Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday on social media that Aug. 3 has “no legal impact” on his options if a Kentucky U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant this year.

His statement comes amid rampant online speculation that Aug. 3 marks the deadline for holding a special election to complete the term of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been absent since his ...Read more

A father-son duo accused of abducting two federal wildlife biologists in a remote part of Northern California pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court in Sacramento to charges of kidnapping, assault and weapons violations.

Joseph Henrichsen, 49, and Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, were arrested July 17 after authorities said they held two women at ...Read more

California filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration Monday — one to block President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs on international trading partners, the other to block his administration from sharing needy families' personal data with immigration officials.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, whose office brought the lawsuits...Read more

When will the Las Vegas Valley feel some relief from above-average temperatures? It won’t be this week.

On Monday, the National Weather Service issued an extension of its extreme heat warning through Saturday. The warning was originally issued on July 30 to last Sunday, but has been extended twice.

The forecasted high on Monday is 113 ...Read more

Cyclospora cases in Missouri have nearly doubled for the second consecutive week, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The gastrointestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite that’s caused havoc on thousands of people’s stomachs nationwide, with the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention Control ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Just as Senate GOP leaders plan to begin moving several big-ticket items ahead of a planned August recess, President Donald Trump will head out west for a Los Angeles-area fundraiser and an economic speech in Las Vegas.

Trump is set to return to Washington, D.C., Wednesday night — when the chamber could be a few votes away from...Read more

Convicted political assassin Vance Boelter was back in a Minnesota courtroom Monday on the state’s charges against him, asking a judge if Sen. Amy Klobuchar would be brought in to testify in his case.

Boelter made a first appearance in Hennepin County District Court in the shootings that killed DFL state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Around 2,000 people have filed for an exemption to the NYC pied-à-terre tax — and 4,800 more have at least started the process amid the new levy’s controversial rollout, City Hall said Monday.

The city sent roughly 17,000 homeowners letters to warn them they may be subject to the new tax, which puts a surcharge on pricey ...Read more

Virginia legislators urged Gov. Abigail Spanberger to call the General Assembly into a special session to address the Department of Environmental Quality’s Groundwater Supply report released in July.

In a joint letter sent last week by Sens. Russet Perry, D-Leesburg, and Richard Stuart, R-Montross, the legislators referred to the report’s ...Read more

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Monday publicized a letter from the Department of Justice that says the department has not investigated her for allegations involving insider trading in prediction markets.

Luna has for weeks strenuously denied a July Wall Street Journal report in which an unnamed source alleged that Luna said she shared insider ...Read more

Gov. Andy Beshear joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over access to personal information and data of people who receive low-income assistance.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Washington, D.C., challenges a new regulation from taking affect that would allow the federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump will travel to Los Angeles on Tuesday and Las Vegas on Wednesday as part of a two-day West Coast trip aimed at highlighting his administration's economic record ahead of the midterm elections, a White House official confirmed.

In Los Angeles, Trump is scheduled to attend a Republican National Committee dinner at ...Read more

A prominent Mexican drug cartel figure has been arrested in connection to the death of a 23-year-old influencer who dated his son.

Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala was taken into custody last week for his alleged involvement in the death of beauty Valeria Marquez. The purported gangster known as �...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday defended his push for free buses in wake of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair Janno Lieber’s allegation that the mayor’s rhetoric has played a role in increased fare evasion in NYC.

Mamdani campaigned on a promise of making the city’s bus system free for all riders — even though the ...Read more

Iran suggested negotiations with Oman to get more ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, but President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration after calling off what he said was a major attack on the Islamic Republic.

Oil fell on Monday, with Brent crude down about 4.6% to just over $83 a barrel, after Iran’s ...Read more

BOSTON — Five people were shot in Hyde Park just after midnight Monday, and police report one victim has died.

The shooting was reported in the area of 1184 Hyde Park Ave., and police said that upon arrival they discovered the five gunshot victims. They were all taken to the hospital, where one has died. That address is home to the Little ...Read more

MIAMI — With thousands of Haitians in South Florida facing uncertainty after losing their work authorizations last week, activists are renewing their calls to Miami’s elected officials to rescind the city’s immigration enforcement agreement with ICE.

On Monday, about a dozen organizers gathered outside City Hall to call on Mayor Eileen ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In his first court appearance to answer to state murder charges, convicted political assassin Vance Boelter made the bizarre request that Sen. Amy Klobuchar be compelled to testify in his case.

At the Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis on Monday, Boelter asked several questions of Hennepin County Judge Juan Hoyos, ...Read more

SEATTLE — More than a dozen major wildfires continue to burn across Washington, with many of them growing fast over the weekend.

They’ve destroyed hundreds of homes and continue to imperil many more as they chew through the state’s landscape and communities. Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. Many still have no power.

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Three large wildfires raced through neighborhoods in and around Spokane, Washington, the weekend of Aug. 1, 2026, destroying at least 600 homes and other structures and threatening many more. Tens of thousands of people, including patients at the Veterans Affairs medical center, were forced to evacuate as crews from across Washington and ...Read more