LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that guidance issued by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson governing procedures for Michigan election challengers was largely developed properly and most of the instructions can remain in place for the Nov. 5 presidential election.

The high court's 4-3 ruling along party lines held ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Authorities believe former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler last month presented a “target of opportunity” for Thomas Matthew Crooks, who FBI officials said searched online for campaign stops by both Trump and President Joe Biden.

“We saw through our analysis of his online searches a sustained, detailed effort to ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday after an early morning launch ended with the fiery demise of its first-stage booster.

The move is likely to further delay billionaire Jared Isaacman’s planned return to space on the Polaris Dawn mission, which had its own launch called ...Read more

NEW YORK — The City University of New York is beefing up security and surveying students on discrimination across its 25 campuses, university officials announced on the first day of school for many of its colleges.

After a wave of pro-Palestinian protests last semester culminated in hundreds of arrests at City College, its Harlem campus, CUNY...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to call a special session this fall as lawmakers wobbled on a package of energy bills that he wants to pass this week before the Legislature adjourns for the year, according to sources involved in the negotiations at the Capitol.

The governor delivered the last-minute ultimatum in private ...Read more

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis broke his days of silence Wednesday on the controversy that has erupted over his administration’s plans to build golf courses, pickleball courts, hotels and more on Florida state parks, saying the state will go “back to the drawing board” on the idea.

Since they were revealed last week, the Florida...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold a plan by President Joe Biden to reduce student loan monthly payments for millions of borrowers and cancel loans after they have been paid on for 20 years.

In a brief order with no dissents, the justices denied an emergency appeal from the administration and said it would wait for a ...Read more

LAS VEGAS —Jurors have reached a verdict Wednesday in the murder trial of former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.

The panel of seven women and five men deliberated for four hours on Monday and about six hours on Tuesday. Telles’ trial stretched ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is now tracking two Atlantic systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook Wednesday, the bigger threat to Florida remained what has become a tropical wave that has formed in the central tropical Atlantic.

“Some...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Robert Telles, the former elected Clark County public administrator, was found guilty Wednesday of murdering Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.

The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for about 12 hours before reaching the verdict.

Jurors weighed eight days of testimony from dozens of witnesses,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The city of Sacramento might have violated state law when it blocked journalists from entering the entire block where it was clearing a homeless camp Monday.

Unlike other times officers have cleared camps, when officers arrived Monday morning to shut down Camp Resolution in North Sacramento, it directed all media and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Proud Boy Arthur Jackman has pleaded guilty to his role in the 2021 attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the certification of the 2020 election results.

Jackman, who is married to an Orange County deputy sheriff, admitted Wednesday in federal court to illegally entering the Capitol along with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will look to confirm more of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominations before the end of the year and the end of his term, but the lawmakers will have to navigate familiar political hurdles and a time crunch before the president’s term ends.

The Biden administration and Senate Democrats are running virtually...Read more

ATLANTA — A school bus was involved in a crash Wednesday morning that left several children with minor injuries, officials said.

DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department got the call about the crash around 8:30 a.m. in the 4200 block of River Road, near County Line-Ellenwood Library, according to Capt. Jaeson Daniels. An oncoming vehicle was also...Read more

DETROIT — A host of politicians, including U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib, are vowing to pursue legislative change so that state officials and local communities are notified when hazardous waste is transported and stored in the state.

The demands were made during a Wayne County Commission committee meeting on Tuesday, one week ...Read more

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed setting up new talks between their presidents in meetings aimed at managing the two nations’ difficult relationship.

“The two sides discussed a new round of interaction between the two heads of state in the near future,” China’s Foreign Ministry ...Read more

Marshes were drained and replaced by shallow, lifeless ponds. Old floodplain forests were cut down with no plan for them to grow back. Swamps and bogs were permanently drowned by open water.

Minnesota and the Upper Midwest have been losing prime natural wetlands to development and logging that in many cases converts them to waters with few if ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A jury began a third day of deliberations on Wednesday morning in the murder trial of former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.

The panel of seven women and five men deliberated for four hours on Monday and about six hours on Tuesday. ...Read more