ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When Michael Reid moved to Wynnefield about 25 years ago, he came upon a small, unkempt plot of weeds and trash at 54th Street and Wynnefield Avenue during a stroll around his new neighborhood.

Curious, he pushed aside the overgrown grass to get a closer look and found a long hidden memorial plaque attached to a boulder. It ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The families of the four Pepperdine University students who were struck and killed on Pacific Coast Highway last year and a fifth student who was injured in the incident have sued the local and state agencies they say are responsible for the deadly roadway.

In four separate lawsuits filed in the Santa Monica Courthouse, the ...Read more

BOULDER, Colo. — Prosecutor Ken Kupfner loaded dummy bullets into a 30-round magazine in a hushed courtroom Friday morning.

He slowly pushed each bullet into the magazine — the same type of magazine used by the man who carried out a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers grocery store in 2021, killing 10 shoppers, employees and a ...Read more

While fellow firefighters were battling voracious blazes throughout Northern California, Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez is accused of igniting his own fires, according to authorities.

Hernandez, 38, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor, ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Election Board’s Republican majority voted Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race.

County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined Friday to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.

As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a morning news conference in Frankfort, it was not appropriate to discuss what may have led up to Thursday’s death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54.

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BEIRUT — With the danger of a wider Middle East war looming, Israel on Friday bombarded part of the Lebanese capital, killing at least 14 people and wounding 66 others, Lebanese authorities said.

The strike came just days after thousands of sabotaged electronic devices exploded across the country, killing 30 and wounding thousands, an action...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday continued to keep tabs on three systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the most likely would come from a system expected to form in the western Caribbean and move into the Gulf of Mexico...Read more

Israel said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday, days after a series of attacks stoked fears the conflict between the two may spiral out of control.

The Israel Defense Forces said the airstrike on Beirut killed Ibrahim Aqil, head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit and a member of the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he’s awaiting trial on three felony charges stemming from years of alleged abuse.

The music mogul’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told TMZ the directive issued by jail staff was a routine measure for all “new, high-...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Dali, a container ship responsible for the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, has left Hampton Roads after several weeks of repair work.

Flanked by three tugs and two boat crews from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth and Coast Guard Station Little Creek, the Dali went underway Thursday at about 1 p.m. According to the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and its 6,500 sailors will deploy early next week, according to an announcement from the U.S. Navy.

The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 1 will head to the Red Sea, where U.S. sailors have fought almost daily for months to down drones and missiles launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen.

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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — The weekend trip was a success for Space Perspective, the company that already has more than 1,800 people waiting for their chance to take balloon rides in a posh capsule up to the edge of space.

The Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior performed its first uncrewed test flight soaring to an altitude of 100,000 feet marking a big...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court only narrowly rejected arguments raised by anti-abortion activists who tried to keep a measure overturning the state’s abortion ban off the November ballot.

The state Supreme Court last week issued an order keeping the proposed state constitutional amendment – called Amendment 3 – on the Nov...Read more

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected a Democratic challenge to a Georgia law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and a few other Georgia politicians to raise unlimited campaign cash.

The Democratic Party of Georgia had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the law that created “leadership committees” that allow the...Read more

NEW YORK — Federal investigators have subpoenaed a Brooklyn church in connection with possible business dealings between one of its priests and Frank Carone, one of Mayor Eric Adams’ most influential advisers, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Daily News late Thursday.

The subpoena, first reported by WNBC, requested ...Read more

When guests arrive at Disney Springs in Florida and eat at one of the entertainment complex’s restaurants, they might assume that all the employees serving them with smiles work for Walt Disney World.

But the magic most people associate with Disney doesn’t exist for some Disney Springs’ employees, say union officials. They argue there is ...Read more

BEIRUT — With the danger of a wider Middle East war looming, Israel on Friday bombarded part of the Lebanese capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 59 others, Lebanese authorities said.

The strike came just days after thousands of sabotaged electronic devices exploded across the country, killing 30 and wounding thousands, an ...Read more