Laws banning semi-automatic weapons and library censorship to take effect in Illinois - The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With the calendar-page turn to 2024 on Monday comes 320 new state laws that Illinois residents will need to naviga...

Sen. John Fetterman opens up about his mental health struggles - NBC News

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in candid remarks about his struggles with depression that he feared seeking treatment would be the end o...

Judge blocks Iowa school book ban, restrictions on gender identity education - MSNBC

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Iowa from enforcing a law that bans library books that depict sex acts and bars public school teac...

Maine Secretary of State says home 'swatted' after Trump removed from ballot - POLITICO

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has condemned the swatting and threats she is experiencing. | Robert F. Bukaty/AP Maine Secreta...

Trump expected to challenge removal of name from states’ primary ballots - The Guardian US

Donald Trump is reportedly expected to file legal challenges early next week to rulings in Maine and Colorado knocking him off primary ball...

San Antonio PD looking for 2 people in connection with murders of pregnant teen and her boyfriend - KTRK-TV

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Savanah Nicole Soto, a pregnant teenager who disappeared before she was scheduled to be induced, and her boyfriend ...

Powerful video shows mighty wave striking Ventura, injuring 8 - Los Angeles Times

Despite high-surf warnings along California’s coastline, eight people in Ventura were injured Thursday when they were struck by a massive r...

Texas police release surveillance video after pregnant teen and boyfriend killed - The Guardian US

Texas police have released surveillance footage they hope will lead to answers in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman and her boy...

Blinken Meets With Mexico's President to Slow Border Crossings - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other U.S. officials met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador t...

Monster storm dumps foot of snow in heartland, takes aim at Northeast: Latest forecast - ABC News

Areas of South Dakota and Colorado had more than a foot of snowfall into Wednesday morning, with Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas not far behind...

California lawmakers finally tackle reparations. Will $68 billion budget deficit get in the way? - Sacramento Bee

[unable to retrieve full-text content] California lawmakers finally tackle reparations. Will $68 billion budget deficit get in the way?   ...

Police investigate Christmas Day swatting call made on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home - CNN

CNN  —  Authorities are investigating a Christmas Day swatting call at Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s residence in Rome, Georgi...

California police seeking suspect in hit and run that killed 2 - NBC News

ANTIOCH, Calif. — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers on ...

Trump asks appeals court to toss election interference case, arguing that he's immune - NPR

Enlarge this image Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. In a brief filed Saturd...

Gavin Newsom blasts effort to block Trump from California ballot: 'We defeat candidates at the polls' - Fox News

Gov. Gavin Newsom critized fellow Democrats for considering blocking former president Donald Trump from California's 2024 presidential ...

Facing ‘troubling times,’ a Maui cultural practitioner finds reasons for hope in Lahaina - Hawaii News Now

LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian cultural practitioner Keeaumoku Kapu stood in front of his cultural center, Na Aikane O Maui, on Front ...