The prospect of a deal between the U.S. and Iran appeared to be gaining traction on Tuesday, after Qatar said a proposal had been drafted and American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sounded hopeful on an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil reversed earlier gains, and U.S. government bonds rallied, on optimism that mediators will be ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vandals have been damaging — or outright stealing — license plate-reading cameras in numerous Minnesota cities of late, including one that was swiped from atop a 10-foot-tall pole in Faribault, officials said.

Flock cameras have ignited a privacy debate and faced pushback from officials and vigilantes in the Twin Cities and ...Read more

The global energy crisis triggered by two wars is set to worsen, as Ukraine pummels Russia’s refining industry and Iranian attacks continue on Middle Eastern oil production and refining. Further, the nature of the destruction and the growing number of fronts and warring parties involved may herald a new era of extended vulnerability for ...Read more

The text arrived shortly after James Comey Jr. posted a photograph of seashells he said he had found on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast.

“I have held my tongue for a long time,” the writer, an estranged acquaintance, wrote Comey’s wife, Patrice.

But the photo of the seashells arranged to read “86 47” had compelled the acquaintance ...Read more

After investigators ruled 31-year-old high school counselor and coach Kelsey Harris’ death a suicide in 2021, her mother, Kellee, said she was not convinced the inquiry had answered the most important questions.

About a week before Kelsey died, police had arrested her boyfriend on a strangulation charge after Kelsey reported he attacked her, ...Read more

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid.

The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars’ worth of benefits.

That...Read more

A 41-year-old man from El Salvador who was detained at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement confirmed Monday evening hours after his family and a member of Congress spoke out about the incident.

Delaney Hall, a privately operated detention center under contract with ICE, has ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is asking a federal appeals court for a redo on the President’s House, saying the court’s June ruling that allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to swap the exhibit at the historic site limited the ability of courts to restrain the executive branch.

The city is seeking a new hearing in front of the ...Read more

Officials at High Desert State Prison tried to cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a 24-year-old inmate who was fatally beaten by guards last year, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges.

Malik Avila died Nov. 22 at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, after being airlifted from the Indian Springs correctional facility on Nov. 4, ...Read more

BOSTON — Hyde Park was left reeling Monday after investigators said someone walked into a restaurant there and “started shooting up the place,” leaving one dead and four others injured in the latest act of violence rocking Boston.

The mass shooting occurred just after midnight at Little Haiti International Cuisine, a creole restaurant ...Read more

Sen. Thom Tillis has agreed to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general after a weekend of publicly sparring with President Donald Trump.

Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, and Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, had refused to confirm Blanche out of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary until the White House and Blanche agreed to ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early voting began across Alaska on Monday ahead of the Aug. 18 primary election, but not without hiccups.

In Anchorage, a popular early voting location was moved from the Division of Elections office on Gambell Street to a storefront in the Midtown Mall.

But the mall only opens at 10 a.m., leaving 8 a.m. voters driving ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts is setting out to lower health care costs with steps like investing more state resources in primary care, supporting nursing recruitment, and standardizing out-of-network service rates Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday.

“We know that healthcare costs are burdening people, families, employers, budgets at the state, ...Read more

State lawmakers are spending a rare three-day special session on congressional redistricting even as Maryland families struggle with rising utility bills, housing costs, and grocery prices, prompting critics to argue pocketbook issues could have been added to the agenda.

But Maryland Democratic leaders say constitutional deadlines left them ...Read more