August 4, 2024, 6:00am Latest News
When a federal fund for crime victims’ services was running low on cash several years ago, lawmakers thought they had come up with a financial fix. Read story
August 4, 2024, 5:42am Nation & World
Lawmakers across the country have considered legislation this year that would allow courts or parole boards to reevaluate a person’s long prison sentence and decide whether they can be safely released into society. Read story
August 3, 2024, 6:03am Politics
Over the last month, much has changed about the 2024 presidential election in the United States. Read story
August 3, 2024, 5:52am Politics
Kamala Harris is planning an aggressive blitz of battleground states next week once she names her vice presidential running mate, a sign that Democrats hope to widen the electoral map against former President Trump. Read story
August 2, 2024, 5:21pm Politics
Michigan’s Paul Whelan set his feet on U.S. soil for the first time in more than 5½ years Thursday night after a flight carrying him and two other Americans landed here shortly after 11:40 p.m. Read story
August 2, 2024, 3:53pm Latest News
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, has requested the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a root cause analysis of its oversight of aviation manufacturers, according to an announcement from Cantwell’s office. Read story
August 2, 2024, 3:45pm Nation & World
The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Joe Biden made good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by… Read story
August 2, 2024, 3:45pm Nation & World
The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. Read story