7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1074+ words) They tell SCOTUS that Washington's youth shelter laws, which hide and withhold runaways from parents who object to so-called gender affirming care, are "classic" example of a political majority targeting a minority, as late justice feared. Among the many battles…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (393+ words) A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has rejected Malibu’s bid to wrest ownership rights of hiking trails from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, on the argument the agency has not been adequately managing vegetation along the trails, contributing to…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (405+ words) The federal government has collected $4.8 trillion and spent $6.8 trillion in 2026. Eleven months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has added $2 trillion to the national debt, borrowing $168 billion during August alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The federal government has collected $4.8 trillion…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (545+ words) Counties with the most data centers do have far pricier housing. There is no single "data center effect" on local housing markets, a new report from the National Association of Realtors finds, complicating the pitch that welcoming the facilities is…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (212+ words) As a result of Hochul's pardon, Mariano is no longer deportable. Solicitor General John Sauer agreed Friday that the case in now moot, but he said the Trump administration will seek an "alternative vehicle" to challenge the lower court's ruling....

16+ hour, 10+ min ago   (240+ words) Liu is charged with theft and damage of government property in a case involving 46 altered computers at three Maine border facilities. A Chinese national who worked as a U.S. Customs and Board Protection supervisor in Calais, Maine, was arrested and charged…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (718+ words) Trump counterterrorism chief Seb Gorka blasts Jeh Johnson, Mike Chertoff as "cretins or you know clinical imbeciles." Two Homeland Security chiefs of the past suggested on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacks on America that President Donald Trump's immigration…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (265+ words) Mississippi police officials announced Friday that they have made an arrest in connection to the death of Tasia Fortune, a black woman who was found hanging in a tree in Jackson last month. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney identified the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (363+ words) Of the cases cited, most were suicides. One of the cases being investigated as a homicide, and the person of interest in the case is black. Another case remains under investigation, but none of the cases have identified a non-Black…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (237+ words) The index for gasoline rose 3.9% in August, accounting for over one-third of the monthly, all-items increase. Consumer prices increase at annualized rate of 0.4% in August: Labor Department The index for gasoline rose 3.9% in August, accounting for over one-third of the…...