Georgia Republican Herschel Walker says his U.S. Senate campaign raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022. That's a big haul, but still dwarfed by the $13.6 million that Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock raised in the quarter. Walker is the GOP front-runner, but the former fo…
An Arizona Supreme Court decision means victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of America. The court refused to overturn lower court rulings that found a 2019 law creating a one-time window for victims to sue is constitutional. Big Br…
Federal prosecutors say the man accused of shooting at a Louisville mayoral candidate had visited the politician’s home the day before the attack, but left after the gun he brought with him jammed. Prosecutors allege that 22-year-old Quintez Brown then went to Craig Greenberg's campaign head…
Rapper Bankroll Freddie is in an Arkansas jail after his arrest on drug and weapons charges. The 27-year-old performer, known offstage as Freddie Demarus Gladney of Conway, Arkansas, was arrested Thursday during a traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 55 in Marion, Arkansas, almost 20 mile…
Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge. The reductions come even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades. The payments to low-income indi…
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed conservative Republicans’ proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and a GOP proposal aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries. Neither measure vetoed Friday cl…
Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away. His efforts, revealed in text messages obtained by the House panel inv…
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed conservative Republicans’ proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and a GOP proposal aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries. Neither measure vetoed Friday cl…
Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away. His efforts, revealed in text messages obtained by the House panel inv…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended a massive civilian parade in the capital, Pyongyang, celebrating a milestone birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather in which thousands marched in a choreographed display of loyalty to the Kim family. State media reports Saturday didn’…
Employees at two Verizon stores north of Seattle in Everett and Lynnwood have won their union election, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York. The Daily Herald reports the near-unanimous victory Friday represents the latest in a growing labor movem…
Prosecutors asked the Arizona Supreme Court to call off a hearing scheduled by a lower-court judge to determine the mental fitness of a prisoner to be executed in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years. They told the state’s highest court that the May …
Sen. Lisa Murkowski continues to have a substantial cash advantage over her opponent backed by former President Donald Trump. A filing with the Federal Election Commission shows the Republican Murkowski brought in more than $1.5 million in the three-month period ending March 31. Murkowski en…
California top health official says the state has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite a rise in coronavirus cases. The spike is primarily due to a new highly transmissible omicron variant. Health Secretary Mark Ghaly says the most populous state has seen a much slo…
Maricopa County leaders may appoint one of three Republicans running to replace former County Attorney Allister Adel to temporarily fill her post. But first, the Board of Supervisors wants all three to interview for the interim position. They also said Friday that they want the candidates to…
Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and researchers from around the United States express an urgent need for climate action and pollution cleanup in poor communities and communities of c…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted Republican-drawn maps for the state Legislature, after initially approving maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The court reversed itself Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court in March said Evers' maps were incorrectly adopted. Friday's decision fro…
A marijuana field worker who shot and killed a Northern California sheriff’s deputy has been convicted of second-degree murder. Juan Carlos Vasquez-Orozco was convicted Friday and could face a life sentence. Prosecutors say Vasquez-Orozco killed El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputy Brian Ishmae…
More than 900 bodies of civilians were discovered in the Kyiv region following the withdrawal of Russian forces. That's according to the regional police chief, who spoke Friday. The jarring numbers emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to ramp up missile attacks on Kyiv in…
Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the world. It is famous for its geothermal attractions, like the Old Faithful geyser. The park’s got a secret, a volcanic secret!
"Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat. The decision ends months of jockeying in a Republican Senate primary where his backing could be pivotal. And it marks a major blow for former state treasurer Josh M…
An appellate court has denied a Tennessee death row inmate’s request to reopen his case after unknown DNA was found. The Tennesseean reports the state Court of Criminal Appeals ruled late Thursday that 71-year-old Oscar Smith didn't provide evidence that he is innocent of the murders of thre…
They say they’re hoping to give people “more actionable” information before they travel. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he won’t participate in debates heading into next month’s Republican primary. Little’s campaign in a news release Friday says the governor's accomplishments in his first term “are non-debatable.” Little has drawn several Republican challengers, including far-right…
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