Queen Camilla, the wife of Britain’s King Charles III, will be sitting out a number of scheduled events so that she can recover from a recent illness.

In a statement on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace said the queen “is currently unwell with a chest infection,” but did not provide further details about her condition.

As a result, “her ...Read more

ATLANTA — Rudy Giuliani arrived at a polling station in Florida on Tuesday apparently driving the Mercedes-Benz he’s been ordered to turn over to two Fulton County poll workers.

The former New York City mayor was found liable late last year of defaming Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who he falsely accused of voting fraud after the 2020 ...Read more

As red-flag fire conditions bore down on the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, a planned shutdown of electricity by PG&E was set Tuesday afternoon to affect more than 22,000 customers, as well as five polling locations during late voting Tuesday, the utility said.

One voting location in the East Bay was closed at midday Tuesday ...Read more

A 24-year-old man with ties to white supremacist movements was arrested after allegedly plotting to use an explosive drone to attack a Nashville power plant, the Justice Department said.

Skyler Philippi, of Columbia, Tenn., allegedly sought to “shock the system” by attacking the power grid. He conducted extensive research into such an ...Read more

Most of Georgia has gone more than a month without any significant rain. Now, a tropical storm brewing in the Caribbean appears set to finally bring moisture to the state, and the National Weather Service is warning the system’s heavy rains could overwhelm the area’s parched soils and lead to flooding.

The forecast rain is associated with ...Read more

CHICAGO — Two people were shot, one critically, Tuesday afternoon at Navy Pier.

Chicago Fire Department crews responded to Navy Pier around 1:30 p.m. and quickly transported two people to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to fire spokesperson Larry Langford. One victim was reported to be in critical condition, according to Langford, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officer Tara O’Sullivan, the centerpiece of her family, the best friend to nearly a dozen, the paragon of a hero to hundreds, in the end died alone.

Adel Ramos hunkered in a so-called what Deputy District Attorney Jeff Higher called a “murder hole” inside his North Sacramento home when he shot in the back of her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Canadian citizen pleaded guilty to voting illegally in 2016 in Orange County, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a release Monday.

Robert Soutar, 76, of Fullerton, is a legal permanent resident of the United States, but because he is not a citizen, he is ineligible to vote. Despite that, he was able to register to vote in ...Read more

Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

Every election is also unique. The United States has had some critical presidential elections that reshaped the way Americans think about politics. This Election Day, ...Read more

CHICAGO — The former ComEd vice president who secretly recorded his colleagues as part of a federal corruption probe began testifying against ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday, the first of what is expected to be multiple days on the stand.

One of the prosecution’s star witnesses, Fidel Marquez’s cooperation with federal ...Read more

Two people have been confirmed dead and several more are missing after two separate boats capsized in the past few days off Northern California's Bodega Bay amid increasingly dangerous winds.

Forecasters are warning that high winds are only expected to worsen through at least Wednesday, with several warnings issued across the state, both on ...Read more

BOSTON — A prominent firm has inked a contract to audit the Canton Police Department, an agency beset by its proximity in two high-profile Massachusetts criminal cases: the murder investigation into Karen Read and the alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore.

The winning bid was inked Oct. 25 with 5 Stones intelligence, Inc., based in Tennessee. ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who bribed dozens of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers in the Navy’s worst-ever corruption scandal, was sentenced Tuesday in San Diego federal court to 15 years in prison.

The sentence means that Leonard Glenn Francis, 60, will spend about 8½ more years in federal prison when ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — We’ve reached Election Day, the final day of voting in the 2024 presidential election after millions of Floridians already have cast their votes.

Neighborhood polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Those heading to the polls are less likely to face rain earlier in the day: The rain chances are ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Tuesday it has banned campfires at state parks and forests, and is asking residents to avoid burning at home too because of the prolonged drought.

The ban comes on the heels of 100 wildfires reported statewide during the past week, including one at Blue ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon who was stopped during a screening at the Capitol Visitor Center because he smelled like fuel and had a torch and a flare gun, the department announced.

The visitor center was closed to tours as Capitol Police investigate, according to a social media post. A Capitol Police ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center forecasts Tropical Storm Rafael to grow into the season’s 11th hurricane on Tuesday as it moves toward Cuba with winds and storm surge expected to only sideswipe Florida as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. advisory, Rafael was located about 80 miles south-southwest of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center forecasts Tropical Storm Rafael to grow into the season’s 11th hurricane on Tuesday as it moves toward Cuba with winds and storm surge expected to affect the Florida Keys this week.

As of the NHC’s 10 a.m. EST advisory, Rafael was located about 65 miles southwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica and ...Read more