Court rules against Republican lawmaker in lawsuit over censure for post about transgender athlete
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal court has ruled against a Republican lawmaker from Maine who sued the state’s Democratic House speaker after being censured for a social media post about a transgender athlete. Rep. Laurel Libby
For some, the Florida State University shooting is a grim repeat of the Parkland massacre
She didn’t see the gunman or hear the shots but knew what was happening. As a young man carried out a deadly shooting Thursday at Florida State University, Stephanie Horowitz looked out at the sprawling campus and
Colorado man gets life in prison for killing his wife after posing as ex-boyfriend and stalking her
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the murder of his wife after stalking her while posing as an ex-boyfriend. The mandatory sentence came
Boston Marathon and city insist all are welcome. But some runners say politics will keep them home
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon and Mayor Michelle Wu insisted on Friday that international runners and other foreign visitors remain welcome in the city and said there is no evidence that travel for this year’s race
FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University, sending students fleeing from the student union and putting the Tallahassee, Florida, campus under lockdown.
Indiana takes a first — and long — shot at acquiring parts of Illinois
Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely. Indiana’s Legislature this week gave final approval to a bill that would create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission to
Deliberations begin at bribery trial of Nadine Menendez, wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberating on Friday in the bribery case brought against Nadine Menendez after a prosecutor told a jury that she was a “critical participant” in a five-year fraud with her husband,
Trump to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to make one of the controversial personnel changes laid out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term. He plans to reclassify 50,000 federal employees under what’s
Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory
A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. The covid.gov website shows a
IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days after being promoted to acting IRS commissioner, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is out again, according to three people familiar with the decision. Gary Shapley, who
