BOISE, Idaho — Nearly eight months after the first failed execution in Idaho history, the state prison system has in place changes to its lethal injection procedures in efforts to maintain capital punishment and avoid a repeat occurrence.

The Idaho Department of Correction over the summer retrofitted its execution chamber at the maximum ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A judicial reform workgroup has recommended that the state adopt a constitutional amendment to end contested elections for circuit court judges to increase accountability and diversity on the bench.

“The Workgroup repeatedly heard that voters are ill-informed about the judges for whom they are currently casting a ballot,” the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs was so upset about the way his son was being disciplined by a UCLA football coach in 2015 that he went to the coach’s office and fought with him, briefly choked an intern and put another member of the coaching staff in a headlock, according to a document newly obtained from Los Angeles County prosecutors....Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia voters shattered a first-day record for early voting Tuesday as the state prepared to play a critical role in the hotly contested presidential election.

By late afternoon, more than 281,000 Georgia voters had already cast ballots, far more than the 136,000 voters who cast ballots on the first day of early voting in 2020 and ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump said that any telephone conversations he may have had with Vladimir Putin since leaving office were a “smart thing,” though he declined to confirm the recently reported calls during an appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.

“I don’t comment on that,” Trump said. “But I will tell you that...Read more

NEW YORK — Despite more cops on the street, New Yorkers in some communities say they don’t feel any safer, and that city investment in housing, education and health care would do more to combat crime, according to a new report.

City leaders need to attack the root causes of crime — poverty, inequity and inequality — instead of pouring ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former President Donald Trump used an appearance before the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday to deliver a strong defense for using tariffs on foreign imports to grow jobs and the economy, dismissing criticism it could lead to consumer price increases and a resurgence of inflation if he is elected.

The Republican presidential ...Read more

A couple of World War II reenactors dressed as Nazis should’ve been asked to change out of their SS soldier costumes before they were served at a Massachusetts restaurant, the business wrote in an online apology.

“Last night we fell short, and we deeply apologize,” Kith and Kin in Hudson said on Facebook the morning of Oct. 13. Hudson is ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A lawsuit by a San Jose doctor claiming the Dragon Balls appetizer at a Los Gatos Thai restaurant was so spicy it burned her internally is set to go before a jury next year.

Harjasleen Walia sued Coup de Thai in July last year in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleging the dish scorched her vocal cords, esophagus and ...Read more

This is no spooky trick: Salem is the latest Massachusetts city to jump into the fray of providing guaranteed income to residents who will get to spend that money “however they want.”

Officials in the Witch City are launching Uplift Salem, a pilot that will be handing out $500 monthly payments to 100 residents for a year, joining the ranks ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a rare, direct threat, the Biden administration has told Israel it must allow humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip or risk losing U.S. military armament, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

The demand comes as Israel launches another major offensive in northern Gaza, where airstrikes in recent days have hit a school, refugee...Read more

Almost three weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall, 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina, officials said Tuesday.

Gov. Roy Cooper said that number was likely to change as emergency responders continued assessing the devastation throughout the state.

The nationwide death toll from Helene is estimated at 243 people, with ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A month before she is eligible for parole, Susan Smith was convicted of an internal disciplinary charge for talking with a filmmaker about murdering her two young sons 30 years ago.

Smith, 53, becomes eligible for parole Nov. 4, but the date has not been scheduled. About 6% of parole applications are approved.

Smith, who has...Read more

BALTIMORE — Somewhere between 900 and 1,000 people have filed claims in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case, alleging they were sexually abused as children by people in the Catholic Church’s employ, an attorney said in court.

Edwin Caldie, a lawyer for a committee of abuse survivors tasked with representing the interests of all...Read more

BALTIMORE — Abortion rights advocates trying to drum up support for Maryland’s reproductive freedom ballot question have vastly outraised and outspent their opponents — pulling in more than five times the funds and unleashing a new $500,000 ad campaign three weeks before Election Day.

Backed by a hefty investment from Planned Parenthood ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Interim Commissioner Tom Donlon and other top officials gathered near ground zero Tuesday to honor dozens of police officers, many of whom died of 9/11-related illnesses, as their names were added to the Police Memorial Wall in Battery Park City.

Adams praised the actions of the 42 NYPD officers, most who ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to track one system in the Atlantic and one in the Caribbean that have chances to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, one system located in the central tropical Atlantic was a well-defined area ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old Howard High School student Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Kendrick McLellan, 26, who was found dead inside a car in a Columbia office building parking lot Saturday morning, according to the Howard County Police Department.

The Ellicott City teen, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — We knew Metallica was headlining.

Now we know the rest of Sick New World’s 2025 lineup.

And it’s a doozy.

Among the bands who will be performing at the heavy music fest’s return on April 12 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds: Linkin Park with their new singer Emily Armstrong, rockers Queens of the Stone Age, goth punks AFI,...Read more

BOSTON — Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn said the harassment and bullying he’s long experienced intensified against him when his name started getting tossed around as a candidate who might challenge Mayor Michelle Wu in 2025.

Flynn, a moderate Democrat, said he’s been the target of escalating “cyberbullying” on social media and ...Read more