China says Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a 2-day state visit this week amid closer ties over Ukraine war

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading after U.S. stock indexes were little changed

An Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to prison

A crowded Maryland Democratic primary is drawing national attention

A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes in Arizona has taken a significant step forward with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council

A lawsuit filed by six members of a University of Wyoming sorority who are challenging the admission of a transgender woman into their local chapter will be argued in an appeals court Tuesday

Voters across Maryland and West Virginia will decide key primary elections with big implications in the fight for the Senate majority this fall

In the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor, incumbent Brandon Scott is facing off against former mayor Sheila Dixon

Rep. Carol Miller is seeking to secure the Republican nomination for West Virginias 1st Congressional District against one of her most vocal opponents

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers

A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country

Arizonas highest court has given the states attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban

The Los Angeles County Probation Department says it has put 66 of its officers on administrative leave in the past five months for alleged offenses including excessive force, sexual abuse and drug possession

The Nebraska Republican Party has refused to endorse all five Republican congressional incumbents in Tuesday's primary election

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Kyiv to reaffirm American support for Ukraine in its war with Russia

A New Mexico judge has put on hold a new mandate that requires school districts across the state to adopt calendars that consist of at least 180 days

Prosecutors say a 21-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022

The California Assembly has approved legislation that would require new gas stoves to carry a label warning users about pollutants that have been linked to respiratory illnesses

Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin suspended 6 months, placed in player assistance program an hour before playoff game

Demolition crews in Baltimore have set off explosives to push broken pieces of a bridge away from the grounded Dali container ship

One of California's most influential agricultural companies has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop a contentious law that was meant to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize

More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last month have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failing to disperse

A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii is asking a judge to award plaintiffs a range of about $225,000 to about $1.25 million each in damages

The United States is calling on Iran to halt its transfer of an unprecedented amount of weaponry to Yemens Houthi rebels, enabling its fighters to attack ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere

Oregon's justice department has concluded that criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor investigation that shook the state's alcohol agency last year

The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin prison four years ago

Environmental officials in the nations No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reused of oil-industry fracking water

Investigators continue to search for the boater who fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach and fled without stopping, while friends and family members mourn her loss

U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said Monday that Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hos...

Authorities say the Albuquerque Police Department is now in full compliance with reforms ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice, paving the way for the end of nine years of court oversight

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is planning a trip to Tennessee next month to speak out against the neighboring state's sweeping abortion ban

President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a national security risk.

Plans have been unveiled for a permanent memorial honoring the 10 Black victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket

Former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban says a pro-union advertisement that features his past comments was done without his permission

One of the lead attorneys in a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA says settlement talks are progressing well

Civil rights groups are accusing one Iowa countys sheriffs department of mishandling the collection of jail fees

Over jeers of shame shouted from the gallery, New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation to overhaul the states open public records law

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender peoples use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings

Baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz has been honored by the New York Legislature for his prolific career and philanthropic work

OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model

Federal investigators have secured a third guilty plea in connection with an investigation into U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, who is accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico

Crews have begun demolition of section of collapsed Baltimore bridge from bow of ship that rammed the span in March

Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June

Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot

A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year has pleaded guilty to damaging government property

A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway had been holding a woman against her will inside the cab of his truck

Judge Judy Sheindlin has sued the parent company of InTouch Weekly and the National Enquirer over what she says are false stories about her speaking out on the Menendez brothers murder case

Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Crews are on track to conduct a controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

General Motors troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board