HARTFORD, Conn. — An appeals court has upheld a two-week disciplinary suspension of Alex Jones’ lawyer for mishandling confidential medical records in the run-up to the 2022 trial at which families of Sandy Hook victims won a $1.4 billion defamation verdict against Jones and his companies.

The decision by the state Appellate Court Friday ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifteen new cases of measles have been reported in the Upstate since Tuesday, more schools have had infected students, 303 people are in quarantine and 13 in isolation, the South Carolina Department of Public Health reported Friday.

The total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak is 126 and 129 ...Read more

President Donald Trump said there will be “serious retaliation” after two U.S. Army soldiers and an interpreter were killed in what officials said was an attack by an Islamic State gunman that also wounded three other Americans.

“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― A group of bipartisan senators are urging action by the federal government on stalled progress on the Northern Border Mission Center located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County.

The group of senators who represent northern border states wrote last week to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, asking her to "...Read more

SEATTLE — As Western Washington reels from catastrophic flooding that swept the areas along major river valleys, another plume of moisture will arrive on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

An atmospheric river rolled into the region Monday, bringing devastating floods to several areas and hitting communities along the Nooksack...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Frigid ocean water off Sonoma County wasn't the only thing sending a chill down the spine of a surfer riding the waves on Friday.

The surfer was paddling in the water off North Salmon Creek, roughly 300 yards from shore, about 8 a.m. when a shark bit his hand. The surfer's injuries were not considered life threatening, according...Read more

European officials are growing concerned that an emerging U.S.-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a reinvasion of territory in the war-battered nation’s eastern Donbas region.

The fear, a main sticking point in recent talks, is that the U.S. plan for a demilitarized zone would give the Kremlin ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City is poised for a wintry glow-up overnight, with several inches of snow forecast to fall across the five boroughs as Christmas draws ever near.

While Saturday started off unseasonably warm — with highs hitting the low 40s — temperatures are expected to dip just enough by late evening, setting the stage for a snowy ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado criminal justice advocates are viewing the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the state’s adult prisons and juvenile detention centers with a healthy dose of skepticism, hoping the Trump administration will conduct a thorough probe while wondering whether the entire announcement amounts to little more than a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Towering granite spires whiz by in the background, and Joseph Brambila howls with delight, in a YouTube video he shot of himself sliding on his butt down a steep, snowy slope on the upper reaches of Mount Whitney.

When he loses control and wipes out — repeatedly — it looks like he’s tumbling inside a snow globe.

He has ...Read more

A group of 19 states sued the Trump administration to block a $100,000 fee for any new applications for H-1B visas, which allow employers in the U.S. to hire skilled foreign workers.

The mostly Democrat-led states argue in the suit filed Friday that the fee creates a costly and illegal barrier for employers to use the popular visa program, ...Read more

Almost a half-mile below the surface of Monterey Bay, California, scientists recently recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus— only the fourth time the same research team has spotted the species in about four decades.

In a new video posted online, scientists with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shared footage of the giant ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis residents noticed a new strategy in the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, OR ICE, operation in the Twin Cities this week: helicopters flying overhead.

In an emailed statement, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson confirmed the agency’s aircraft are “supporting federal law enforcement partners ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Months of tension between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and members of the City Council burst into public view Friday when the council rebuffed the mayor's request to significantly increase police hiring.

The face-off between the mayor and some council members has been brewing since the council voted in May as part of the city ...Read more

Public speakers at Maryland’s final redistricting hearing overwhelmingly backed Democratic efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map, but written testimony submitted to the state tells a sharply different story.

Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting commission held its last virtual public listening session Friday, where Maryland voters ...Read more

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to Europe to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders this weekend in Berlin, according to The Wall Street Journal, as part of President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders, including U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer, had ...Read more