NEW YORK — An Albany woman was charged Thursday with planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired terror bomb attack on the New York State Capitol.

Jessica Bowie, 35, told confidential federal informants that she wanted to buy bombs and weapons to carry out a terror attack and kill as many lawmakers as possible in support of ISIS.

“I ...Read more

Federal agents served embattled ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell with several search warrants over the weekend, seizing his phone and raiding his Washington, D.C., home, sources told CNN and CBS News.

The FBI took Swalwell’s electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday and then searched his home the following day as part of an ...Read more

A federal investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell appeared to gain steam this week after agents seized his electronic devices and raided his Washington home over the weekend, even briefly holding the former lawmaker at San Francisco International Airport, a person familiar with the inquiry told the Los Angeles Times.

Swalwell, a Democrat ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Less than a week after a federal judge ruled that Idaho cannot enforce state abortion bans in certain physical or mental health-related instances, the Idaho Attorney General’s Office appealed the case to a higher court.

Idaho District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued his decision Aug. 13 in a case brought by Boise maternal-...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Republican lawmakers acknowledged shortcomings in their proposals to eliminate the income tax and raise the bar for amending the state Constitution. Still, they didn’t rule out a second try on either proposal.

Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected Republican-sponsored ballot measures in the Aug. 4 primary, with both ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Most of the people named in a legal action to keep two gangs from associating at the Minnesota State Fair have agreed to stay away voluntarily.

The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and Minnesota Attorney General’s Office filed the legal cases against two primarily Somali gangs. They and law enforcement said it’s an ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Defense attorneys for Karmelo Anthony appeared in a Collin County courtroom Thursday morning to argue that the 19-year-old should receive a new trial.

Anthony was sentenced in June 2026 to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet in April 2025. Judge John Roach, who presided...Read more

DETROIT — The cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands in Michigan over the last two months appears to be slowing, according to data released by the state Department of Health and Human Services.

State data shows that 190 new cases of the parasitic illness were reported this week, down from 735 cases reported last week and the ...Read more

MIAMI — The family of the young boy who alleges he was molested by former Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso hoped to protect his identity.

Living with the alleged assaults would be difficult enough, they reasoned. Having others know about it would make it worse.

That hope fizzled Tuesday.

Shortly after Florida Department of Law ...Read more

BOSTON — A chaplain who visited with Lindsay Clancy in the hospital told jurors Thursday that Duxbury mom reported hearing a voice that urged her to kill her children and herself.

Sheila Cavanaugh, a board certified chaplain at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said that Clancy told her about the voice on Jan. 31, 2023, about a week after ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Former investigators testified Wednesday about contradictory statements the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur made to law enforcement about his involvement in the crime.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is on trial in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that led to the rapper’...Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he’s prepared to expand efforts to buy back costlier debt and that the administration will be unveiling a new fiscal initiative to address the highest borrowing costs in years.

“We are announcing probably at the end of this week, beginning of next week, an increased focus on fiscal consolidation,�...Read more

The last known words spoken by Tupac Shakur were “We’ll take care of it.”

Retired Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer Garry Dale testified that he pressured Shakur to tell him who fired the shots that wounded record producer Marion “Suge” Knight and killed the slain rapper 30 years ago.

“He was still talking, and I was trying to ...Read more

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s July 2026 appointment of Darline Graham to fill the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term – and her subsequent decision to run for the seat – may seem unusual. After all, Darline Graham has no experience in elected office and was virtually unknown outside of the small circle of...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — For the third time, Derek Chauvin has asked Minnesota courts to vacate his conviction for the murder of George Floyd.

Chauvin’s attorney Gregory Joseph filed the petition for postconviction relief on Aug. 18 in Hennepin County. State officials violated Chauvin’s right to due process, Joseph wrote in the petition, adding that...Read more

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet asked Senate leadership to launch committee investigations into the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold funding and close a marquee climate lab in Colorado last year, alleging that the apparent retribution “strikes at the core of our democracy.”

Bennet made the request in a Thursday morning letter to Sen. ...Read more

Ex-fixer Michael Cohen has made nice with President Donald Trump and plans to air an interview this weekend with his former boss turned bitter frenemy on his new radio show.

Cohen, who infamously fell out with Trump in part over the disbarred lawyer’s conviction and imprisonment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, teased excerpts of the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has ruled that a Texas-based oil firm can continue to pump oil through pipelines along the Santa Barbara County coast under an emergency order from the Trump administration. He also transferred much of the regulatory authority over the oil operation to federal officials, stripping the state of its oversight.

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