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Trying to tackle huge problems facing Connecticut, the state legislature made progress in 2025 with improvements on power prices, affordable housing, and making child care affordable for many families.

While lawmakers ...Read more

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sat down with the Lexington Herald-Leader last week to discuss several topics, including the death penalty, collaboration with law enforcement and the lawsuits his office has filed...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was an invitation that lingerie model Amber Karis Bassick couldn’t refuse — a sun-filled hotel stay on the Spanish isle of Ibiza, paid for by her new friend Adva Lavie, a men’s magazine centerfold ...Read more

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his inaugural state visit to the world’s No. 2 economy, just as tensions simmer between Beijing and Tokyo.

Lee will become the first ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon embark on his final year in office, as he termed out in 2026 and cannot run again for governor. He said he will then announce his decision whether to run for president, as expected. But before ...Read more

A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government’s push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who ...Read more

Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory.

Now, with back-to-back rainstorms bearing ...Read more

Guinea’s military leader Mamadi Doumbouya won a widely expected victory in Dec. 28 elections from which several opposition figures were barred from running.

Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, secured 86.7% of ...Read more

Over the weekend, a viral video produced by a right-wing influencer leveled explosive allegations about Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program — charges that once again put the state in the national spotlight, ...Read more

Those wanting to add some protein to their favorite dish this New Year’s Day should double-check their labels after food safety officials warned that products from an Idaho meat distributor could cause food poisoning.

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Whether weighing accusations of fraud and corruption, tackling the rancorous divide between the Trump administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom, or exposing problems that plague the legal system, federal courts in California ...Read more

Elected Democrats in New Hampshire are slamming reports of plans by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to open a new detainee processing facility at a vacant warehouse in Merrimack, with room to house an estimated ...Read more

The United Arab Emirates said it will withdraw forces from Yemen following a flare-up in tensions with Gulf ally Saudi Arabia over military operations in the conflict-hit country.

“In light of recent developments and ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s unusual decision to reveal a covert U.S. strike against what he said was a drug-trafficking facility in Venezuela marked a new escalation in his pressure campaign against the regime of Nicolás ...Read more

Discovery Channel reality star Chad Ollinger told police he killed his cellmate because he just “knew” the man was a pedophile, despite lacking any evidence to support the claim, authorities said.

Ollinger, 41, was ...Read more

Newly elected Maryland House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk announced a revamped leadership team and committee structure for the House of Delegates, elevating several women and lawmakers of color, reshuffling key committee ...Read more

Idaho is set to receive over $900 million in federal money over the next five years to improve the state’s provision of healthcare in rural areas, Gov. Brad Little’s office announced. The funds were allocated as part ...Read more