ATLANTA — Emory University is significantly expanding its financial aid program, making it one of the most generous in the country.

Starting next academic year, the school will be tuition-free for undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000, a move that could help hundreds of students.

In the Wednesday announcement, Interim ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if their content is overwhelmingly critical of him, and defended ABC’s decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely over remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“That’s ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Thursday he plans to meet later in the day with the family of Charlotte light rail stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee whose murder captured national attention.

Stein made his remarks at a news conference during a visit to The Pearl, the $1.5 billion mixed-use health care, ...Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the killing of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week in west suburban Franklin Park.

This week, the Mexican government issued a diplomatic note to U.S. authorities demanding “a thorough investigation” into the Sept. 12 death of Silverio Villegas ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Missouri Republican lawmakers rushed to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts last week, critics argue the new map includes a crucial error that places more than 870 Kansas City residents in two districts.

The legislation, as written, assigns one Kansas City voting precinct to two separate congressional ...Read more

Minnesota Republicans want to make mental health the focus of the state’s response to high-profile violent incidents in recent months, setting up a conflict with Democrats who say firearms restrictions must be part of the solution.

This comes in response to Gov. Tim Walz vowing to call lawmakers back to the Capitol after the shooting deaths ...Read more

The man who fatally shot three police officers in southern Pennsylvania was identified Thursday as Matthew James Ruth.

Ruth, 24, was killed in the shootout on Wednesday, in which he wounded two additional officers, authorities said.

Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were killed in the shooting, ...Read more

The U.S. government has proposed requiring immigration applicants — including those seeking permanent residence, naturalization, asylum, or refugee status — to disclose their social media identifiers on official immigration forms.

The measure, published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Federal Register on Sept. 16, 2025, ...Read more

A 49-year-old woman claiming to be the wife of President Trump showed up at Mar-a-Lago while the real first lady and her husband were headed to London for a visit with British Royalty.

Police responded to the Trump’s Florida estate Tuesday upon being told an “unwanted guest” was trying to deliver a letter to the President, according to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the independent board that can raise or lower interest rates.

This appeal "involves yet another case of improper judicial interference with the President's removal authority — here, interference with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A panel of U.S. House lawmakers advanced a bill this week that would require the inclusion of AM radio in all new vehicles for eight years.

"I know quite well how crucial AM radio is for receiving emergency alerts during hurricane season, for consumers and rural communities to people stuck without electricity or internet during a...Read more

WASHINGTON — At a banquet table fit for a king, but set specially for him, U.S. President Donald Trump called his state visit to the United Kingdom this week “one of the highest honors of my life.”

He then proceeded to tell guests at the white tie event that the United States was “a very sick country” last year before becoming “the...Read more

The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV, expressed “concern” for his homeland during his first interview in the job he was appointed to in May.

In an extensive interview published by religious site Crux on Thursday, the pontiff avoided getting involved in partisan U.S. politics while making clear he will talk about issues involving “human ...Read more

Less than 50 days from the Nov. 4 special election, the Yes and No camps on Prop 50 are raising and spending millions to support messaging and turnout operations during the abbreviated campaign.

Department of Finance Chief Deputy Director Erika Li estimated the election will cost counties $251.3 million, and another $31.3 million to the state, ...Read more

NEW YORK — In a dramatic reversal, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration moved Thursday to kill a controversial plan to build a housing complex in the Bronx for former inmates with serious health issues that has sparked deep controversy.

Instead, Adams’ new effort would involve finding a new, unidentified location for the project, though it ...Read more

NEW YORK — Scores of cops will be on hand to protect the more than 200 dignitaries expected to attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly next week, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday.

New Yorkers can expect street closures, particularly on the East Side of Manhattan near the United Nations, on ...Read more

MIAMI — A Broward County judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a Miami-Dade police officer — charged in the deaths of two innocent bystanders, including a UPS driver, during a 2019 shootout at a busy intersection — citing Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.

Broward Circuit Court Judge Ernest Kollra ruled in favor of suspended ...Read more

Amid a surge of applications for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, the state is reducing the number of black bears that can be taken in the controversial December event.

State wildlife authorities this week cut the number of available bear tags by 15, to 172. Each tag, distributed through an application process that opened last Friday, ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado man who saw his murder conviction overturned in April in part because of faulty DNA evidence connected to a statewide scandal will be prosecuted again in connection with the 1994 Boulder killing, the district attorney announced in court Thursday.

Michael Clark, 50, was released on bond in April while prosecutors ...Read more