NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of helicopters to Mars.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed the plans during a daylong session dubbed “Ignite” held in Washington, ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s HIV-positive patients will continue to be able to rely on the state for help getting medication for the next few months, thanks to a last-minute scramble from the Florida Legislature that Gov. Ron DeSantis approved Tuesday.

Around 12,000 Floridians faced removal from the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Tuesday there's "no truth" in a viral social media post that claimed he had inside knowledge of a Democratic plot to rig the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.

"It's fake," Kilpatrick wrote in a text message to The Detroit News. "Never happened."

A lengthy X post from an ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City public schools released long-awaited artificial intelligence guidance on Tuesday that encourages teachers to “explore” using the new technology in lesson and unit planning and drafting communications — but prohibits its use in grading, discipline, or other key decisions about students.

More than three years ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt named Republican energy executive Alan S. Armstrong to the Senate, filling the vacant seat left by the resignation of former GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin to serve as President Donald Trump’s next Homeland Security secretary.

Stitt, also a Republican, announced his selection at a Tuesday morning press ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Tuesday to clear the way for a policy seeking to prevent immigrants from presenting asylum claims at the U.S. border with Mexico.

The Trump administration asked the justices to overturn a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that blocked the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota has sued the Trump administration, accusing its top law enforcement agencies of withholding evidence from the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in order to protect agents deployed for Operation Metro Surge from potential criminal charges.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday...Read more

ROMULUS, Mich. — The state of Michigan and Romulus city officials filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from using a city warehouse as a detention center for 500 immigrants.

A detention center is inappropriate for the site near Detroit Metropolitan Airport due to traffic and flooding concerns and ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Republican lawmaker has called into question San Jose State University’s handling of antisemitic incidents earlier this month and last fall at the campus.

In a letter last week, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, D-La., asked SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson to answer nearly two dozen pointed questions related to the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said there were “real failures” in the nation’s immigration system that led to the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman last week, and added that while fixes need to be made to the system, that responsibility lies with President Donald Trump’s administration.

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A 27-year-old quadruple amputee who plays professional cornhole is accused of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car the suspect was driving.

Detectives in Maryland charged Dayton James Webber with killing 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells, then asking two witnesses riding in the backseat of his vehicle to help remove the ...Read more

TEHRAN, Iran — In typical times, Nowruz is a much-anticipated moment of hope across Iran.

Preparations for the Persian New Year begin days in advance, with people spring-cleaning their home — “shaking the house,” as the expression goes — or buying new clothes and furniture.

Tehran’s streets burst with shoppers perusing markets for...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An election judge in northern Minnesota’s Hubbard County has pled guilty to a felony for allowing 11 unregistered people to vote in November 2024.

Timothy Scouton, 65, of Nevis, Minnesota, was charged with two counts: accepting ballots from the unregistered voters and neglect of duty in his posting at the Badoura Township ...Read more

DENVER — Tens of millions of dollars that Denver International Airport officials invested in reconfiguring security screening checkpoints have helped keep the airport relatively quick for travelers amid the double trouble of a spring break surge and the federal government shutdown.

Security wait times at DIA over the past two weeks averaged ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — No Kings, the recurring nationwide protests against the policies of President Donald Trump, is back for 2026.

Over 3,000 No Kings rallies are scheduled for Saturday, and will focus on Trump, his policies, escalations of immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota, and ICE’s increased presence nationwide.

It marks the third ...Read more

Israeli officials said the country will persist with strikes against Iran even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks are underway to end the conflict, further unsettling energy and financial markets.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said the campaign, now in its 25th day, would continue “at full intensity,” while Energy Minister Eli ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Social media giant TikTok will need to provide the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office with internal documents as part of a case brought by the state after a Hennepin County judge ruled the civil lawsuit may proceed.

Tiktok, the mega-popular short-form video purveyor, faces a lawsuit from Minnesota over the way it markets and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Justice on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order that called on a private Texas-based firm to revive controversial oil pipelines along the Central Coast despite ongoing state and local objections.

The March 13 order from U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright ...Read more