WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday limited how prosecutors can use an obstruction statute against former President Donald Trump as well as hundreds of cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The 6-3 decision overturned the interpretation of the law allowed in the case against one defendant, Joseph Fischer, which could ...Read more

A New Jersey mother accused of drowning her two young daughters in a bathtub told authorities she carried out the murders “for religious purposes,” according to court documents.

Naomi Elkins, of Lakewood, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with two counts of murder and two counts of weapons offenses after authorities found both of her ...Read more

BOSTON — Jurors in the Karen Read murder trial sent a note shortly before noon today indicating they were deadlocked. Judge Beverly Cannone nonetheless sent them back to continue deliberations.

“Despite our exhaustive review of the evidence and our diligent consideration of all disputed evidence, we have been unable to reach a unanimous ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby will not get to travel to New Orleans for a paid event that her lawyer described as an opportunity to promote Mosby’s consulting company.

U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby rejected Mosby’s request to travel while on home detention Friday in a one-page order.

Mosby sought...Read more

MIAMI — The Atlantic normally doesn’t get the conga-line look of tropical waves rolling off the African coast and heading west, one after the other, until the peak of the season. But on Friday, the National Hurricane Center was tracking one tropical wave that’s set to strengthen into Tropical Storm Beryl within the day, as well as another ...Read more

ATLANTA — Being exposed to light during a certain time of day can increase a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. According to the science, it all comes down to how you sleep.

Published in the Lancet Regional Health — Europe earlier this month, a study helmed by Flinders University researchers in Australia discovered sleep ...Read more

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage Thursday for the first time since 2020, in a confrontation that — because of strict debate rules — managed to avoid the near-constant interruptions that marred their previous encounters.

Biden, who ...Read more

A heat advisory was Friday morning for the interior parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Kendall, Miramar, Hialeah, Florida City, Carol City and Kendale Lakes.

The National Weather Service advisory will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. While temperatures are expected to rise to the mid-90s, it could ...Read more

Iran’s snap presidential election got underway on Friday with the country’s stagnant economy and opposition to the ruling theocratic system weighing heavily on voters.

Polling stations across the Islamic Republic opened at 8 a.m. local time. Photos and footage released by state media mostly showed queues dominated by women wearing the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rhonda Massie, wife of Rep. Thomas Massie, died Thursday, according to a post shared by the Kentucky Republican on X.

“Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday limited how prosecutors can use an obstruction statute against former President Donald Trump as well as hundreds of cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The 6-3 decision overturned the interpretation of the law allowed in the case against one defendant, Joseph Fischer, which could ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — By all federal standards, the water we drink in Southern Nevada from the Colorado River is safe, according to water quality data released every year by water managers.

A vast network of filtering and treatment centers, including the Las Vegas Wash that carries treated wastewater to Lake Mead, helps make this a reality.

But one ...Read more

BOSTON — Jurors have begun their fourth day of deliberations in the Karen Read murder trial taking place in Dedham.

Judge Beverly Cannone convened court shortly after 9 a.m. in the shortest session seen so far in the deliberative process. There was no sidebar and Cannone just asked jurors if they were able to follow her instructions to not ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities in California and the West may enforce laws restricting homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices disagreed with the the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco and ruled it is not "cruel and unusual" punishment for city officials to forbid ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio remains one of the top contenders to serve as Donald Trump’s running mate, but the Florida man has yet to address head-on a potential hurdle for the job: a constitutional provision that says electors cannot vote for both a president and a vice president from the same state.

In an interview with CNN following Thursday’s...Read more

The workers never stood a chance.

Security video from a lithium battery factory south of Seoul in the city of Hwaseong on Monday morning shows a puff of smoke as one worker scrambles to move battery cases and another sprays a fire extinguisher in vain.

The cases begin to explode in a flash of yellow before the camera goes dark.

As explosions ...Read more