Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are.

Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a ...

Democrat Renee Hardman beat Republican Lucas Loftin by more than 40 percentage points in a special election Tuesday night.

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

Shirley is a 23-year-old self-described "independent YouTube journalist" who made prank videos in high school before pivoting ...

The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming ...

Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the ...

Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a ...

The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole ...

Revellers watch a fireworks and light show for children on Museumplein as part of New Year's Eve celebrations in Amsterdam on December 31, 2025. Members of the public gather to celebrate the New Year ...

In Alaska in 2015, Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. Paul was kept behind bars for seven years awaiting trial.