A Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates wants the state to opt into President Donald Trump’s school choice plan — but Democratic Gov. Wes Moore hasn’t yet said whether he would be on board.

Del. April Miller, who represents Frederick County, announced she’s filing legislation that would allow the state to opt into federal...Read more

A 33-year-old Washington D.C. man is accused of aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while the chopper was carrying President Trump.

Marine One was airborne and headed toward the Washington Monument grounds with the President on board Saturday night when Secret Service officer Diego Santiago spotted suspect Jacob Samuel Winkler “shirtless, ...Read more

Police officers across the state would receive pay raises if a bill passed by one chamber of the General Assembly on Monday becomes law.

The bill passed the Senate unanimously without debate on Monday, 48-0. It now goes to the House.

Senate leader Phil Berger presented the bill on the floor and in committee earlier Monday. It is rare for a ...Read more

No charges will be filed against Baltimore Police Department officers involved in the shooting death of 26-year-old Jai Marc Howell in May, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a news release Monday.

An investigation by the Independent Investigations Division, which is tasked with probing fatal encounters in Maryland, concluded that ...Read more

An Epic Universe roller coaster worked properly the day a man was found unresponsive on it and later died, Universal Orlando Resort’s president wrote in a memo obtained by the Orlando Sentinel on Monday.

Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, 32, died Wednesday night of “multiple blunt impact injuries” shortly after riding Stardust Racers, according to ...Read more

A Haitian government-deployed “Kamikaze” drone is being blamed for the deaths of at least eight children and at least three adults in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood where a gang leader was reportedly celebrating his birthday at the time of the deadly strike.

Among the victims was 4-year-old Merika Saint-Fort Charles. Her mother and ...Read more

More than 1,500 students and other supporters honored Charlie Kirk at the University of Minnesota — the first college campus event Turning Point USA has held since Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10.

Before his death, Kirk was scheduled to speak at the U; conservative author Michael Knowles headlined the Monday event in his place.

“There was ...Read more

Federal authorities said they would not comply with California’s new ban on law enforcement agents wearing masks while conducting operations.

Former California state lawmaker and acting Los Angeles U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Monday morning on “Fox & Friends” that the California law would not be enforceable when it comes to federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants, halting for now a nearly two-month funding crisis that UC leaders said threatened the future of the nation's premier public university system.

The opinion by U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on First Amendment protections.

In the last week alone, Trump replaced a U.S. attorney investigating two of his political adversaries with a loyalist and openly ...Read more

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume executions in North Carolina prompted Democrats to walk out.

Senate lawmakers spent hours debating legislation on Monday, and early in the day, ...Read more

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $975,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 31-year-old man killed by police responding to a 911 call from a woman who reported her boyfriend had a knife and was threatening to kill her.

The settlement in the May 8, 2019, shooting death of Ryan Matthew Smith, 31, was reached six months after the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and White House officials announced that the administration will advise against taking acetaminophen, the medicine in Tylenol, during pregnancy, citing widely discredited concerns that it could cause autism, in the latest effort rebuking long-standing public health guidance.

Top medical organizations and ...Read more

Hurricane Gabrielle on Monday rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane while the National Hurricane Center increased the chances that two other Atlantic systems could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

The NHC put out a special 9 a.m. EDT advisory on the sudden growth of Gabrielle, which jumped from 90 ...Read more

Karen Read was back in Massachusetts courtroom Monday for the first time since her criminal trial ended — and her defense declared that this time she won’t be “on the defensive.”

“We’re going to try to get the truth out there,” said Read’s attorney Alan Jackson outside the Plymouth County Superior Court. “Like I said, the ...Read more

Illinois health leaders should part ways with the federal government when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and recommend the shots for all adults and many children, an influential state committee voted Monday.

The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend updated COVID-19 vaccines ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A swirl of letters, demands for oversight hearings and proposed legislation in the face of Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary suspension has brought new scrutiny to the role of the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman.

ABC announced Monday that it would reinstate Kimmel’s show Tuesday night, after less than a week off the...Read more

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has been charged by International Criminal Court prosecutors with three counts of murder for the killings of alleged drug suspects while he was mayor and president.

“Duterte and his co-perpetrators shared a common plan or agreement to ‘neutralize’ alleged criminals in the ...Read more