NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley told a Manhattan jury disturbing details of how the hulking film mogul sexually assaulted her in his Soho loft — and how she calculated the safest thing she could do was to “check out” and endure the attack.

In her second day of testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday, the 48-year-...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is refusing to turn over records relating to the Hope Florida charity to House lawmakers, according to the Republican investigating the organization.

Earlier this month, Rep. Alex Andrade requested bank records and other information from the state about the Hope Florida Foundation, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised Wednesday to rule that church-run schools have a right to operate as public-funded charters.

If so, the decision could transform K-12 education and public schooling nationwide.

Since the early 1990s, charter schools have taken hold in California and 46 other states as a...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Cleanup crews on the site of the Palisades fire have found roughly 500 firearms in the debris of homes that burned earlier this year and the Los Angeles Police Department is now working to reunite the weapons with their owners.

Most of the charred handguns and rifles found in the ash appear damaged, with the stocks burned away ...Read more

California's two U.S. senators have joined with Democratic colleagues to demand answers from the Trump loyalist and Californian now heading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, amid reports that she and other officials have pushed out senior leaders and imposed hard-right policies at odds with the department's mission.

In a letter ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared the way for a law stripping election oversight power from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to go into effect, reversing the order of a lower court which had ruled it unconstitutional.

State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, is now poised to gain control over the State Board ...Read more

After months of delays and confusion, the Trump administration has finally announced that visitors will be required to have reservations to enter Yosemite National Park this summer, although on fewer days than last year.

Late Tuesday, Yosemite officials posted new information on the park’s website stating that in an effort to reduce crowds ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen waffled Wednesday on a proposal to give Chicago’s top public safety leaders the power to declare “snap curfews” in an effort to curb so-called “teen takeovers,” delaying a vote on the contentious idea after a five-hour debate.

Facing a razor-thin roll call and requests for more time, along with deep concerns from ...Read more

BOSTON — With less than a week before she’s set to plead guilty to two federal corruption charges, City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has given no indication of when she plans to resign from her Roxbury-centric District 7 seat.

Fernandes Anderson jumped in and out of the Wednesday City Council meeting. She was present for the outset, ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — Attorney Alan Jackson on Wednesday continued to lay the foundation for the defense’s theory of a conspiracy that pitted “close-knit” Canton locals against an outsider — defendant Karen Read — in a cover-up for the murder of John O’Keefe.

Jackson’s efforts came in the form of his cross-examination of key witness ...Read more

Virginia Giuffre penned an inspiring message to survivors of abuse before her death by suicide, empowering them to fight for themselves and to fight for change.

“Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims,” it reads. “Is protesting the answer? I ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A judge this week blocked part of an Idaho law creating new state-level immigration crimes.

Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 83 in March, after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure to allow local law enforcement to wade into an area reserved for the federal government. Police could have enforced the law if ...Read more

DENVER — A collared gray wolf released in Colorado in January as part of the state’s historic reintroduction effort died in Rocky Mountain National Park last week, wildlife officials said.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists received a “mortality alert” from the female wolf’s collar on April 20 and later confirmed the wolf died in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A judge issued a new two-week calendar Wednesday for the Justice Department to exchange information with lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia about what they’ve done to facilitate the return of the mistakenly deported Maryland man.

The order follows a brief pause in proceedings ordered by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis after the ...Read more

A Mark Rothko painting thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars is undergoing restoration after a child accidentally damaged the artwork at a museum in the Netherlands.

“Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” sustained some visible scratches when a child brushed against the abstract painting at the Depot, a public storage area of Museum ...Read more

CHICAGO — One of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump this week seeks to end all federal consent decrees governing reform efforts by police departments across the country.

But Chicago’s consent decree — in place since 2019 — isn’t going anywhere, according to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

“The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley told a Manhattan jury disturbing details of how the hulking film mogul sexually assaulted her in his Soho loft, and how she calculated the safest thing she could do was to “check out” and endure the attack.

In her second day of testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, the 48-year-...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins has an urgent warning about the state of biomedical research in the United States, saying the country could lose its edge if it continues on its current track.

At the Senate Appropriations Committee’s first full hearing this Congress Wednesday, Collins, the Maine Republican who chairs the panel, called on the...Read more