No felony charges related to far-right activist Jake Lang's Minneapolis confrontation, county attorney says
MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Tuesday that her office will not file felony riot charges ... Read More
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The 'true story' of NASA spaceship's broken toilet, from astronaut Christina Koch
Remember when the toilet on NASA’s manned, moon-bound rocket ship malfunctioned this spring?
Well, the astronauts who were there do. NC State students got the full, behind-the-scenes story on Tuesday from mission ...Read more
LA takes aim at phenibut, an unregulated 'gas station drug' that is growing in popularity
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is looking to regulate another "gas station drug" on commercial shelves.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the L.A. City Council instructed the City Attorney to draft new regulations for phenibut, a...Read more
Harry Styles reveals shower ritual helping him wash away 'godlike' stage status
Harry Styles has revealed how he "washes off" his superstar stage persona after performing.
The 32-year-old singer opened up about separating the global pop star seen by thousands of fans from his private self in a new ...Read more
Glenn Close defends Kim Kardashian after All's Fair acting backlash
Glenn Close has leapt to the defense of Kim Kardashian over criticism of her acting in All's Fair.
Describing her co-star and friend as a "KIND, funny, steady, smart powerhouse of a woman and mother", the 79-year-old ...Read more
Dame Maggie Smith left £16million fortune to her two sons
Dame Maggie Smith left a fortune of almost £16 million to her two actor sons following her death.
Newly published probate records reveal how the Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star divided her estate after the double ...Read more
Dolly Parton 'hospitalised days before death'
Dolly Parton is said to have been hospitalised with kidney and autoimmune issues five days before her death aged 80.
The country music icon was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, ...Read more
Child marriage is legal in California. Lawmakers consider latest attempt to ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —A bill to ban marriage under the age of 18 awaits a vote on the California Assembly floor after passing the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Currently, California, Mississippi and New Mexico ...Read more
Utah explores nuclear reactors small enough to fit in shipping containers
The state of Utah is looking for places to site 1-megawatt nuclear reactors small enough to fit inside standard 20-foot shipping containers.
The state’s Office of Energy Development signed an agreement with Houston-...Read more
Ban on utility donations plan poised for Michigan ballot despite House vote
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House on Tuesday attempted to intercept an initiative petition that would bar state-regulated corporations from making political contributions before the proposal made it to the November ...Read more
Illinois leaders anxious about Supreme Court ruling allowing Trump to push mail-in voting restrictions
Illinois’ Democratic leaders expressed trepidation Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with plans that could severely limit mail-in voting, raising warnings that it could ...Read more
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says 2026 budget gap to be closed with debt refinancing
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a spate of short-term fixes Tuesday, including debt restructuring, to close this year’s budget gap.
Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Johnson said he would fill most of a ...Read more
Kennedy Center may need to be demolished if not renovated, Trump's Justice Department argues
The Justice Department's latest salvo in the battle over the future of the Kennedy Center claims President Trump's "efforts and prestige provide the sole hope for the Center's financial survival, and structural renewal," ...Read more
Prosecutors' docs argue against Lindsay Clancy postpartum psychosis claim
Jurors heard from two of the prosecution’s expert witnesses Tuesday as Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial nears its end.
Clancy killed her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, eight months, then tried to ...Read more
Canada retaliates in rapidly escalating US trade war
WASHINGTON — Canada retaliated against the United States in an intensifying trade war Tuesday by announcing steep new tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of American goods at the core of the U.S. economy, a sharp ...Read more
NC Republicans promised to expand voting access. Here's what the data shows
RALEIGH, N.C. — After his party took control over North Carolina’s election boards last year for the first time in nearly a decade, Republican Dallas Woodhouse made a promise: that the 2026 election would feature more ...Read more
NY judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's habeas corpus bid
NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s self-represented Hail Mary bid to get out of prison, finding the “rambling petition” brought by Jeffrey Epstein’s madame meritless.
The ...Read more
California AG Bonta open to Warner Bros. settlement talks if Paramount 'stops playing games'
California Attorney General Rob Bonta made it clear Tuesday he holds the power to extract major concessions in the battle over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
A day after canceling settlement talks, Bonta said...Read more
Wind-driven wildfire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities now say a wind-whipped wildfire that erupted last week on the west side of Tok destroyed nearly four dozen homes.
The tally of 44 homes burned down more than doubles an early count of ...Read more
Iran, Oman push talks for 'interim' reopening of Hormuz
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi discussed an “interim framework” aimed at resuming shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a joint statement carried by the ...Read more
Dolly Parton appreciation: The-one-of-a-kind music legend, dead at 80, forged a path like no other
The not-so-well-kept secret to Dolly Parton’s success wasn’t just that she was a first-rate singer, songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur, pop-culture dynamo and champion of literacy and education. Rather, it was ...Read more
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