A French bill aimed at combating what supporters call “new forms of antisemitism,” such as calls for Israel’s destruction, has ignited a fierce political battle, as critics warn it could restrict free speech.

The legislation, introduced by centrist lawmaker Caroline Yadan, is scheduled for debate in the National Assembly next week. But ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho school districts will soon have a little help to serve students with disabilities.

Gov. Brad Little on Friday signed legislation that finalizes a fund to provide money for school districts educating students with disabilities who need services that are costlier, like a nurse or an ASL interpreter. Under the bill, schools ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A Texas woman ordered to pay $10 million in damages to a University of Idaho professor who she repeatedly accused on social media of orchestrating the 2022 Moscow college students murders has appealed the jury’s award in federal court.

Ashley Guillard, 41, of Houston, filed a notice of appeal this week in the 9th U.S. Circuit...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts State Police lieutenant who led the Norfolk County investigative unit during the troubled Karen Read investigation has retired from the agency.

Lt. Brian Tully’s retirement was effective at the end of Wednesday, an MSP spokesman told The Boston Herald. A personnel order reviewed by the Herald states that he was �...Read more

MIAMI — Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights.

In a ...Read more

NEW YORK — A machete-wielding man screaming he was “Lucifer” was shot dead by cops after he savagely slashed three elderly subway commuters in a terrifying, unprovoked attack in Grand Central Station in Midtown Saturday, police said.

Holding his weapon firmly in his hand, Anthony Griffin, 44, refused to drop his massive blade after two ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran held direct three-way talks with Pakistan on Saturday to end the six-week-old war in the Middle East, according to a U.S. and an Iranian official familiar with the situation.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have been meeting since about 5:30 p.m. local time with an Iranian team that...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The fallout over sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., grew Saturday as his fellow gubernatorial candidates faced a new race and Democrats were forced into a rapid test of how they respond to accusations of sexual misconduct.

Within hours of the accusations against Swalwell being made public...Read more

U.S. Department of State on Saturday announced it canceled the green cards of three more Iranian nationals and placed them in custody of federal immigration agents, alleging they had ties to an Iranian woman who was "the leading propagandist" for "violent Islamists."

The three Iranians arrested, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their ...Read more

Szekesfehervar is Viktor Orban’s kind of place. It’s where he was born, where he attended high school and a city that encapsulates his domination of Hungarian politics since returning to power 16 years ago.

Sixty kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Budapest, it’s also now the kind of place that Orban desperately needs to keep hold of in ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The tide seems to be turning against a gambit by Gov. Ron DeSantis to redraw Florida’s congressional districts, a move made at the behest of President Donald Trump to help Republicans maintain control of Congress.

Nonetheless, DeSantis is pushing forward, having called the Florida Legislature back to Tallahassee for a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is launching an investigation into accusations Rep. Eric Swalwell, a candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted a woman in 2019 and 2024, the office confirmed Saturday.

The investigation, which was first reported by CNN, follows accusations published by that outlet and...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — People in Central Florida who slept in Saturday morning may have received a sonic boom wake-up call.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on a resupply run to the International Space Station hitting liftoff at 7:41 a.m.

The first-stage booster for the flight ...Read more

NEW YORK — Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby reportedly wants a civil case in which he was ordered to pay nearly $60 million in damages to a woman who accused him of sexual assault to be reconsidered.

The 88-year-old sexual predator, who’s been accused of abusing dozens of women, was found responsible last month for drugging and raping Donna ...Read more

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

Then, a sneeze.

Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.

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Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, laying the ground for the start of a mine clearing operation, U.S. Central Command said.

The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf, CENTCOM said in a statement posted to X, adding that more U.S. forces, ...Read more