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After immigration arrests, California lawmakers wonder: Are police telling the feds too much?
Citing fear of authoritarianism and invasive surveillance, California lawmakers voted this week to audit the…
Changes to Native tuition waiver could expand access to higher education for thousands
Starting July 1, a new population of prospective students will be eligible for American Indian…
Powerful Missouri Republican who leads House transportation committee joins wave of retirements
Republican Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced…
Helena city commission scraps immigration resolution, citing legal risk
Exactly two months after Helena officials approved a resolution restricting local police from working with…
Idaho Legislature passes bill to expand prison sex abuse law
A bill that would make it easier for prosecutors to charge prison staff accused of…
Alabama’s Aden Holloway is approved to travel out of state ahead of Sweet 16 game vs. Michigan
Alabama guard Aden Holloway, who was arrested on felony drug charges, was granted permission by…
He suddenly couldn’t speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this…
California and a voting rights group filed legal challenges to stop GOP sheriff’s ballot seizure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic attorney general and a voting rights group launched legal…
Russian man sentenced to 4 years in UK prison for assault witnessed on video by Barron Trump
LONDON (AP) — A Russian man was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for…
School stabbing in Chile leaves 1 dead and 4 injured
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A stabbing at a school in northern Chile killed at least…
Voting rights advocates hail Virginia’s return to multistate voter roll system
Prominent voting rights advocates are applauding a new executive order returning Virginia to a multistate…
After Minnesota scandal, Texas reviewed its child care spending. It found little fraud.
Less than half a percent of federal money spent on child care scholarships in Texas…
FACT FOCUS: Only some driver’s licenses usable for voter registration under the SAVE America Act
As the Senate debates the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, misleading…
G7 meets on the Iran war as Rubio tries to sell US strategy to skeptical allies insulted by Trump
VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries showed divisions over…
FAA investigating close call between a passenger plane and military helicopter in California
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A United Airlines flight came within a few hundred feet of a military helicopter near…
A 14-year-old running for governor is the first teen to get on Vermont’s general election ballot
STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started…
Minnesota to host ‘No Kings’ flagship rally, headlining Springsteen amid tensions over ICE and war
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota will be the flagship of the “No Kings” protest…
Another PlayStation price hike means the gaming console will cost 30% more than it did last year
The price of a PlayStation is going up by another $100, the second time in…
A boat packed with migrants that capsized off Djibouti left at least 9 dead and 45 missing
GENEVA (AP) — A boat packed with migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti on…
Hamas considers a proposal to disarm in Gaza that’s central to the territory’s future
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Hamas militant group is weighing a new proposal for disarming its…
Mongolia’s prime minister resigns following tensions within the ruling party
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia ’s Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav resigned Friday after rising tensions…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro leaves hospital and heads home to serve his 27-year sentence
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in…
Costa Rica to accept 25 ‘third country’ deportees from US every week
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica said Thursday that it would accept 25…
Photos from the Mideast in the 4th week of the Iran war
Photos from the ground as the war on Iran launched by the United States and…