By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration Friday ended a contract that provides legal help to migrant children entering the country without a parent or guardian, raising concerns that children will be forced to navigate the complex legal system ...
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A court says there is no constitutional right to possess brass knuckles in Michigan, a weapon typically associated with violent ambushes in dark alleys and banned in nearly two dozen states. The Michigan Court of Appeals, in an 18-page ...
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of 35 pro-Palestinian students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists and activists filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles, over its handling of last year's demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle, authorities ...
By SARAH RAZA The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new law in South Dakota will restrict transgender people's use of communal facilities in public schools and state-owned buildings starting July 1. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed bill HB 1259 into law on Friday, which ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in New York will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting two Black teenagers fleeing in a car in 2023, Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday. An investigative report released by James' office determined prosecutors would not be able to ...
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday began sketching a roadmap for dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student loans and programs serving students with disabilities. The ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A woman drowned her dog in a Florida airport bathroom and then boarded her international flight after she was prevented from bringing the white miniature schnauzer with her because of a paperwork issue, authorities said. The woman was arrested in Lake County on Wednesday ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have to be abandoned if nothing is done to reverse the trend, city ...
By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to "Go buy Ivanka stuff," top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again. Government ...