ATLANTA — A jury in South Georgia has awarded $70 million to a Camilla woman who says she lost both her legs above the knee because doctors gave her a medication overdose and botched her care, court filings show.

Lawyers for Jessica Powell said it took jurors in Dougherty County just over 30 minutes to rule in her favor against three Albany ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lesley and Tommy Ridge were nosey kids growing up in Pennsylvania's governor's residence in the 1990s.

The two children of former Gov. Tom Ridge would often peek their heads into the governor's reception room when they got home from school to see which event their father was hosting.

And on one particular day in 1999, who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has decided to oust White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and his top deputy from their post, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida, and principal deputy national security adviser Alex Wong were expected to leave Thursday in the...Read more

MIAMI – A Republican lawmaker shocked Florida’s political world when he accused representatives of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of committing federal crimes by diverting $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to political activities last year.

No one has been charged, and DeSantis administration officials have denied wrongdoing. But ...Read more

MIAMI — The Hope Florida story dominated the legislative session like no other.

But it’s a pretty difficult thread to follow. There are a lot of players and numerous accusations being thrown around.

First, let’s set the stage with the key figures.

Gov. Ron DeSantis: He needs no introduction.

First Lady Casey DeSantis: DeSantis’ wife,...Read more

A late-night 3.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Salt Lake City area in Utah, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The 7-mile deep quake hit about 2 miles from Independence at 12:11 a.m. Thursday, May 1, according to the USGS.

More than 2,200 people from across the Salt Lake City area and as far away as Glendale, Arizona, and Boulder, Colorado,...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Starting Thursday, May 1, Missouri workers will have more flexibility if they get sick. Proposition A’s earned sick leave provision is taking effect, after surviving repeated challenges in the courts and the statehouse.

Most Missouri workers will be able to earn paid sick time under the new law, which also raises the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento has proposed layoffs for the first time since 2013 and rate increases at parking meters for a second straight year to address its multi-million budget deficit.

The $1.65 billion budget, unveiled Wednesday by Interim City Manager Leyne Milstein, is the first fully developed plan to tackle the $44 million ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Kelly Ayotte is taking another swipe at the Bay State as New Hampshire State Police will be allowed to question, arrest and hold aliens based solely on immigration status while Massachusetts limits its cooperation with ICE.

“New Hampshire will not go the way of Massachusetts, where sanctuary policies have enabled violent crime...Read more

Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar reiterated that “perpetrators, backers and planners” of an attack that killed dozens of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir must be brought to justice, hours after speaking with his U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio who had sought to de-escalate tensions.

Secretary of State Rubio had spoken with top ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 30 years ago, history was made when five women won election to the Senate from states across the country in what was deemed the “Year of the Woman.” So far this election cycle, there are five credentialed women running for Senate in just two Democratic primaries in what looks like an unprecedented election year with ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Legendary death penalty lawyer David Bruck has acknowledged he made numerous mistakes while leading the defense team during Dylann Roof’s 2016-17 death penalty trial, errors that may have caused the jury to give Roof the death penalty.

Bruck’s admissions of missteps and misjudgments in the Charleston church killer case ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Spencer Parker has never seen so many dolphin strandings in his more than 20 years as an L.A. County lifeguard.

Since he started in 2002, only twice had he seen them come ashore before this year. But in just the last two weeks, there have been four.

Now, things have gotten so bad that L.A. County lifeguards have begun taking ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tom Suozzi is worried about his party.

“The Democratic brand is broken on a national level,” the New Yorker said recently. “What do Democrats stand for? People don’t really know.”

The answer, in Suozzi’s mind, is to focus on economic issues, and to relentlessly pitch themselves to voters. “We have to get back to ...Read more

POLSON, Mont. — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they’ll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet.

Prisoners, some held in this isolation cell for months, have scratched initials and the phrase “love hurts” into the metal door’s brown ...Read more

Missouri Republicans may take their tax-cutting efforts to new heights this year as lawmakers consider exempting profits from the sale of stocks, bonds and real estate from state income taxes.

Part of a broader push to eliminate the state income tax altogether, legislation making its way through the Capitol would provide an unprecedented ...Read more