WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted of non-violent drug crimes, issuing pardons to 11 men and women and commuting the sentences of […]
A look at the Gaza war protests that have emerged on US college campuses
Student protests over Israel’s war with Hamas have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The […]
Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an American who was held hostage by Hamas
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl who was held hostage in Gaza for several weeks at the start of […]
Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A form Pennsylvania voters must complete on the outside of mail-in ballot return envelopes has been redesigned, but that did not prevent some voters from failing to […]
Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a […]
US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack
TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after […]
Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing […]
To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump
WASHINGTON — For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, the necessity of providing Ukraine with weapons and other aid as it fends off Russia’s invasion is […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arizona doctors can give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in […]
With lawsuits in rearview mirror, Disney World government gets back to being boring
ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time in more than a year, the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World’s governing district on Wednesday was back to being what many […]