RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced indictments against 18 North Carolina residents on charges of illegally voting as noncitizens in the 2024 election.

The news comes just five days before Election Day and two weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 10 other individuals on illegal voting charges.

“If you ...Read more

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday declined to say whether he supports the NYPD’s use of stingray devices that track cellphones — even as the department utilizes them and is moving forward with a procurement process to operate more.

The Mamdani administration no longer plans to enter into a no-bid contract with a controversial Israeli ...Read more

Maryland’s Congressional delegation on Wednesday pressed the Trump administration for answers and action on the cleanup of spilled jet fuel from Joint Base Andrews that contaminated Piscataway Creek in Prince George’s County earlier this year.

“After more than seven months, the Air Force has failed to fully contain the fuel spill, as ...Read more

DENVER — The man who killed a woman and injured more than a dozen other people in a firebombing on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall last year pleaded guilty to federal crimes Thursday in a deal that allowed him to escape the death penalty.

Mohamed Soliman, 46, is already serving a life prison sentence after pleading guilty to more than 100 state...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson announced a new leadership team ahead of the 2027 legislative session, naming Sen. Brian Feldman majority leader and promoting several Black lawmakers to senior leadership and committee posts.

A statement from Ferguson office said, “Understanding the need for overarching leadership and ...Read more

A federal judge ruled Thursday in favor of Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a group of 22 other Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over changes to Medicaid eligibility for people with severe illnesses.

In June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced changes to how states ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Soon after a federal judge in Los Angeles sharply rejected a Trump administration effort to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it alleged may be noncitizens, the U.S. Justice Department appealed — leaving attorneys on both sides preparing Thursday for yet another court battle.

That was despite the lower court judge ...Read more

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy’s attorneys haven’t backed down from their post-mistrial fight to have the charges that she murdered her three children be dismissed.

Clancy is charged with murdering her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Prosecutors say that she strangled them with exercise bands in the basement of their ...Read more

Rashel Mereness was on vacation when this week's record-breaking king tide relentlessly streamed water onto the Redondo Beach International Boardwalk and into her bar, so she called staff to gauge just how bad the flooding was. While on the phone Wednesday morning, one staffer watched a city trash can float by.

"I don't think anybody expected ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to three North Carolina counties on Tuesday as part of a massive expansion of the longstanding practice across the country.

Alamance, Wake and Mecklenburg — three of the largest counties in the state — will all receive DOJ monitors on Election Day, the State Board...Read more

Daylight saving time is ending Sunday at 2 a.m., giving trick-or-treaters extra time to recover from their sugar rush as the clocks “fall back” one hour to 1 a.m.

Here’s what to know.

What is daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time was implemented to harness more hours of sunlight in the evening during warmer months, according to the...Read more

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday reiterated his opposition to a per-employee corporate tax in Chicago, as Mayor Brandon Johnson again proposes one as part of his latest city budget pitch.

“I do not think that is a great way to provide revenue for the city, and here’s why: it sends a signal. It’s just the most direct signal to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington ordered the federal government Thursday to provide more information about letters it has sent to several states demanding they set aside ballots of alleged noncitizens during next week’s elections.

The ruling from Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia would ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City’s public schools lost 187,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade in over a decade, according to a new report by the city comptroller — while enrollment is projected to keep falling.

Thursday’s report analyzed K-12 enrollment declines between the 2013-14 to 2025-26 school years, finding a 19% decrease ...Read more

DENVER — As damage assessments continue across southwest Colorado, Archuleta County officials have confirmed more than 500 homes were impacted by flooding and dozens of stranded residents were rescued.

Of the 595 miles of roadway in Archuleta County, roughly 150 miles are impassable, Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners Chair Warren...Read more

NASA’s hopes for a 2028 moonshot to return humans to the lunar surface has pushed the agency to make changes, including spiking original orbital plans and delaying a full version of the astronauts’ new spacesuits.

The details were revealed during an Artemis program update last week. While Artemis III, a low-Earth orbit mission, remains on ...Read more

MIAMI — Next week, Florida voters will decide on a ballot measure that, if approved, would introduce sweeping changes to property taxes.

Amendment 3’s impact on properties with homestead exemptions — which are their owners’ primary residences — has occupied the spotlight. If passed, Amendment 3 would exempt the first $150,000 of a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES —Soon after a federal judge in Los Angeles sharply rejected a Trump administration effort to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it alleged may be noncitizens, the U.S. Justice Department announced it will appeal — leaving attorneys on both sides preparing Thursday for yet another court battle.

That was despite the lower...Read more

MIAMI — Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade County strongly support the U.S. government’s hardest push in decades to bring down the regime in Havana, but oppose the Trump administration’s immigration agenda when it affects Cubans living in South Florida, according to a new poll conducted by Florida International University.

The poll lands a few...Read more