GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence. […]
North Carolina’s highest court won’t fast-track appeals in governor’s lawsuits
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that challenged new laws that eroded […]
Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says
WASHINGTON — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations […]
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. […]
Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker
SEATTLE — King County prosecutors filed charges Friday against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker and then running […]
Alabama man pleads guilty to detonating makeshift bomb outside state attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general’s office, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert constructed […]
New York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill ‘reversal’
Citing free speech rights, a federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an […]
South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than […]
Justice Department accuses RealPage of violating antitrust laws through scheme to hike rent
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike […]
Expert defends security guards in death of man at Detroit-area mall a decade ago
DETROIT — An expert in the use of force defended the tactics of security guards who restrained a man on the floor of a Detroit-area mall before he died, telling […]