Lawmakers in several states are working to expand medical debt protections for patients, even after the Trump administration reversed course and told states they don’t have authority to take action on credit reporting.

In Alaska and Michigan, legislators are nonetheless advancing bills to keep medical debt off consumer credit reports.

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The U.S. launched a military strike in Nigeria against Islamic State targets, President Donald Trump said, citing what he said was the persecution of the country’s Christian population by the militant group.

In a social media post, Trump said he directed American forces to carry out “a powerful and deadly strike” against ISIS. U.S. Africa...Read more

Coastal communities in Southern California braced for more rain and flash floods even as a powerful Christmas storm began to ease on Thursday evening, with a state of emergency still in place for Los Angeles and neighboring counties.

The potential for flooding will be high through Friday, as more showers and thunderstorms pass through the area,...Read more

A victim of last month’s UPS plane crash in Louisville died Christmas morning, bringing the death toll to 15.

Alain Rodriguez Colina suffered severe injuries in the crash and died Thursday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a social media post.

“May Alain’s memory be a blessing,” Greenberg wrote.

“Let’s pray for these ...Read more

The U.S. launched a military strike in Nigeria against Islamic State targets, President Donald Trump said.

In a social media post, Trump said he directed American forces to carry out “a powerful and deadly strike” against ISIS. U.S. Africa Command said in a subsequent statement that the attack came “at the request of Nigerian authorities�...Read more

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Justice Department counterpart from "sweeping" civil arrests at immigration courthouses across Northern California, teeing up an appellate challenge to one of the Trump administration's most controversial deportation tactics.

"This circumstance ...Read more

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents detonated an explosive device at a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, killing at least five people, police said.

About 35 people were wounded in the blast at the Juma’at mosque, which occurred during prayers late on Wednesday, state police spokesman, Nahum Daso told Lagos-...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Cambodia and Thailand to end violence as the two countries continue talks to end weeks of deadly clashes.

Rubio reiterated President Donald Trump’s desire for peace in a call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, according to a statement from the U.S. on Thursday.

“Secretary Rubio further ...Read more

A bald eagle is recovering after being rescued in Mansfield on Monday after striking power lines, officials said.

In a Facebook post by Connecticut State Police, early Monday morning a bald eagle was seen in the area of Ravine Road and Route 32 in Mansfield, when witnesses say that it flew into power lines and fell straight to the ground.

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Tatum Dale, a longtime campaign manager and former chief of staff to Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr, died Dec. 24.

The Republican congressman who represents the Lexington area in the U.S. House of Representatives and is running to take the seat of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell shared news of her passing Thursday.

In a news release and statement ...Read more

President Trump wished a Merry Christmas to all, including “Radical Left Scum.”

“Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly,” the President posted Wednesday on his Truth Social media platform and Elon Musk’s X.

Some of the President’s ...Read more

A winter storm rocked the Sacramento region on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, bringing high winds, rain and power outages.

Here’s a roundup of what occurred and the weather outlook.

Outages around the Sacramento region

Numerous outages were reported around the greater Sacramento region during the storm.

One outage affected 3,947 PG&...Read more

From their cozy homes in suburban Burlington, children curiously watch their new neighbors through windows and brainstorm nicknames.

Earlier this month, with their distinctive brown fur, big heads, short horns and back hump, a small herd of six American buffalo — the largest land mammals in the country — exited a trailer and took their ...Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement summoned Afghans residing in the U.S. to present their documents during the holiday season, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on migrants from the Asian nation.

ICE is seeking appointments for a “scheduled report check-in,” with one requesting such a meeting on ...Read more

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he had “a very good conversation” with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, with an aim toward ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“We discussed certain substantive details of the ongoing work,” Ukraine’s president said Thursday in a post on X. “There are good ideas that can work toward ...Read more

Immigrant truck drivers have sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles for terminating the commercial driver's licenses of thousands of drivers, alleging that the decision violated their rights and threatened their livelihood.

California's DMV gave a 60-day cancellation notice to 17,000 drivers on Nov. 6 after a federal audit found the ...Read more

Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing higher education as professors adapt to its use, despite fears and hand-wringing that college students are using it as a cheating free-for-all.

As higher education wrestles with unprecedented challenges— including shrinking budgets due to federal cuts and fundamental doubts about its value — ...Read more

Alarmed by “staggering” increases in cryptocurrency scams, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has released an online survey asking users to weigh in on how and why they access cryptocurrency ATMs. The machines, which can be found with increasing frequency in supermarkets and convenience stores, allow users to make cash ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood in front of a Miami crowd in May to announce a new law that would root out dangerous weather-altering chemicals poisoning the state’s skies.

In the weeks before the law took effect, his attorney general, James Uthmeier, echoed the governor’s words and threatened to defund airports that failed to report ...Read more