WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court said Wednesday that only the Government Accountability Office can sue over the Trump administration’s funding freezes — not people impacted by the funding cuts.

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit undid a lower court ruling requiring the Trump ...Read more

DENVER — Rabbits with tentacles in northern Colorado.

There’s not really a better way to sum up recent photos and headlines about cottontail rabbits spotted around Fort Collins with long, dangling growths on their faces.

But as concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like growths is relatively common and usually not...Read more

President Donald Trump rewrote the script on how Sylvester Stallone came to play “Rocky” when he told a Kennedy Center crowd on Wednesday that film executives insisted the aspiring actor play the title character in the 1976 film.

For nearly 50 years, its been known that Stallone campaigned to play Rocky Balboa as producers did everything in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six reputed members and associates of the Hoover Criminal Gang were arrested Wednesday in what authorities called the first major takedown of a sex trafficking operation in the Figueroa Corridor of South Los Angeles.

The Hoovers largely controlled sex trafficking and prostitution along a 3.5-mile stretch of Figueroa Street ...Read more

As the most vulnerable U.S. Senate Democrat up for reelection next year, just about every vote Jon Ossoff takes draws attention. But nothing has received more scrutiny than his votes against sending certain weapons to Israel in protest of Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Asked about those votes and the criticism he faced, he...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s wildlife commissioners set aside pleas and arguments from black bear advocates Wednesday and approved a December hunt of the state’s shy but increasingly troublesome species.

The board’s unanimous 5-0 vote — with two commissioners absent — followed more than two hours of rancorous public comment with ...Read more

BOGOTA, Columbia — After losing its most popular presidential candidate to a shock shooting, Colombia’s conservative opposition is reeling.

Senator Miguel Uribe’s death provides the powerful Centro Democrático party with the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack against President Gustavo Petro’s security strategy — not to mention...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would meet with House and Senate Democratic leaders ahead of a government funding deadline but cast doubt on a deal to avoid a federal shutdown.

Trump has not met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries or Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, both of New York, since returning ...Read more

NEW YORK — There have now been 90 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease in central Harlem, and 15 people are currently hospitalized battling the disease, the city’s health department announced this week.

Three people have already died in the outbreak, which has affected zip codes 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037 and 10039, according to the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Erin on Wednesday continued to push west through the Atlantic with it forecast to become the season’s first hurricane, growing to major hurricane strength by Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. Eastern time update, the center of Erin was located about 1,300 miles east ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington has California officials on high alert, with some worrying that he intends to activate federal forces in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California, especially during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Trump said that his use of the...Read more

President Donald Trump Wednesday held tense talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders ahead of his crucial Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

With nerves running high, Zelenskyy said the talks went well and Trump agreed that he hoped the summit with the Russian leader could lead to an immediate ceasefire.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants, affecting more than a third of awards totaling $584 million that the government abruptly froze late last month.

In her evening order, issued hours after a San Francisco court hearing, U.S. District Judge ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he would host the Kennedy Center Honors, which will go to actor Sylvester Stallone, rock band Kiss and singer Gloria Gaynor among others during the first year of his chairmanship of Washington, DC’s main performing arts center.

The president also vowed to “fully renovate” the John F. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds approved by Congress for this year, a U.S. appeals court ruled.

In a 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the appellate panel reversed a Washington federal judge who found that U.S. officials were violating the Constitution’s separation of powers principles ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan senators unveiled bills this week that would launch a $65 million grant program aimed at lowering class sizes in elementary schools and capping the number of students in the rooms of participating districts at 19 kids.

The proposals, which have to be approved by the Senate and House to become law, would mark a ...Read more

BOGOTA, Columbia — After losing its most popular presidential candidate to a shock shooting, Colombia’s conservative opposition is reeling.

Senator Miguel Uribe’s death provides the powerful Centro Democrático party with the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack against President Gustavo Petro’s security strategy — not to mention...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump warned he would impose “very severe consequences” if Vladimir Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire agreement later this week, following a call with European leaders ahead of his meeting with the Russian president.

Trump also said he hoped to use the Friday meeting to set up a “quick second meeting” with ...Read more

Bucking tradition once again, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his picks for Kennedy Center Honors and said he will host the ceremony himself — a first for any president. Actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, glam rock band Kiss, disco singer Gloria Gaynor, country music star George Strait and English actor and comedian Michael ...Read more