YNW Melly must remain in jail before retrial, judge orders
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida rapper YNW Melly must remain behind bars until his double murder retrial, a has judge ordered.
In a March motion, Melly, whose legal name is Jamell Demons, had sought release for the ...Read more
Democrats were prepared to pass new voter ID requirements in Pennsylvania. Then Republicans hit the brakes
HARRISBURG, Pa. — After years of opposing such a measure, Pennsylvania Democrats on Tuesday were poised to allow a vote in the state House on a bill that, if passed, would create new ID requirements to vote in the state ...Read more
Trump's freebie Qatar jet is the stuff of nightmares in spyworld
WASHINGTON — Qatar’s offer of a luxury Boeing 747 to President Donald Trump has set off alarm bells within the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic community, where gifts from foreign powers have long been viewed with ...Read more
Md. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks urges Trump to reinstate Carla Hayden to Library of Congress
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Maryland Democrat, is urging President Donald Trump to reinstate former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden — five days after Trump abruptly fired the longtime Baltimore resident.
In a ...Read more
Bill to keep intellectually disabled people off death row signed into law in Georgia
ATLANTA — With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia.
House Bill 123, which passed both ...Read more
Judge overturns Michigan's 24-hour waiting period, informed consent abortion laws
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday ruled that state laws that mandate a 24-hour waiting period and informed consent before a pregnancy can be terminated violate the state's constitutional right ...Read more
Christopher 'Kit' Bond, former Missouri governor, US senator, dies at 86
Christopher “Kit” Bond, a former Missouri governor and U.S. senator who, over 24 years, changed the face of Kansas City, died Tuesday in his native St. Louis at age 86 .
A Republican who was served two terms as ...Read more
Maryland's Reed Rubinstein confirmed as State Department adviser in Trump administration
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Reed D. Rubinstein of Maryland as the State Department’s senior adviser.
Rubinstein was confirmed in a party-line vote, 52-46. No Democrats supported his nomination. Sens. Cory ...Read more
Harvard expands lawsuit against US as Trump funding feud deepens
Harvard University expanded its lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal funds, ratcheting up the high-stakes legal battle between the wealthiest U.S. university and the ...Read more
Appeals court skeptical True the Vote's voter challenges were not intimidation
ATLANTA — An appellate court seemed skeptical that a district court judge considered whether True the Vote was trying to intimidate voters with mass challenges following Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
A three-...Read more
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Schumer blocks Trump DOJ appointees over $400 million plane gift from Qatar
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday put a hold on President Donald Trump’s Justice Department appointees over the gift of a $400 ...Read more
Trump administration turns to Elon Musk's Boring Co. for advice on Baltimore tunnel project
Looking to cut costs on Amtrak’s project to replace an aging West Baltimore tunnel, rail officials under the Trump administration have been talking with Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring Co.
The talks surround...Read more
Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testifies at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial, details horrific beatings, 'freakoff' sex performances
NEW YORK — Casandra “Cassie” Ventura took the stand as the star witness at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial in New York Tuesday, relaying horrific beatings she endured by the multimillionaire ...Read more
Halle Berry switches dresses after Cannes rule change
Halle Berry made a last-minute change to her plans after the Cannes Film Festival amended its dress code.
The Oscar-winning actress originally planned to wear a Gaurav Gupta-designed dress on the opening night of the ...Read more
Cassie Ventura 'felt confused' by Diddy's freak-offs
Cassie Ventura felt "confused and nervous" when Sean 'Diddy' Combs asked her to be involved in one of his so-called freak-offs.
The 38-year-old singer dated the record producer between 2007 and 2018, and she's admitted to...Read more
Kesha: I thought Tik Tok was too dumb to release
Kesha thought 'Tik Tok' was "too dumb" to release.
The 38-year-old pop star released the hit single back in August 2009, and Kesha has now confessed to being astonished by the song's success.
Asked if she knew 'Tik Tok' ...Read more
Family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett settles wrongful-death lawsuit
The family of whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against Boeing that blames the company for Barnett’s suicide in March 2024.
U.S. District Judge Bruce Hendricks dismissed the ...Read more
Former Kentucky state Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson to run as Democrat to replace Barr in Congress
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former Lexington state representative Cherlynn Stevenson is running to flip the 6th Congressional District from red to blue in 2026, she announced Tuesday.
Stevenson said that she believes the seat is ...Read more
Biden appeared 'catatonic,' didn't recognize Clooney before ending campaign, book says
Weeks before George Clooney called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, the seemingly “catatonic” commander-in-chief failed to recognize the actor, who he’s known for years.
Jake Tapper and ...Read more
How a funding pause and renewed controversies could tank California's ethnic studies mandate
LOS ANGELES — California became a national pioneer four years ago by passing a law to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. But only months before the policy is to take effect, Gov. Gavin Newsom is ...Read more
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