The Henderson Police Department gave a timeline of the multiday police standoff that ended Sunday with a person found dead.

Police said in a news release Monday that the suspect barricaded inside a home for nearly two days was connected to a violent felony case and was “armed and making suicidal statements, refusing to surrender.”

On ...Read more

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A porch pirate has spoiled one Bay Area bride-to-be’s wedding plans.

On April 11, between 8:24 p.m. and 8:46 p.m., a suspect stole several packages off a doorstep in the 800 block of Adams Street in Redwood City, according to the Redwood City Police Department.

A wedding dress worth $2,000 was inside one of the ...Read more

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations headed to the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, ramping up pressure on North Korea as sanctions enforcement was dealt a heavy blow.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield went to the buffer-zone border Tuesday in the highest-profile visit by a Biden administration since Vice President Kamala ...Read more

It’s not often that the the Republican-led Kentucky legislature doesn’t pass a priority piece of legislation addressing a hot-button issue among conservatives.

But that’s just what happened with Senate Bill 6, which was aimed at restricting diversity, equity and inclusion — referred to as “DEI” — offices at public colleges and ...Read more

Dr. Werner Spitz — the renowned former Detroit-area medical examiner who used his expertise in forensic pathology to weigh in on some of the significant cases of the last century, from President John F. Kennedy's death to the Oakland County, Michigan, child murders — was remembered as a pioneer Monday.

His son, Jonathan Spitz, who lives in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid $146,629 in federal income taxes on a combined $619,976 in adjusted gross income in 2023 — meaning the first family paid an effective federal income tax of 23.7% — according to tax filings released by the White House.

The amount represents a slight uptick in both income and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Presidential election denial. COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Palm Beach County Commissioners perhaps have heard and seen it all.

Still, commissioners’ attention turned to what could be done to curb hate speech on April 2, after a group of people at a meeting spoke one by one at a lectern — making disparaging remarks...Read more

LANSING, Michigan — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lawyer filed paperwork to form a company he says is meant to manage her family’s personal wealth, four days after the Michigan Legislature signed off on the hotly debated details of a personal financial disclosure law for state officeholders.

The Democratic governor disclosed her ownership ...Read more

The adult film star. The betraying bagman. The brash billionaire. The plot reads like a "Sopranos" episode, a shadowy narrative of a nation's sins and troubling divisions, its characters converging in a New York courtroom where, for the first time in history, a former president will stand before a jury in a criminal trial.

Donald Trump is ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors can go into effect, overruling a lower court while the long-term constitutionality of the state’s law is still being litigated.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador asked the high court to allow the ban to go into effect in February, after a ...Read more

RICHMOND, Calif. — A Richmond man allegedly caught with enough guns and ammunition to equip a small army is set to have a preliminary hearing soon on 18 felony and three misdemeanor charges, court records show.

Lawrence Hansen, 68, is scheduled to go before Judge Charles “Ben” Burch on May 10, where police and other witnesses will testify...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban has raised nearly $5 million as it gathers signatures across the state to force a statewide vote.

The campaign, called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, has raised $4.98 million since launching its campaign in January, according to the coalition’s quarterly...Read more

Dangling from one of the biggest floating cranes on the East Coast, the largest chunk yet of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge was moved ashore Sunday.

The approximately 450-ton section of truss sat Monday morning at a processing yard at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, where orange sparks flew as workers sawed at the steel. Minutes ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial got underway Monday at Manhattan Supreme Court, where the former president was dealt a set of legal blows — when he wasn’t nodding off at the defense table — and a stern warning that he can’t pick and choose when he wants to turn up.

The trial officially got underway at 2:30 p.m. ...Read more

The body of a fourth person killed in the Key Bridge collapse was found Sunday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said.

The Unified Command said the victim was identified Monday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The salvage team working on removing the bridge found a missing construction vehicle before divers found the body ...Read more