When the Romans reached Britain in the first century, they were shocked to find “remarkable” women standing in their way.

Female tribal leaders Cartimandua and Boudica became legends, leading uprisings that destroyed Roman towns and challenged the authority of the empire, and women in their community were able to own property, divorce and ...Read more

ATLANTA — A northwest Georgia senator was arrested Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year — and chances are there may be a second round in the coming weeks.

Far-right state Sen. Colton Moore, a Trenton Republican and former House member, tried to force his way into the House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Arkansas Rep. Rick Crawford will chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday, succeeding Ohio Republican Michael R. Turner whom the speaker removed a day earlier.

Crawford is the most senior Republican on the panel in the 118th Congress who’s still serving. He’s got a record that’s more ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced his office has opened investigations into reports of price-gouging in the Southern California areas ravaged by devastating wildfires.

“We have boots on the ground conducting investigations as we speak,” he said in a Thursday press conference.

Bonta said that while there is ...Read more

MIAMI — Two people are dead and two others injured after a man went on a beating rampage in downtown Miami early Thursday morning.

It appears all four of the people attacked with what police say was a stick are homeless, Miami Police Chief Manny Morales told reporters during a press briefing Thursday afternoon.

Police received a 911 call ...Read more

BOSTON — Municipalities in Massachusetts must comply with a controversial transit-oriented housing law in order to receive state grant money for firefighter safety equipment, a change fire chiefs said they found out about late Wednesday afternoon.

Tying state grant dollars to compliance with the housing law comes after thousands of acres were...Read more

WASHINGTON — Under tough questioning Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the EPA, affirmed a belief in climate change while pledging strict interpretation of the country’s environmental laws.

Zeldin, a former House lawmaker from New York, is ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is set to unveil a $114.5 billion city government budget proposal Thursday that includes more than $500 million in new homeless shelter funding, according to documents reviewed by the Daily News.

The documents, obtained by The News ahead of the mayor’s formal afternoon budget announcement, says the new $554.2 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration Thursday authorized marketing of 20 nicotine pouches — the first time the products have been greenlit by the agency.

Nicotine pouches are tobacco-free sachets filled with nicotine and flavorings that are held between the gums and lips similar to snus, another smokeless tobacco product. ...Read more

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Thursday ordered state agencies not to cooperate with investigations into medical professionals who provide legal abortions.

Stein’s executive order calls on cabinet agencies “to the maximum extent” allowed to not turn over medical records and data or use state resources to assist with civil, criminal or ...Read more

A federal bill filed on Thursday takes aim at the president’s longstanding authority to designate national monuments.

The Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, sponsored by Reps. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., and Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, would require the president to obtain the consent of Congress before establishing a national monument. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Taxes and tariffs took center stage Thursday at the Senate Finance Committee’s confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s intended Treasury secretary nominee, Scott Bessent.

Republicans and Democrats sparred over who would benefit most from extending more than $4 trillion in tax cuts enacted during the first ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out last-minute plans to add protections for more than 3 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska for subsistence resources.

A portion of the areas chosen for additional protections is close to Nuiqsut, an Iñupiaq village in the northeastern area of the reserve, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A prominent Sacramento-based comic strip creator, cartoonist and author has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

Darrin Lawrence Bell, 49, who won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, was arrested Wednesday morning at his south Sacramento home by Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY — A Republican and Democrat are joining forces in the Missouri Legislature to increase access to birth control, improve responses to sexual assault, and enhance treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Bills filed by Sen. Patty Lewis, D-Kansas City, and Rep. Tara Peters, R-Rolla, are identical to a measure that passed the...Read more

Health care unions have long lobbied hospitals for higher wages and staff-to-patient ratios. But a new feature is likely to take up a prominent place in contract talks with health systems: Hospitals’ adoption of AI-based technology.

In efforts to keep up with competitors and reduce burdens on staff, health systems across the country have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Containment of the Palisades and Eaton fires that have kept thousands of Los Angeles County residents out of their homes, some for more than a week, grew overnight after winds that have plagued the region began to die down.

Containment of the Eaton fire, which has burned just over 14,100 acres in Pasadena and Altadena, jumped to...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Georgia’s top emergency management official to join his administration in a role with the Small Business Administration.

The Republican said Thursday he appointed Chris Stallings as the assistant administrator for disaster recovery and resilience at the SBA. He would work with former U.S. Sen. Kelly ...Read more

Shou Chew, TikTok’s chief executive, will plan to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday as the popular social media platform’s days are numbered in the United States.

Chew will join other major tech moguls, including Elon Musk whose extensive campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania allowed him to become a central figure ...Read more

Cuban authorities on Thursday released prominent opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer, who had been in prison since 2021, as part of a deal cut with the Biden administration and the Vatican.

Cuban activist Rosa María Payá confirmed Ferrer’s release to the Miami Herald. Payá said she spoke to Ferrer at his home in Santiago de Cuba, the ...Read more