Puerto Ricoโs two biggest parties hold primaries as governor seeks 2nd term and voters demand change
The future of Puerto Ricoโs political status and its fragile economy are at the center of fiery debates as the islandโs two biggest political parties hold contentious gubernatorial primaries.
Unusual mix of possible candidates line up for Chicago's first school board elections this fall
The nationโs third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper.
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long, arduous journey to secure voting rights that were denied for several more decades.
Louisiana law that could limit filming of police hampers key tool for racial justice, attorneys say
Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment.
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week from the same Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history that he had a part in.
Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his job
When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned his own staff by pausing an investigation into former President Donald Trump that appeared to be hurtling toward an indictment.
At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy
At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt.
New Jersey attorney general blames shore town for having too few police on boardwalk during melee
New Jerseyโs attorney general is blaming a Jersey Shore town for not having enough police officers patrolling its boardwalk over the Memorial Day weekend, when the force was overwhelmed and the city temporarily closed the walkway.
Air National Guard unit that was suspended after classified documents leak will restart mission
The Air National Guard intelligence unit involved in the massive classified documents leak by an airman last year has been recertified and will start doing its mission again after months of investigations, improvements and inspections.
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
The Latest | Following Trump's conviction in hush money case, he is set to hold news conference
A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will address the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light.
Emotions expected to run high during sentencing of woman in case of missing mom Jennifer Dulos
Family and friends of Jennifer Dulos are expected to offer emotional testimony as her late husband's former girlfriend is sentenced in Connecticut after being convicted of helping to plan and cover up her killing.
Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say
A new federal regulation protecting the rights of transgender students has prompted lawsuits from Republican states that say it would require them to allow transgender athletes to compete on school teams.
Bruhat Soma rides an unbeaten streak to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title, winning tiebreaker
Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory.
TELL US: Will the Trump guilty verdict change your vote for president in the upcoming election?
The jury in former President Donald Trumpโs New York hush money trial has resumed deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
Jury has reached a verdict in Donald Trumpโs hush money trial in New York
The jury in former President Donald Trumpโs New York hush money trial has resumed deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold.
Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban
A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fallโs ballot has cleared the Ohio House, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate.
The Latest | Jury in Trump's criminal trial to rehear key witness testimony as deliberations resume
Jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial are set to enter a second day as jurors navigate the weighty task of evaluating the former president's guilt and innocence alongside the facts of the case.
Jurors in Trump's hush money trial zero in on testimony of key witnesses as deliberations resume
The jury in Donald Trumpโs hush money trial is to resume deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
Massachusetts fugitive dubbed the 'bad breath rapist' captured in California after 16 years at large
Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the โbad breath rapistโ has been arrested in the San Francisco Bay Area more than 16 years after he fled following a conviction for sexually assaulting a coworker in Massachusetts.
Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?
For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could change in part thanks to new resources that Melinda French Gates has pledged in recent weeks.