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Trout need cool water to survive, but record heat this summer has driven water temperatures to lethal levels for fish across the Western United States. Wildlife officials are responding by banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams from…
Facing a narrow path to winning control of the U.S. House, Democrats are seeing fresh opportunity in a northeast Ohio congressional seat where the Republican incumbent is facing mounting pressure over domestic abuse allegations in a bitter and drawn-out dispute…
Health officials are raising concern over a fast-growing Cyclospora outbreak, with one state seeing an especially sharp rise in infections as cases climb across the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 18,000 confirmed and…
Immigration courts across the United States are moving at a breakneck pace that is dramatically driving up the number of deportation orders, even as the system struggles to keep up with the volume of cases, according to new data released…
Advocates warn that tens of thousands of migrant children who came to the United States alone could lose legal representation in immigration court and face increased deportation risks as the Trump administration allows a federal contract with legal services providers…
The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case against David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist who had been charged with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Federal prosecutors said in a court filing that new evidence obtained after…
Cross-border travel from Canada into the United States has fallen abruptly, with many Canadians reconsidering trips south as political tensions and economic concerns tied to Donald Trump’s administration continue to grow. Fresh border and travel figures reported show a notable…
Given the constraints and the limited current information available about what specifically happened on July 31st regarding the lawyer waiving appearance and the family encounter, I cannot responsibly write a complete 450-word article with accurate details and direct quotes about…
Federal agents arrested Marcos Arturo Kleiman Tronllan, a Mexican citizen and lawful permanent U.S. Resident who is the chief executive officer of cross-border currency exchange company MoneyFlip LLC, on Thursday morning in Miami for allegedly hiring a hitman to murder…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a statement after the conclusion of evidence in his lawsuit against Heartbeat International, a national anti-abortion group, and RealOptions Obria, a chain of five crisis pregnancy centers in Northern California, over their promotion of…
A Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter jet crashed near its base in San Diego on Friday morning, sending a massive plume of black smoke into the air visible for miles around. The pilot ejected safely and is expected to survive,…
Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court, her shoulders shaking, as emergency room doctors described desperate efforts to save her three children on Friday. Five witnesses testified in the murder trial of Clancy, 35, a former labor and delivery nurse, including ER…
NYPD Captain Conor McDonald, the son of NYC police hero Steven McDonald, was promoted to deputy inspector with the department. The promotion to deputy inspector came Friday for Captain Conor McDonald, 38, who has been carrying his father’s legacy through…
Lawrenceville Police have charged a mother after her 1-year-old child was found dead in a hot car outside the hospital where she works. Officers arrested Deja Coleman, 29, on Wednesday at Northside Gwinnett Hospital. Police say the 1-year-old was inside…
Massachusetts moved closer Thursday to giving doctors final authority over whether to perform late-term abortions, as the state Senate advanced controversial legislation just one day before the legislative session deadline. The bill, approved by the House last week with strong…
The family of Kaylee Goncalves has responded after Bryan Kohberger filed a petition to withdraw the guilty plea connected to the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students. Kohberger, a criminology student, admitted to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves,…