Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal fireworks in the islands

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty

A New York man has been sentenced to 25 years to life for fatally stabbing an emergency worker in 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new nearly $115 billion state budget into law

State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people in the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history that uncovered nearly $15 million in false claims

President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis

No state may have more to lose than Georgia as Republicans in Congress look to gut federal subsidies that aid both the solar and electric vehicle industries

A Milwaukee police officer has died after being shot while responding to a call about a person with a weapon

Officials say six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport

A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies

A poll shows only 36% of Democrats say theyre extremely or very proud to be American, reflecting a dramatic decline in national pride that's also clear among young people

A hearing in Pennsylvania will determine if several witnesses will have to testify at a former criminal justice student's trial on charges he stabbed to death four college students in Idaho in 2022

Zohran Mamdani is the expected Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.

McLaren driver Lando Norris wins Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix

The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride is reaching its rainbow-laden crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world host major parades and marches

The winning numbers in Saturday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 04-35-43-52-62, Powerball: 12

Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States

Park officials say a 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark.

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed Alligator Alcatraz is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants

Authorities in Kansas say a deputy who responded to a call about fireworks died after being shot by a man who was then killed by the fatally wounded deputy

The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 18-21-29-42-50, Mega Ball: 2, Megaplier:

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to attend the funeral of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman on Saturday

Child safety advocates are warning about the dangers of heatstroke from leaving kids in hot cars

More than four years after a Florida condominium collapse killed 98 people, federal investigators have yet to make a final determination of the cause

Fireworks are as American as apple pie

A T-shirt worn by Beyonc during a Juneteenth performance on her Cowboy Carter tour has caused a wave of criticism for the Houston-born pop star

Zohran Mamdanis mayoral campaign has piqued the interest of South Asians and Muslims in New York City and beyond

NFL coach Jim Harbaugh has been added to a lawsuit against the University of Michigan and a former assistant football coach who is accused of hacking into the computer accounts of college athletes to look for intimate photos

Thousands of motorists have been stranded in West Virginia after a mudslide sent water and debris onto highway

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bipartisan budget that boosts pay for first responders and increases spending on social services

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation that provides public funding to renovate Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks

Louisiana authorities have captured one of two remaining fugitives who escaped from the New Orleans jail six weeks ago

A newly filed class action lawsuit in New Hampshire seeks to block changes to an out-of-court settlement fund for victims of child abuse at the state's youth detention center

A federal appeals court is staying a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with dismantling the U.S. Institute of Peace

A California Energy Commission official is recommending a pause on Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to penalize oil companies if their profits climb too high

Democratic efforts in the Senate to prevent President Donald Trump from further escalating with Iran have fallen short

A federal judge has struck down another of President Donald Trumps executive orders targeting law firms

A tech industry trade group has sued Arkansas over two new law placing limits on content on social media platforms

An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene has reopened to the public

A settlement has been reached in the civil lawsuit alleging negligence in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie Rust

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda

A key inflation gauge moved higher in May in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated while Americans cut back on their spending

Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas face sentencing on Friday

A federal judge will sentence a Colorado funeral home owner for cheating customers and fraud after he stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a room temperature building

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous Blue Screen of Death at some point in their computing life

A federal judge is blocking Georgia's law requiring age verification for social media accounts

Japan has executed a man who was convicted of murder after killing and dismembering nine people

A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center