WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Tuesday to rule against a Hawaii law that bars gun possession on private property without the property owner’s consent, as most justices expressed concern the law violated the Second Amendment.

The state passed the law in the wake of a 2022 decision by the Supreme Court in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Days after picking up President Donald Trump’s endorsement, Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow launched her campaign for Senate on Tuesday, setting up a Republican primary battle with Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Letlow joins a crowded GOP race to take on Cassidy, who drew Trump’s ire with his vote to convict the president at his second ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In an interview with The Charlotte Observer this week, Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney called claims in a lawsuit that he was pantless with a woman at town hall “sensational” and said he looks forward to the truth coming out.

Jeffrey Noble, a former IT employee, made the claims in a Jan. 12 lawsuit against the town, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — When his weekly song circle group performed at the Renee Good shooting site Jan. 13 in Minneapolis, Timothy Frantzich got a new lesson on the old folk tunes he had been playing for most of his 62 years.

The veteran Twin Cities folk singer and teacher was especially enlightened when his group of about 40 people more than doubled ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tucked into the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines is a small but significant change to the federal recommendation for alcohol intake — “consume less alcohol for overall better health.”

It’s a departure from the longstanding advice of limiting consumption to one drink a day for women and two for men, and the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County prosecutors dropped witness tampering charges against Jamell YNW Melly Demons, the former rapper accused of the 2018 murders of two childhood friends and fellow artists after a late-night recording session in Fort Lauderdale.

Assistant State Attorney Alixandra Buckelew made the announcement in court ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two off-duty St. Paul police officers have been pulled over by federal agents during an immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the police chief said Tuesday.

The same happened to an off-duty Brooklyn Park police officer who was stopped at gunpoint.

“This isn’t just important because it happened to off-duty police officers,...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday over how far President Donald Trump can go in removing a member of the Federal Reserve Board, in a case that experts said puts on the line the stability of the nation’s economy and balance of power between government branches.

Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a stark message Monday for European leaders: “Stand tall and grow a spine,” he said, as they deal with President Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland.

“It’s time to buck up, it’s time to get serious and stop being complicit,” he told reporters. “It’s time to stand tall ...Read more

President Donald Trump trashed European allies Tuesday and bared leaders’ private text messages as he continues to aggressively pushing for a U.S. takeover of Greenland.

In a series of odd posts, Trump mocked European leaders and doubled down on his demand that they cave to his demands for control of the Arctic island, which is a semi ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — During his first term, President Donald Trump was both praised and condemned for being wildly unpredictable, pushing boundaries and disregarding long-standing norms in Washington.

During the 2024 presidential campaign, then-Vice President Kamala Harris — Trump's opponent — spoke directly to his volatile leadership style in ...Read more

DENVER — Parking lot construction at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument unearthed new fossils last fall, the first discovery at the monument in more than 100 years, according to the National Park Service.

Monument staff discovered the fossils — which likely belong to the Diplodocus, a large, long-necked dinosaur — on Sept. 16 near ...Read more

President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos.

Trump has vowed to unveil details of a sprawling affordability pitch — which has landed Wall ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hours before Speaker Mike Johnson became the first speaker in U.S. history to address the British Parliament, President Donald Trump was criticizing the United Kingdom’s planned ceding of overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, including the island of Diego Garcia.

“We’ve always been able to work through our differences ...Read more

CHICAGO — U.S. Geological Survey officials reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened overnight near Ohlman in central Illinois.

The USGS said the quake happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. about 3 miles northeast of Ohlman, which is about 45 miles southeast of Springfield, and was felt in Sangamon and Christian counties.

As of Tuesday ...Read more

Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He’s just one of four living moonwalkers and the oldest remaining astronaut still making trips around the sun.

Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surfaces as part of the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 as a 39-year-old. He was born ...Read more

ADEN, Yemen — Stuck in Aden airport with an invitation from Saudi Arabia he couldn't — but very much wanted to — refuse, Aidarous al-Zubaidi played for time, nitpicking on points of protocol that delayed the plane's depature from Yemen for a few hours.

The Yemeni leader, who heads a separatist group backed by the Emirates but at ...Read more