ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A wildfire that roared to life Monday in the Interior Alaska community of Tok has damaged or destroyed at least 20 structures, officials say.

Josh Christianson and Brittany Ward lost their home and everything but the clothes on their backs to the fire, friend Shannon Pratt said. Ward and their 1-year-old were at home when ...Read more

The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis.

The new numbers reflect a steep decline in refugee admissions since President Donald Trump began his second term, according to a new analysis of State Department data by ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jurors on Tuesday were shown photos of Tupac Shakur’s body and the casings of rounds apparently fired at him during the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the hip-hop icon’s killing.

Nearly 30 years after the September 1996 shooting at Flamingo Road and Koval Lane near the Strip, Duane Davis, 63, is on trial. No one was...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has chosen White House policy aide Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration, according to a person familiar with the matter, after a turbulent year at the agency marked by high-profile staff exits and industry complaints.

Overton is a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at ...Read more

President Donald Trump is pressuring longtime American ally South Korea over trade and security while, once again, making public overtures to Kim Jong Un.

On Sunday, Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual military drills with South Korea, branding them “inappropriate” for his “good friend” in North Korea, while slamming Seoul ...Read more

Forensic psychologist Paul Zeizel testified Tuesday about the first time he met Lindsay Clancy at the hospital after she killed her children, then tried to kill herself.

She wasn’t intubated, but she was connected to medical equipment by tubes and wires, he said. A handcuff held her to the bed, but she couldn’t move anything below her waist...Read more

State Rep. Angie Nixon notched a stunning upset win in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate over retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman.

The Associated Press called the race for Nixon just after 8 p.m. EDT, when polls closed in the Panhandle. Nixon had 55% of the vote to Vindman’s 45%. She will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in November...Read more

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