ATLANTA — If Young Thug hadn’t pleaded guilty to gang, drug and gun charges on Halloween night, the rap superstar might have walked free, two jurors said after the lengthy trial ended this week.

The trial, the longest in Georgia history, concluded Tuesday as the two remaining defendants were acquitted of murder, gang and racketeering ...Read more

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter has been leaning on his faith but also his stubbornness during his lengthy hospice, according to his grandson.

Carter, who turned 100 years old in October, entered home hospice in his hometown of Plains in February of last year. At the time, the family thought he might only live days or weeks longer.

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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen teamed up with a left-wing coalition to topple the French government, pitching the country into a prolonged period of turbulence that’s likely to further unsettle investors.

A majority of lawmakers in the National Assembly backed a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s three-month-old ...Read more

Ron DeSantis has reportedly emerged as a surprise candidate to be President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense as Pete Hegseth scrambles to salvage his troubled bid to be Pentagon chief.

The Florida governor and onetime bitter Republican primary rival has spoken to Trump about potentially being a Plan B candidate if Hegseth...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives said Wednesday they are inclined to uphold state laws in half the nation that prohibit the use of hormone treatments for transgender teens.

Led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., they said there is an evolving medical debate over the use of puberty blockers and sex hormones for adolescents who...Read more

NEW YORK — Arthur Aidala, a politically connected lawyer with a roster of high-profile clients that includes Rudy Giuliani and a top adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, is under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to become the next U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned.

According to three sources ...Read more

CHICAGO — Then-powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan was intimately involved in the process of recommending people to sit on state board and commissions and kept a running list that eventually totaled 91 names after JB Pritzker won the election for governor in 2018, Madigan’s ex-chief of staff testified Wednesday.

Madigan would have his ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ possible departure from Tallahassee to take the helm of the Department of Defense is sending political shock waves across the Sunshine State.

Amid signs that President-elect Donald Trump’s current pick for defense secretary, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, is facing crumbling confirmation odds in the U.S. Senate amid ...Read more

SpaceX set a new standard for its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday using a first-stage booster for a record 24th time.

The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 5:13 a.m. Eastern time carrying another 24 Starlink satellites headed for low-Earth orbit.

The booster became the first in the ...Read more

Most prenatal supplements lack the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that could help prevent preterm birth, meaning delivery before 37 weeks’ gestation. This is a key finding of a new study, published by my team, in the American Journal of Perinatology.

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential nutrients that are found largely in fatty fish. ...Read more

In all the arguments over whether President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence is fit for the job, it’s easy to lose sight of why it matters.

It matters a lot. To speak of telling truth to power seems terribly old-fashioned these days, but as a veteran of White House intelligence operations, I know ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans will enter the 119th Congress with a razor-thin majority after an election that saw Democrats score a net gain of one seat — a rare bright spot for the party that decisively lost the White House and the Senate last month.

The final race to be decided — nearly one month after Election Day — was in ...Read more

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare shot and killed by a masked gunman in Manhattan Wednesday morning outside a Hilton Hotel, had been at the helm of the insurance giant since April 2021, according to the company’s website.

Thompson, 50, was on his way to hosting an investors conference at the hotel when a masked gunman in a hoodie ...Read more

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was killed by a masked gunman early Wednesday in a “targeted attack” outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown where he was expected to speak to a ballroom full of colleagues, officials said.

The shooting, police sources said, was caught on camera and Thompson, 50, was shot in the back. The NYPD released...Read more

DENVER — Colorado has experienced a surge in walking pneumonia this fall, most notably among very young children who aren’t usually as susceptible to the illness, according to health officials.

Bacterial infections that cause the mild lung infection reemerged nationwide this year for the first time since the start of the pandemic, peaking ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento leaders approved two historic resolutions on Tuesday to continue the city’s efforts toward reparations and racial equity.

The council unanimously passed both items, despite controversy last month that led to a delay in the vote. Councilmember Mai Vang — along with community organizations and residents — ...Read more

NEW YORK — State budget negotiations will not start in earnest until the new year, but Gov. Kathy Hochul is already backing off a push to cut funding to New York school districts losing enrollment.

Last year, Hochul proposed eliminating a provision known as “hold harmless” that ensures districts receive at least as much school aid as the ...Read more