A key contract that supports the network service provider for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lapse this week, threatening internet access and the transmission of internal data nationwide for much of the agency.

The N-Wave system — often referred to as “NOAA’s network” — provides internet and acts ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland is partnering with a Department of Defense agency in a multimillion-dollar effort aimed at making College Park the global “capital of quantum,” an emerging field of computer science that some believe could be revolutionary.

Gov. Wes Moore, who unveiled the initiative on Monday, pitched quantum computing as an economic...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday suggested that he would not release a former FBI informant who lied about a bribery scheme involving the Biden family and a Ukrainian company during a bail hearing held after federal prosecutors and defense attorneys moved for him to be let out of prison, pending an appeal.

Alexander Smirnov, 45, was ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a new temporary ceasefire in his war on Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II, drawing criticism from the U.S. as it seeks to negotiate a peace deal.

The three-day truce will start on May 8 and end at midnight on May 10, the Kremlin said on its Telegram channel on Monday. ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Democratic candidate for Nassau County Legislature has been missing for five days, authorities said.

Petros Krommidas, 29, was last seen Wednesday night at his home in Baldwin, Long Island, and was reported missing the following day, Nassau County police said in an alert.

On Monday, searchers found Krommidas’ vehicle near the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Neither Lt. Gov. candidate John Reid nor Gov. Glenn Youngkin appears prepared to back down from the budding fight that fractured the statewide Republican party.

As initially reported by The Richmonder, Youngkin called Reid Friday morning to request he step down from his candidacy for lieutenant governor. That’s after a Tumblr...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado House declined to pursue an override of Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of a social media regulation bill Monday, three days after the Senate voted to bypass the governor’s rejection and after a weekend of intensive lobbying.

Rep. Andy Boesenecker, a Fort Collins Democrat, told House leadership early Monday afternoon that he ...Read more

President Donald Trump lashed out at pollsters Monday after recent surveys showed a slump in his support, prompting his call for investigations into “fake news organizations” and alleged election fraud.

Trump, in a Monday morning Truth Social media post, said that recent polls from ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos and New York Times/Siena ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson wavered Monday on the idea of giving Chicago police the power to declare “snap” curfews to rein in so-called teen takeovers, days before aldermen are set to consider such a measure.

Johnson sidestepped questions about how he will respond to the curfew push led by Ald. Brian Hopkins in the wake of two recent...Read more

MIAMI — David Knezevich, the Fort Lauderdale man charged with killing his estranged wife in Spain early last year, took his own life on Monday morning while in custody at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to his defense attorneys.

Knezevich, 37, who was awaiting trial in Miami federal court on charges of kidnapping and killing ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Surveillance camera video that investigators used to build their case in the University of Idaho student homicides is expected to be played at defendant Bryan Kohberger’s upcoming murder trial, with prosecutors planning to show jurors how footage and the resulting timeline point to him as the lone suspect.

Police canvased the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As President Donald Trump faces backlash over federal layoffs, one of his Cabinet secretaries argued in Philadelphia on Monday that opponents are looking at the issue “the wrong way.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defended the federal cuts spurred by the Department of Government Efficiency during a visit to the Hanwha...Read more

The Trump administration escalated its showdown with Democratic-led states and cities over immigration enforcement on Monday, announcing that the president will sign executive orders that will “unleash America’s law enforcement to pursue criminals” and direct federal agencies to publish a list of “sanctuary cities” that do not ...Read more

The Alaska Legislature is poised to pass a compromise education measure on Monday with a $700 boost to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week said that he would sign a school funding increase of that size, but only if education policies preferred by his administration were added to the...Read more

BALTIMORE — Dozens more child sex abuse claims were filed against the state Thursday, according to a law firm, adding to the thousands of lawsuits alleging misconduct in Maryland’s juvenile detention facilities.

In a statement posted online, the New York-based firm Levy Konigsberg said with the 85 complaints initiated last week, their ...Read more

ATLANTA — Emotions were raw among family members and classmates of those fatally shot last September at Apalachee High as they gathered at the Georgia Capitol on Monday.

But witnessing the signing of a bill they say could prevent future shootings gave them strength.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law House Bill 268, a wide-ranging piece of ...Read more

BOSTON — A push from a right-wing Billerica lawmaker to lower a series of taxes in Massachusetts spotlighted a contentious feud between a contingent of rank-and-file members of the House Republican caucus and conservative leadership in the chamber.

Rep. Marc Lombardo — who unsuccessfully challenged House Minority Leader Brad Jones earlier ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A federal judge paused a decades-old Nevada law set to go into effect April 30 that would require doctors to notify parents of a minor seeking an abortion.

U.S. District Judge Anne Traum granted a request from Planned Parenthood last week to stop the law from going into effect until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...Read more

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday making it illegal for transgender student-athletes to play on school sports teams according to their gender identity.

Sponsored by state Sen. Greg Dolezal, a Republican from Cumming, Senate Bill 1 requires schools to designate teams as being for males, females or coed. If transgender student...Read more