms, gas, meals, and sometimes even flights.

“This should be something that everyone gets ...Read more

The nation’s death rate may have fallen to a historic low last year as many of the killers of young people such as drug overdoses, gun homicides and traffic accidents continued receding in 2025, according to new federal statistics.

States have not shared equally in the success, though, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional data by ...Read more

Police and aid crews responded to a shooting with “multiple” victims Sunday evening at Seattle Center, according to authorities.

A barrage of gunshots could be heard around 6 p.m. at Seattle Center, which was hosting thousands of people for the Bite of Seattle food festival this weekend.

A Seattle Times reporter who was on the south side ...Read more