HOWELL, Mich. — Vice President JD Vance is set to address a crowd of hundreds Wednesday at a metal stamping plant here in Livingston County about a week after the assassination of conservative activist and Trump administration ally Charlie Kirk.

Vance was a close friend of 31-year-old Kirk, the founder of the conservative political ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday forecast to become a hurricane in the Atlantic, but no immediate threat to land, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. EDT advisory, what had initially been Tropical Depression Seven earlier Wednesday grew into the season’s seventh named storm located ...Read more

In the frantic hours after Charlie Kirk was killed by a sniper at a Utah university, those closest to the alleged shooter began making wrenching discoveries, authorities said.

In charging Tyler Robinson, 22, authorities revealed new details about the hours after the shooting and how they lead to the arrest. Robinson was charged with seven ...Read more

Former President Barack Obama condemned the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling it an “inflection point” for the nation, while declaring political violence a “threat to us all.”

“Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” he said, per The...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott don’t have much in common, but one shared policy may soon take effect in Illinois: a crackdown on intoxicating hemp products.

Just as Abbott recently did in his state, Pritzker is threatening to use his executive authority to reign in the unregulated sales of hemp products ...Read more

WASHINGTON — During a Senate hearing Wednesday morning, two former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contested Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s version of why they departed the agency in August.

“Since my removal, several explanations have been offered: that I told the secretary I would ...Read more

The widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that tests conducted by two foreign laboratories confirm he was poisoned prior to his death in prison last year.

Navalny, once considered one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest rivals, fell unconscious and died in Feb. 2024 after a walk at an Arctic penal colony, where he�...Read more

At least 17 states have taken steps to ensure broader access to the COVID-19 vaccine since last month, when the federal government significantly restricted eligibility for the shot.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ...Read more

The European Union proposed suspending Israel’s preferential trade benefits as part of a new package of sanctions in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The European Commission, the E.U. executive’s arm, proposed on Wednesday to suspend part of its association agreement with Israel, which means the country will be ...Read more

The U.S. is in talks to set up a $5 billion fund to invest in mining, in what would be the government’s most significant foray into dealmaking to boost supplies of critical minerals.

The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. is in discussions to establish the fund as a joint venture with New York-based investment firm Orion Resource ...Read more

Sacramento will start charging monthly fees at some of its homeless shelters, a move that remains uncommon nationwide and marks the city’s latest strategy to address its homeless crisis.

In a 7-2 vote on Tuesday night, the City Council approved implementing fees at its new interim housing sites of tiny homes. Four of these sites, called micro...Read more

The European Union proposed suspending Israel’s preferential trade benefits as part of a new package of sanctions in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The European Commission, the E.U. executive’s arm, proposed on Wednesday to suspend part of its association agreement with Israel, which means the country will be ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new tropical depression formed Wednesday that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Gabrielle and strengthen further into a hurricane in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory, the center of what is now Tropical Depression Seven was located in the central Atlantic about 1,...Read more

The European Union proposed suspending Israel’s preferential trade benefits as part of a new package of sanctions in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The European Commission, the E.U. executive’s arm, proposed on Wednesday to suspend part of its association agreement with Israel, which means the country will be ...Read more