Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court in push to sideline 20,000 California mail ballots

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal ...

Springfield courthouse expected to be most expensive in state

Compared to recent and upcoming projects, the Springfield Regional Justice Center is expected to be the state’s most expensive courthouse, both in total building cost and cost per square foot.

4 Americans and 1 Canadian among the 69 dead in Spain’s train collision

MADRID (AP) — Four Americans and one Canadian were among the 69 people killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in ...

Court hears Lori Vallow Daybell’s appeal in Idaho killings of 2 of her children, romantic rival

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court is scheduled Monday to hear Lori Vallow Daybell’s appeal of her convictions in that state for killing her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a ...

El-Sayed’s primary opponent stuns Democrats by endorsing Republican opponent in Michigan Senate race

Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican ...

Trump rallies in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans fight to keep Senate and House control

Michigan plays a key role in the Democratic effort to retake control of the U.S. Senate. If they don’t keep that seat on Tuesday, they would face additional pressure to win races in deeper Republican ...

Karl Bushby completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world and returns to mother’s house

HULL, England (AP) — Karl Bushby completed his 28-year odyssey to walk around the world Monday by returning to his mother’s home in northern England. Bushby embraced his emotional mother, Angela, ...

Jet nosedives and erupts into fireball near busy roadway in South Florida. All 9 on board died

A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball ...

Approval of a cheap version of HIV-prevention shot lenacapavir raises hopes in low-income countries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV — a ...

Ukraine and Russia report fake emergency alerts after cyberattack targets apps

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert mobile apps had been targeted by cyberattacks, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings of an imminent nuclear ...

Week 8 high school football stars of the week

— Jackson Ponte went 4-of-5 for 108 yards and two touchdowns while adding 88 rushing yards, Maddox Joseph scored two rushing touchdowns while Jayce James had a 98-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown ...

Justice Department urges sanctions for database analysis critical of its noncitizen voting claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Sunday defended the accuracy of a list of what it says are more than 20,000 ...