BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s prison system once again is without execution drugs after its stockpile expired earlier this year, the latest in a series of hurdles to carrying out the death penalty in the state.

The Idaho Department of Correction has spent $200,000 in state funds on the hard-to-find lethal injection chemicals since 2023, according ...Read more

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County's top prosecutor said he'll decide in the coming weeks whether to retry a former Grand Rapids police officer for second-degree murder after a mistrial was declared Thursday, but experts say it could be a challenging road ahead given the case's media attention and other factors.

Christopher Schurr, 34, was on ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police will hold a vote of no confidence against Police Chief Johnny Jennings following reports of a settlement between Jennings and the city and allegations of unethical conduct at city hall.

The organization posted on Facebook Friday that a preliminary vote of no confidence will...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Most California voters are confident in the state’s voting system, a new poll shows, with one large exception: Republican voters.

Nearly two-thirds of GOP voters in the state say fraud is either somewhat or very prevalent in California elections, according to the poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental ...Read more

Forecasters are confident it’s a particularly bad water year for the Colorado River, worrying some about a likely return to record low levels in reservoirs that are reminiscent of 2022.

Las Vegas is almost entirely dependent on Lake Mead, the country’s biggest reservoir, for its water supply. Flows into Lake Mead come from Lake Powell, the ...Read more

DORAL, Fla. — Dozens of Venezuelans gathered at El Arepazo, an iconic restaurant in the heart of Doral’s Venezuelan community, for a vigil Thursday night in support of deportation protections now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The event was organized for the Venezuelan American Caucus to show support for the Venezuelan community on...Read more

ATLANTA — A woman has been arrested after police said she damaged a Tesla dealership with an automatic BB gun in Gwinnett County, one of several acts of violence targeting the electric vehicle company across the United States in recent months.

Alexa Beckstead, 23, was charged with felony second-degree criminal damage to property after police ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia officials on Friday celebrated a new $37.8 billion state spending plan that devotes more money to schools, prisons and other priorities.

Now they must wait to see whether federal budget cuts and economic turmoil force them to rewrite that plan.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed the fiscal year 2026 budget at the Georgia Capitol ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Two city employees who were fired after making failed bids for local office last year sued Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott last week, accusing him of directing their firings because he saw them as aligning with his political opponents.

The lawsuit was filed May 2 by Margo Bruner-Settles and Liam Davis, who ran for city council seats...Read more

SEATTLE — A police response earlier this week to a locally famous nude beach on the shores of Lake Washington has brought into sharp relief the ongoing tension between the park’s history as a safe place for people in the LGBTQ+ community and its wealthy neighbors frustrated by how it’s being used.

The response Sunday, coupled with a ...Read more

Commuters found themselves stranded at train stations across the Bay Area during the peak hours of Friday’s morning commute after a computer issue knocked out service to the region’s train system for more than four hours.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was completely out of service from its opening at 5 a.m. Friday until just after 9 a.m...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed in federal court is seeking to undo the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in the Southern California desert, claiming President Biden overstepped his authority by setting aside such a vast swath of land days before leaving office.

Plaintiffs represented by an Austin, Texas-based conservative think tank ...Read more

How the first American pope will interact with the president of his homeland remains to be seen, but a few posts on social media might provide a clue.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is also known on the social media site X as @drprevost, where he has occasionally weighed in with reposts on issues of faith and politics — including ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After 35 years in prison for the brutal murders of their parents, the waiting is nearly over for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez in their bid for freedom.

Following disagreements between the current and former district attorney and a series of legal fits and starts delayed the matter in recent months, L.A. County Superior Court ...Read more

More delays were being reported at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday following a ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The ground stop, which lasted for about an hour and remained in effect until 11:15 a.m., was ordered due to taxiway construction, according to the FAA.

The announcement came hours after the ...Read more

Conservative Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., publicly supported a tax increase to the wealthiest Americans on Friday.

“Ideally, what we could do — again, if we can’t find spending reductions — is say, ‘OK, let’s restore that higher bracket. Let’s set it at maybe $2 million income and above to help pay for the rest of the president’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump flip-flopped again Friday on a controversial tax hike on millionaires as congressional Republicans struggle to reach agreement on a sprawling budget bill.

Just two days after saying he backs higher tax rates for the wealthiest Americans, Trump softened his stance.

Trump conceded in a social media post that the higher tax...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Do you want to know how many measles cases have been confirmed in your county in Florida this year? How about whether the recent tuberculosis case reported at a high school is confined to one school or spreading throughout South Florida?

Florida Department of Health surveillance data, which previously made public the ...Read more