TikTok remains on schedule to be banned in the U.S. beginning Sunday, one day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

In high-pressure hearings last Friday, the Supreme Court appeared likely to rule in favor of the ban.

But even if the ban does go into effect, TikTok will not disappear from users’ phones. In fact, it will remain ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric more than doubled the number of customers whose power has been shut off Tuesday as Santa Ana winds began booming inland and spreading to coastal area. Through 1:45 p.m., 5,620 customers had lost power, and more than 49,000 were on notice that the same could happen to them.

The outage primarily affects ...Read more

There’s less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term, and congressional Republicans are already working to preserve one of his signature policies.

The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on the future of Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul, as witnesses described what the cuts mean for American ...Read more

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is determining whether President-elect Donald Trump is qualified to hold an interest in the liquor licenses at his New Jersey golf courses after he received a zero-punishment sentencing in his New York hush-money trial last Friday.

Since Trump’s felony ...Read more

Prosecutors are asking to release their evidence in the kickback case of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson under seal, as the voluminous documents are rife with personal identifying information.

“The government submits and the defendant does not at this time contest, that good cause exists for the following protective order in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make community college free for students in select programs at SUNY and CUNY working toward careers in sought-after fields, she announced Tuesday during her State of the State address.

The proposal, which would apply only to students ages 25 to 55, covers the costs of tuition and fees for certain ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bay State will spend upwards of $8 billion over the next ten years improving its roads, bridges and regional transportation services if a proposal announced by the governor Tuesday is passed by the legislature.

Gov. Maura Healey, speaking from Union Station in Worcester, said that the investment will be included as a supplement ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado transportation officials plan to nearly double the number of remotely controlled avalanche blasters installed on mountain ridges above highways, a project estimated to cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to prevent potentially catastrophic snow slides.

They’ve settled on a strategy of firing these blasters at night ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The five men were meditating off a trail near Skull Rock in the hills above the Palisades on the morning of Jan. 7.

With their eyes closed, they spoke about how they were feeling, what they were sensing.

One said, "I feel my breath slowing down." Another said, "I feel gravity increasing."

Then, all at once, four of them said ...Read more

This isn’t Melania Trump’s first rodeo.

The soon-to-be first lady (for the second time) sat down with "Fox & Friends" on Monday to reveal the game plan after husband Donald Trump takes office.

Apparently, she won’t be a full-time Washington, D.C., resident, preferring to split her time among three cities on an as-needed basis.

So expect...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth, the Minnesota native who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, pitched himself to U.S. senators on Tuesday as a change agent who would restore what he called a “warrior culture” to the Pentagon.

At Hegseth’s side was former Sen. Norm Coleman, the last Republican senator from ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Half of the Minnesota House chamber stood empty on Tuesday, as every Democratic member took the unprecedented step of boycotting the first day of session to try and block Republicans from taking control.

Republicans charged forward anyway, disregarding Secretary of State Steve Simon’s ruling that a quorum wasn’t present....Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric more than doubled the number of customers whose power has been shut off Tuesday as Santa Ana winds began booming inland and spreading to coastal area. Through 1:45 p.m., 5,620 customers had lost power, and more than 49,000 were on notice that the same could happen to them.

The outage primarily affects ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ashley Dyrdahl’s voice shook as she wiped away tears and admitted Tuesday to buying the guns her boyfriend used to ambush and kill three first responders in Burnsville last year.

Dyrdahl, 36, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to two charges of straw purchasing, which means she knowingly bought firearms for ...Read more

DETROIT — Low-income, students of color in Michigan face the highest rates of having teachers who are inexperienced, have temporary credentials and are teaching classes not in their field of expertise, according to new report released Tuesday by an education nonprofit.

Students in school districts with the highest concentrations of poverty ...Read more

In a last-minute move before he leaves office next week, President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, lifted sanctions on companies run by Cuba’s military and again suspended a provision in a law that allows Cuban Americans to seek compensation for confiscated property on the island.

In a call with ...Read more

The mother of an 8-year-old boy is suing a Pennsylvania school district after she says her son was abused, belittled and intimidated by staff at his elementary school.

The boy was attending Nicely Elementary School in Greensburg, according to a federal lawsuit filed Jan. 13.

The Greensburg Salem School District declined to comment on the case ...Read more

Michelle Obama’s office released a statement Tuesday, saying that the former first lady will not accompany her husband to Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday. It will be the second time in two weeks that she has missed a gathering of U.S. leaders and their spouses, after she also didn’t attend the Jan. 9 funeral of former President ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado cities and counties would be able to wrest control of dilapidated apartment complexes from their owners temporarily under new legislation inspired by several notoriously troubled buildings in Aurora and Denver.

Senate Bill 20 was introduced last week on the first day of the state legislature’s 2025 session. Backed by ...Read more