TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in Paterson, the state’s third-largest city, soon after […]
Aaron Hernandez’s brother pleads guilty to threatening a shooting at UConn
HARTFORD, Conn. — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Dennis Hernandez, the troubled brother of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to carry out […]
Arizona governor urges the state to stop collecting abortion data, citing patient privacy
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for legislators to repeal the state law that requires an annual abortion report, saying that it infringes on patients’ privacy, which echoes other Democratic […]
A list of mass killings in the United States this year
The latest mass killing in the United States was discovered Tuesday when five family members, including three children, were found dead inside a home in Utah after a relative became […]
Rudy Giuliani ordered to appear at contempt hearing in January over failure to give up assets
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear in court in early January to face claims that he should be held in contempt […]
After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells
ATLANTA — Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his crops. “I’d be out of business,” said […]
The Latest: Jeffries says GOP ‘will now own any harm’ from shutdown
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate two days before […]
Researcher: North Korea can produce ballistic missiles for Russia to use against Ukraine in months
UNITED NATIONS — North Korea demonstrated this year that it could produce ballistic missiles and supply them to Russia for use against Ukraine in a matter of months, the head […]
A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race
RALEIGH, N.C. — A trailing candidate in a very close election for the North Carolina Supreme Court asked that court on Wednesday to step in and prevent election officials from […]
Jay-Z’s lawyers challenge rapper’s inclusion in rape lawsuit after accuser’s TV interview
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted […]