LOS ANGELES — A substitute teacher at Beverly Hills High School announced Tuesday morning that she's suing the school district that fired her, alleging her First Amendment rights were violated when she was terminated for writing Facebook posts criticizing President Donald Trump.

In November 2024, Joanie Garratt started a monthlong substitute-...Read more

AFTON, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday attempted to end the debate over whether to mine copper and nickel on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A new executive order bars new leasing of state minerals there and throws up roadblocks for existing leaseholders.

“As far as my administration is concerned, the fight for ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A recent federal court ruling may make it easier for Idahoans to buy gun silencers, short-barreled rifles and other weapons — but Idaho gun rights advocates say it’s too soon to tell what the ruling will mean in practice.

The ruling invalidates parts of the National Firearms Act. Previously, people seeking to buy silencers,...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — In a brief hearing at the Payette County Courthouse on Tuesday, an Idaho mother denied killing her 18-month-old twins and had what could be a monthlong murder trial scheduled for January 2027.

Appearing in an orange and white jumpsuit, 23-year-old Andrea Renee Shaw pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of first-degree murder,...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that there were no talks ongoing with Iran, leaving the simmering conflict in the Middle East and control of the Strait of Hormuz stuck in limbo.

The memorandum of understanding that the U.S. and Iran signed in June in an effort to buy time to negotiate a lasting peace deal — as ...Read more

NEW YORK — City Council members fumed at the Mamdani administration’s absence from a hearing on the city’s rollout of the pied-à-terre tax on Tuesday, where City Hall was accused of putting a “scarlet letter” on homeowners facing the extra surcharge.

Kamillah Hanks, who represents the North Shore of Staten Island, called the Mamdani ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday dramatically restricting data center development in Pennsylvania, marking a major shift from his initial embrace of the increasingly unpopular projects.

Shapiro, a first-term Democrat running for reelection and rumored 2028 presidential contender, had been an ...Read more

AFTON, Minn. — For a decade, presidential administrations have traded the prospect of a copper-nickel mine on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness like a hot potato: One administration blocks it, the next finds a way to resurrect it.

On Tuesday, Gov. Tim Walz made clear that for now, the future of the Twin Metals mine ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Forty years ago, North Carolina’s coastal fisheries were nearly overflowing with local species like the Atlantic croaker, spot and weakfish.

But today, experts say the once-abundant coastal waters are nearly empty, after decades of overfishing led to a staggering decline in local fish populations.

That decline is due in ...Read more

Sen. Rand Paul said he doesn’t understand why people are demanding Sen. Mitch McConnell to release more details about his health condition as he continues his recovery.

McConnell, 84, was discharged from a rehabilitation center Aug. 6 after being hospitalized June 14. McConnell said in an Aug. 6 statement he will continue physical therapy ...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan's regents are expected to appoint the university's second female president in its history at a special board meeting in two weeks, hoping to cap a turbulent year for the university while presenting Raver with major challenges to tackle.

Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver was announced Tuesday as...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was urged Tuesday to block construction of President Trump’s huge new ballroom until Congress weighs in. A decision, perhaps only temporary, is likely by Friday.

Acting on his own, Trump had the East Wing of the White House torn down in October and ordered work to start on a massive new building that would ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — From the day of his arrest on murder charges, Anthony Alonzo maintained that he was being booked for “some s— I didn’t even do,” according to court records.

While perhaps unpolished, Alonzo’s protestations of innocence now appear to have been justified. On Monday, the Alameda County District Attorney’s office ...Read more

Scammers are using the death of a beloved California bald eagle for a get-rich-quick scheme involving sales of bogus merchandise benefiting the raptor center where she died.

Jackie, who gained worldwide fame from a bald eagle cam on her nest at Big Bear Lake, died Aug. 10 at the Ojai Raptor Center, where she had been taken to recover after ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man arrested for attacking multiple people during Shabbat service at Midtown’s Central synagogue is now facing federal hate-crime charges, officials said Tuesday.

Larry Montes, 46, was charged with two counts of committing hate crimes and one count of damage to religious property resulting in bodily injury for Friday’s attack...Read more

The Trump administration on Tuesday advanced a formal proposal to rescind a decades-old rule that protects more than 44 million acres of national forestland from road construction and timber harvesting, including about 4.4 million acres in California.

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule is a 2001 bipartisan measure that established lasting ...Read more

Invasive carp reached just 80 miles from Lake Michigan on the Illinois River last week, marking the closest the fish have gotten to the Great Lake as work was halted on a state-federal project meant to stop the voracious fish from moving farther upstream.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources workers removed several hundred small silver carp...Read more