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Md. Gov. Wes Moore signs new bills into law. Here's what will change
BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore and Maryland’s legislative leadership signed a slew of bills into law Tuesday afternoon with a particular focus on criminal justice and protection for federal employees facing job losses under the Trump administration.
Moore, House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson, all Democrats, signed...Read more
Interior secretary Burgum gives DOGE official with oil-industry ties power to remake department
A former oil executive and representative of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been given wide authority to make significant changes to the Department of Interior, the agency tasked with overseeing national parks and more than 500 million acres of federal land.
The move has alarmed conservation groups, including some who ...Read more
EPA chief urges Mexico to help deliver '100% solution' to clean up polluted Tijuana River
U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday called for Mexico and the U.S. to develop a “100% solution” to stop the flow of raw sewage from Tijuana that has polluted the Tijuana River and left communities near the border coping with foul odors and beaches that are often closed because of high bacteria levels.
“Americans on our side of ...Read more
RFK Jr. announces a plan to ban certain food dyes, following California's lead
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday announced a plan to ban synthetic food dyes that color everyday snack items such as Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and M&Ms.
The first step in the plan is for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of citrus red No. 2 and orange B.
After...Read more
Trump administration's visit to Boston to probe college antisemitism is off
The feds’ request to visit Boston Wednesday to probe the city’s response to “incidents of antisemitism” at its schools and colleges was not accepted by the Wu administration, at a time when Harvard and the Trump administration are battling.
U.S. Department of Justice officials met with city lawyers, department chiefs and a leader from ...Read more
Ethics panel weighs whether Minn. state Senate president violated rules in pushing funding for past legal client
Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion spent more than an hour in front of an ethics committee Tuesday defending his push to fund a north Minneapolis non-profit organization he also represented as a private attorney.
Champion, a Democrat from Minneapolis’ North Side, was adamant that the relationship doesn’t present a conflict of ...Read more
Massive WWII mural found intact on walls of USS Yorktown sunk in 1942, NOAA says
Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 years.
Now, human eyes have finally peered deep inside the doomed vessel, revealing a massive wall mural that is still intact despite the Yorktown being sunk in war in 1942.
The discovery was made Saturday, April 19, when ...Read more
Carney's Liberals hold narrow lead with 6 days left before Canada election
MONTREAL — Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is holding on to a narrow lead in opinion surveys with less than a week to go before Canada’s election, as U.S. tariff threats remain a top issue in the campaign.
Among decided voters, 43% support the Liberals, compared with 39% for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party, according to a new Leger ...Read more
Federal judges block North Carolina Supreme Court election 'cure' process -- for now
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked North Carolina election officials from beginning a massive ballot review period stemming from Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of his loss in the 2024 state Supreme Court race.
The 2-1 ruling, which came from a panel of judges on the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, means...Read more
South Carolina Senate votes to oust state treasurer over $1.8 billion accounting error
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The state Senate voted to oust Treasurer Curtis Loftis over a yearslong accounting error, leaving the statewide official a vote by the House away from being removed from office for willful neglect of duty.
The 33-8 vote in the state Senate is the upper chamber’s culmination of a three-year investigation into the state’s ...Read more
Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr enters race to succeed Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON — With a pledge to fully back President Donald Trump’s agenda, Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr on Tuesday jumped into the race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.
“I’m running for Senate to help our president save this great country,’’ Barr says in a video announcing his campaign. “Kentucky is the heart of ...Read more
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Supreme Court appears to favor parents' right to opt out of LGBTQ+ stories for their children
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded ready on Tuesday to give parents a constitutional right to opt out of public school lessons for their children that offend their religious beliefs.
At issue are new "LGBTQ-inclusive" storybooks used ...Read more
Alaska Legislature fails to override Gov. Dunleavy's school funding veto
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the state’s per-student funding formula.
Lawmakers voted to sustain Dunleavy’s veto in a 33-27 vote on Tuesday afternoon, seven votes shy of the 40-legislator threshold.
School ...Read more
Musk says he'll limit time with US government to focus on Tesla
Tesla Inc. rose in late trading after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he’s going to pull back “significantly” from his work with the U.S. government to focus on the EV maker.
Musk also said that he plans to keep advocating for President Donald Trump to pull back on tariffs, which have hit Tesla.
“I think starting probably next ...Read more
Tesla signals caution, says it will revisit 2025 growth outlook
Tesla Inc. backed away from an earlier view for 2025 sales growth and pledged to revisit its outlook next quarter, a sign that tariffs, an aging vehicle lineup and the backlash against Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk are having an impact on the electric-vehicle maker.
The company on Tuesday reported adjusted earnings of 27 cents per share ...Read more
Antisemitic incidents jump to all-time recorded high, Massachusetts reports 5th most in country
BOSTON — The massive spike in antisemitic incidents that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in 2023 continued last year, according to data compiled by the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL recorded a total of 638 incidents of assault, harassment, and vandalism last year in the New England region — the fourth year in a row that ...Read more
US stocks rebound as traders regain risk appetite: Markets wrap
U.S. stocks jumped, wiping out Monday’s plunge, as traders unleashed risky bets that the White House will clinch crucial trade deals with top economic partners. The dollar recovered slightly from Monday’s lows while short-term Treasury yields climbed.
The S&P 500 rose 2.5% — notching its best day since April 9 — after a series of ...Read more
Karen Read retrial kicks off: Prosecutor plays clip from Read interview, defense calls Proctor a 'cancer'
DEDHAM, Mass. — Nine months following a dramatic mistrial declared under the glare of the national spotlight, Karen Read is on trial again for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston police Officer John O’Keefe.
Read, 45, of Mansfield, faces charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and ...Read more
Jury sends out series of questions during first full day of deliberations in bribery trial of Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III
CHICAGO — Jurors in the federal corruption trial against Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III sent the judge a series of questions Tuesday before wrapping a first full day of deliberations.
All told, the panel sent U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood five questions that largely centered around the intent and timing of the alleged $5,000 campaign ...Read more
Three more federal prosecutors resign over pushback on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case dismissal
NEW YORK — Three more prosecutors on the team involved with Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption case have resigned rather than admit wrongdoing, they wrote in a resignation letter, according to published reports.
Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom, all who were previously placed on administrative leave after they refused ...Read more
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