Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel said Thursday he won’t seek reelection to Congress next year, the result of congressional redistricting by Republican state legislators this fall that’s likely to shift North Carolina’s delegation to the right. And he said he’ll consider a U.S. Senate bid for an election that would …
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Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was released on personal recognizance bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife. According to a Boston Police Department report, Lucic appeared intoxicated when officers arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday after his wife reported that he tried to choke her. …
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An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was dismissed Tuesday after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice. None of the records Roggensack produced earlier this month shed any light on the impeachment …
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Basdeo Panday, a former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago who was the first person of Indian descent to hold that position, has died. He was 90. Panday died on Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement that his daughter, Mickela Panday, posted on social media. “He passed …
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Several earthquakes shook the far northern coast region of California early Monday but authorities received no reports of harm from the jolts. CALIFORNIA SURFER SUFFERS BITE TO LEG IN REPORTED SHARK ATTACK A magnitude 4.8 quake struck beneath wilderness 33.7 miles south of the city of Eureka at 3:20 a.m., …
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An independent party will review antisemitism policies at the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday, as protests about the war between Israel and Hamas roil college campuses across the country. Hochul, a Democrat, said the review will assess how …
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Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Tuesday downplayed pressure he’s receiving from former President Donald Trump and fellow GOP lawmakers to impeach the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, saying such a vote is “unlikely” to happen. Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who was in her …
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LABELLE, Fla. (AP) — Two endangered Florida panthers have been struck and killed by vehicles, officials said. FLORIDA MOM ALLEGEDLY TRIES TO RUN OVER HIGH SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER DURING STUDENT DROP-OFF, AUTHORITIES SAY A 2-year-old male panther’s remains were found Monday near the Spirit-of-the-Wild Wildlife Management Area in Hendry County, …
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A man convicted of killing a federal agent in Tucson five years ago could face life in prison when he’s sentenced in January, according to authorities. A jury on Monday found Ryan Phillip Schlesinger guilty of second-degree murder in the November 2018 death of Deputy U.S. Marshal Chase White. At …
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Michigan Democrats who have transformed gun laws in the state in the wake of multiple mass school shootings are now making it more difficult for individuals with convictions for misdemeanor domestic violence from gaining access to guns. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Monday that prohibits individuals convicted of a misdemeanor …
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