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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the state’s lead method and will have a team of riflemen ready to go by the time ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told Axios he will not lift a naval blockade of Iran’s ports until he secures a deal with Tehran to address the country’s nuclear program, extending a standoff over the Strait of ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD — Hours after a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled a Louisiana voting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon announced Wednesday that a state constitutional ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s portrait will be added to a special edition U.S. passport that the State Department is rolling out to commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this summer.

An ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a predawn social media post Wednesday as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress in a stormy hearing that the monthlong war has been a huge success and has cost taxpayers $25 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday afternoon on a measure to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool for three years — a day before its statutory authority is set to expire — after ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — D4vd allegedly used a chainsaw to dismember the body of a teenager he was sexually abusing, then amputated two of her fingers to destroy a tattoo linking him to the girl, according to a court document made ...Read more

A coalition of Maryland environmental groups is asking a Baltimore County judge to strike down or overhaul a state stormwater permit they say is too weak to curb industrial pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.

Five ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey made his initial court appearance Wednesday in response to federal criminal charges for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump’s life in a social media post.

Comey ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Democratic-led Michigan Senate approved bills Wednesday that aimed to rein in technology companies' interactions with children, while some Republicans said the measures didn't go far enough.

The so-...Read more

Scott Peterson’s latest attempt to present evidence his legal team claims would prove he didn’t kill his wife and unborn son has been rejected by a Bay Area judge.

In an order handed down Monday, San Mateo County ...Read more

Five small dams failed during the widespread flooding in northern Michigan this month and five others with the ability to cause major downstream damage were on the verge of failure, Michigan's dam safety supervisor told a ...Read more

A 53-year-old San Diego man pleaded guilty Tuesday to impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent as part of an effort to disrupt deportations, according to authorities.

Jaime Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez, who authorities said ...Read more

Alaska lawmakers voted Wednesday to send a public pension bill to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, calling it the culmination of years of effort to restore guaranteed income in retirement for Alaska’s teachers, public ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two emerging leaders on Capitol Hill are teaming up for a bipartisan push to keep Chinese cars and trucks out of the United States.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Republican U.S. Sen. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jacqueline Falk, daughter of the late “Columbo” star Peter Falk, died Monday by suicide, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. She was 60.

Jackie Falk died at her Los ...Read more

DENVER — National Democrats will visit Denver next week as the race to host the party’s next presidential convention heats up.

During the three-day site visit, which begins Tuesday, Denver bid leaders will showcase ...Read more

DENVER — A pair of bills that would have changed rules around marijuana and THC-infused drinks in Colorado died this week after the sponsors yanked them ahead of their first votes.

The bills were withdrawn ahead of ...Read more

The murder case against Nick Reiner will not proceed until September.

The 32 year old was charged with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 70, after they were found stabbed ...Read more

Sir Stephen Fry is suing the organisers of a tech conference where he fell off the stage for $100,000 in damages.

The 68-year-old broadcaster was giving the keynote speech at the CogX convention at London's O2 Arena in ...Read more