WASHINGTON — GOP health panel leaders in the Senate on Wednesday seemed intent on quickly implementing a health savings account proposal to replace expiring health care tax credits that subsidize insurance plans used by millions of Americans, despite increased skepticism from Democrats and even some House Republicans.

During a Senate Finance ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Duquesne University has tapped David Dausey, the school's current provost and a nationally recognized epidemiologist, to serve as the Catholic institution's 14th president.

School officials announced the selection during a news conference Wednesday morning. Dausey will take the university's helm in July.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The parents of a Kentucky infant who consumed potentially contaminated baby formula and became sick with a life-threatening disease are suing the company that produced the formula.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court Nov. 12 by lawyers representing Richmond residents Hanna and Michael Everett. It alleges their 4-month-old ...Read more

NEW YORK — The developers selected to build an affordable housing complex on the site of Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden sued Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputy, Randy Mastro, on Wednesday over their attempt to block the project by designating the site as “parkland.”

The lawsuit, brought by a consortium of developers and social ...Read more

CHICAGO — Late Monday night, federal authorities said a man in all black approached a young woman on a Blue Line train, took out an iced tea bottle and poured clear liquid onto the woman’s head. Then he set it on fire.

Lawrence Reed allegedly stood at the front of the train car and watched as the 26-year-old woman, “engulfed in flames,”...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hundreds of protesters lined up outside a south Charlotte Home Depot on Wednesday morning to protest the arrest of day laborers by federal agents.

Protesters on both sides of North Wendover Road held signs and cheered as drivers — including two men in a large Home Depot moving truck — drove by and honked in support.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose State University community was on edge this week following the discovery of graffiti threatening violence against Asian, Jewish and Muslim members of the community.

The message, which warned of a mass shooting at the college campus in the next three days, was found Tuesday at MacQuarrie Hall. It was paired with...Read more

BERKELEY, Calif. — A 19-year-old UC Berkeley student rushed to a hospital last week after being taken unresponsive from a fraternity has died, police said Wednesday.

Authorities did not identify the person immediately. The incident happened last Friday.

Emergency crews responded about 11:25 p.m. to the fraternity in the 2400 block of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The death of an 18-year-old aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship earlier this month could result in charges being filed against a teenage stepbrother as the FBI continues its investigation, according to filings in Brevard County family court.

A motion filed Monday by a lawyer representing the stepmother of Anna Kepner seeks to ...Read more

MIAMI — The FBI is investigating the mysterious death of a teenage girl whose body was found on a Carnival cruise ship this month, and the focus is on one of her step siblings, according to a court filing obtained by the Miami Herald.

Anna Marie Kepner, 18, was found dead on board the Carnival Horizon as it was heading back to PortMiami from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in a case against a former Whittier detective accused of multiple counts of assault.

Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on charges that stemmed from a 2020 incident in which the officer, Salvador Murillo, opened fire on an unarmed fleeing suspect, striking the man twice in the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Current and former members of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration were among the dozens of Sacramento insiders who received FBI letters in recent days notifying them that their phone calls, texts or other electronic communications had been intercepted as part of the federal corruption case tied to Dana ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department told a federal judge Wednesday that the final indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never shown to the full grand jury.

U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff questioned federal prosecutors during a hearing about the unusual circumstances when Comey was indicted in September over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The grand jury never voted on the final indictment against former FBI Director James Comey regarding Senate testimony, prosecutors said Wednesday, prompting a federal judge to seek more information about whether the indictment was valid.

The admission came as Judge Michael Nachmanoff of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bipartisan pair of Pennsylvania lawmakers reacted with outrage Wednesday morning to word of a new federal attempt to rapidly enact a prohibition to keep states from regulating artificial intelligence.

The fast-developing industry that already has changed portions of society has relatively few legal guardrails on it. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has seen one of the nation’s sharpest drops in measles herd immunity among kindergartners, falling well below the threshold needed to prevent outbreaks. A rise in nonmedical exemptions, especially at private schools, is one factor behind the decline.

New measles cases have been reported in Dakota and Olmsted counties...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 78-year-old man had been missing since the summer from his mountain community in California’s high Sierra when, earlier this month, authorities finally located some of his clothes and personal belongings.

The body of Gil Clark still hasn’t been found, but officials with the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office now believe the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate officially cleared legislation to compel the release of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday after the House formally delivered the paperwork across the Capitol.

The bill now goes to the White House for President Donald Trump’s expected signature. The Senate had to wait for the papers ...Read more

Billionaire and two-time space traveler Jared Isaacman has a new date set to appear before a Senate committee now that he’s been renominated by President Donald Trump to become the next NASA administrator.

Isaacman had already been set for a full Senate vote with bipartisan support back in May to succeed the role last held by former Florida U...Read more