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It remains illegal in California for a school district to force teachers and other staff to alert parents about their child's gender identity, but parents must be told when they ask about it, a judge ruled Tuesday in a ...Read more

HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader John Lee is taking the unprecedented step of outlining a five-year vision for the Asian financial hub. The question is whether he’ll be the chief executive to see it through.

On Wednesday,...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of an Ohio House Democrat who is seeking to block efforts to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center.

In his ruling, Judge Christopher R. Cooper ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday said the Trump administration would not be slowed in its efforts to oversee the midterm elections by a Supreme Court decision blocking an unprecedented mail ballot ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Did Gov. Henry McMaster exceed his authority in sending 500 South Carolina National Guard troops to the District of Columbia at President Trump’s behest?

That was the question Tuesday before state ...Read more

Florida Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Tuesday to state and federal officials seeking more information about findings in a recent report that people held at the now shuttered immigrant detention site known as...Read more

California’s largest teachers union sued state officials Tuesday over nearly $6 billion in withheld school funding, alleging that budget actions approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature violated the state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Iran war directly cost the Pentagon $38 billion through July and is likely to consume $2 billion to $3 billion more per month if recent hostilities in the region continue, the Congressional Budget Office...Read more

Senators from both parties blocked a landmark digital asset market structure bill in a procedural vote Tuesday, sending cryptocurrency stocks tumbling after a major setback for industry.

The long-stalled legislation ...Read more

The Federal Reserve is expected to lift interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since 2023 as policymakers lose confidence that inflation will cool sufficiently without at least a nudge from the central bank.

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Federal drug agents in Los Angeles searched the home of actor Hayden Panettiere amid reports she’d been texting a drug dealer before dying from what may have been an oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl.

TMZ said Drug ...Read more

The University of Missouri said it’s investigating a professor who was covertly recorded by a conservative advocacy group seeking to expose diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses.

The chair of the ...Read more

A “nearly 100% fatal” disease is the rise across the United States, prompting federal officials to issue a nationwide health alert.

Since July, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has seen a sharp ...Read more

NEW YORK — There were lines along the sidewalk in Midtown Tuesday morning, though it wasn’t for the latest iPhone or sneaker drop — but for classic pastrami and corned beef on rye and matzoh ball soup at the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The fund that determines if NYPD officers get largely tax-free accident disability pensions needs better regulations to make sure the system doesn’t get scammed, the city’s Department of Investigation said...Read more

Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries increased 13% in 2025, covering almost 5,000 more acres in Maryland’s portion of the Bay, the Maryland Department of the Environment reported.

“More ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that his administration will be “reimagining” the hallmark street-safety plan of the Bill de Blasio administration, Vision Zero.

The plan, which aims to reduce ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid a reckoning on digital devices in the classroom, the New York City Council called for further reforms to reduce screen time in public schools during a hearing Tuesday.

Earlier this month, Mayor Zohran ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States fired so many munitions at Iranian targets during the first few months of Operation Epic Fury that it “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County Forest Preserves has used a $40 million yearly windfall from voters to buy up and conserve more land, pay for maintenance and add programming while bolstering its pension funds, the district ...Read more