BALTIMORE — Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2023, months before he killed Rachel Morin in Bel Air, will serve his murder sentence in Maryland and not be deported, according to Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey.

Martinez-Hernandez, 24, was convicted April 14 by a Harford ...Read more

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Naval Academy graduate accused of ripping down a pride flag from an Annapolis tattoo shop was given probation before judgment following a Monday afternoon bench trial.

Benjamin Michael, 44, was given probation before judgment, meaning he can avoid further penalties if he meets the terms of his one year of unsupervised ...Read more

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi this week said the Trump administration has saved more than 119 million lives with its drug prevention efforts.

“In President Trump’s first 100 days we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives,” Bondi posted to X on Tuesday on her official account.

The post was viewed...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans on Wednesday approved a broad bill to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in state and local government.

House Bill 171, which passed 68-45 along party lines, would ban state agencies and schools from using DEI in their hiring decisions or giving differential treatment or ...Read more

President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to shift the blame to former President Joe Biden for a stunning first-quarter dip in the economy even as markets and voters give his performance a thumbs-down.

Uncharacteristically urging patience, Trump called the surprise 0.3% drop in Gross Domestic Product “the Biden overhang” and insisted things ...Read more

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley told a Manhattan jury disturbing details of how the hulking film mogul sexually assaulted her in his Soho loft — and how she calculated the safest thing she could do was to “check out” and endure the attack.

In her second day of testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday, the 48-year-...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is refusing to turn over records relating to the Hope Florida charity to House lawmakers, according to the Republican investigating the organization.

Earlier this month, Rep. Alex Andrade requested bank records and other information from the state about the Hope Florida Foundation, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised Wednesday to rule that church-run schools have a right to operate as public-funded charters.

If so, the decision could transform K-12 education and public schooling nationwide.

Since the early 1990s, charter schools have taken hold in California and 46 other states as a...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Cleanup crews on the site of the Palisades fire have found roughly 500 firearms in the debris of homes that burned earlier this year and the Los Angeles Police Department is now working to reunite the weapons with their owners.

Most of the charred handguns and rifles found in the ash appear damaged, with the stocks burned away ...Read more

California's two U.S. senators have joined with Democratic colleagues to demand answers from the Trump loyalist and Californian now heading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, amid reports that she and other officials have pushed out senior leaders and imposed hard-right policies at odds with the department's mission.

In a letter ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared the way for a law stripping election oversight power from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to go into effect, reversing the order of a lower court which had ruled it unconstitutional.

State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, is now poised to gain control over the State Board ...Read more

After months of delays and confusion, the Trump administration has finally announced that visitors will be required to have reservations to enter Yosemite National Park this summer, although on fewer days than last year.

Late Tuesday, Yosemite officials posted new information on the park’s website stating that in an effort to reduce crowds ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen waffled Wednesday on a proposal to give Chicago’s top public safety leaders the power to declare “snap curfews” in an effort to curb so-called “teen takeovers,” delaying a vote on the contentious idea after a five-hour debate.

Facing a razor-thin roll call and requests for more time, along with deep concerns from ...Read more

BOSTON — With less than a week before she’s set to plead guilty to two federal corruption charges, City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has given no indication of when she plans to resign from her Roxbury-centric District 7 seat.

Fernandes Anderson jumped in and out of the Wednesday City Council meeting. She was present for the outset, ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — Attorney Alan Jackson on Wednesday continued to lay the foundation for the defense’s theory of a conspiracy that pitted “close-knit” Canton locals against an outsider — defendant Karen Read — in a cover-up for the murder of John O’Keefe.

Jackson’s efforts came in the form of his cross-examination of key witness ...Read more

Virginia Giuffre penned an inspiring message to survivors of abuse before her death by suicide, empowering them to fight for themselves and to fight for change.

“Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims,” it reads. “Is protesting the answer? I ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A judge this week blocked part of an Idaho law creating new state-level immigration crimes.

Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 83 in March, after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure to allow local law enforcement to wade into an area reserved for the federal government. Police could have enforced the law if ...Read more

DENVER — A collared gray wolf released in Colorado in January as part of the state’s historic reintroduction effort died in Rocky Mountain National Park last week, wildlife officials said.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists received a “mortality alert” from the female wolf’s collar on April 20 and later confirmed the wolf died in ...Read more