WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, […]
Georgia school voucher list makes more than 400,000 students eligible
ATLANTA — Two months of recalculating made little difference in a list of Georgia’s lowest performing schools, meaning more than 400,000 students will have a chance to apply for $6,500 […]
Wisconsin Republicans propose $10K income tax break for hurricane and wildfire relocations
MADISON, Wis. — People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizeable tax break to move to Wisconsin. Republican legislators in the Dairy State […]
White House says Elon Musk is Trump’s adviser and not the DOGE administrator
The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency team sweeping through federal agencies, but rather a senior adviser to President Donald […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will face judge who will decide whether to dismiss his criminal case
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will face the federal judge on Wednesday who will decide whether to grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss corruption charges […]
New York’s ethics watchdog ruled constitutional by state’s top court
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top court on Tuesday affirmed the constitutionality of an ethics watchdog created three years ago to stem public corruption, rejecting arguments from former Gov. Andrew […]
Prosecutors say there’s no evidence so far that torture and killing of missing man was a hate crime
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — Investigators have not yet found evidence that the torture and killing of a transgender man whose body was discarded in an upstate New York field was a […]
Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings is due in a Maryland court
BALTIMORE — The leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians that is linked to six killings in three states is due in a Maryland courtroom Tuesday along with […]
Massive fire at Pennsylvania aerospace manufacturer prompts shelter-in-place order
JENKINTOWN, Pa. — Schools were closed and residents were ordered to shelter-in-place Tuesday after a large fire broke out at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility in a town north of Philadelphia, […]
Ex-Watergate prosecutor urges judge to reject request to drop charges against NYC mayor
NEW YORK — A former Watergate prosecutor on Monday urged a federal judge presiding over the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to assign a special counsel to […]