New Maryland laws coming into effect New Year's Day 2026
BALTIMORE — As the state prepares for its annual General Assembly session beginning Jan. 14, 2026, there are still new laws from last session set to take effect on New Year’s Day.
Below is a sample of some of the ...Read more
One big beautiful bill act complicates state health care affordability efforts
As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid ...Read more
Cozying up to MAGA pays dividends for Germany's far-right AfD
A yearlong campaign by the far-right Alternative for Germany party to court Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is beginning to bear fruit.
Though the country’s largest opposition group is a virtual pariah among the German ...Read more
Prince George helps with Christmas dinner at homeless charity
Prince George has helped serve Christmas dinner to the homeless.
The 12-year-old prince joined his father Prince William, 43, at The Passage in London earlier this week, 32 years after the Prince of Wales joined his ...Read more
Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham unfollow son Brooklyn
Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham have unfollowed their son Brooklyn on Instagram.
The couple's eldest son has reportedly been estranged from his family for some time and now it seems they have severed their digital ...Read more
Simone Ashley splits from boyfriend
Simone Ashley has split from her boyfriend.
The Bridgerton actress had been romancing Tim Sykes and was spotted kissing the businessman at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in September, but they have now gone ...Read more
Pras Michel makes bid to avoid jail
Pras Michel has sought bail while he appeals his international fraud convictions.
The Fugees rapper was convicted of 10 charges - including acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government - back in April 2023 ...Read more
Lily Allen 'stays out of' daughters' relationship with David Harbour
Lily Allen's daughters are still in contact with David Harbour.
The 40-year-old singer split from the Stranger Things actor around a year ago and she hasn't intervened in the relationship he still has with her kids Ethel,...Read more
Federal agent fires weapon after being struck by vehicle in St. Paul, police say
A federal agent in St. Paul fired his weapon after being struck by a vehicle in St. Paul on Sunday morning.
St. Paul police were called just after 8:20 a.m. Sunday to the 1300 block of Westminster Street after reports of ...Read more
Colorado power outages disrupt atomic clock in Boulder
Power shut off across Colorado last week as hurricane-force winds swept across the state. In Boulder, one of those outages caused time to briefly stand still.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s ...Read more
Colorado woman dies after 'disturbance' outside U.S. Forest Service office
Colorado officials are investigating the death of a woman in Grand County after witnesses spotted two men putting her body in a car, according to investigators.
Law enforcement responded to the U.S. Forest Service’s ...Read more
States crack down on aggressive driving
NEW YORK — On a frigid December morning along busy Broadway in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, pedestrians walk rapidly toward the subway. Cars and e-bikes speed along a busy two-lane road and blast through...Read more
Kate Winslet wanted to recast herself in Goodbye June
Kate Winslet "desperately tried" to recast herself in Goodbye June.
The Mare of Easttown actress had only planned to produce and star in the seasonal family drama, which was written by her son Joe Anders, but when she ...Read more
Lars Eidinger cast as Man of Tomorrow's Brainiac
Lars Eidinger will play Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow.
The German actor has been cast as the android - who hails from the planet Colu and is determined to college all the knowledge in the universe - in James Gunn's upcoming...Read more
Remarried Dad's Behavior Repeatedly Makes Daughter Cringe
DEAR ABBY: My parents were married for 50 years. My dad remarried a nice lady a year after Mom died. Within two months of meeting her, they were engaged.
Dad made more than a few missteps, including announcing the ...Read more
75-year-old CT man ordered to pay back $1.2 million to over 30 state treasuries
A 75-year-old Greenwich man has been ordered to pay back $1.2 million in restitution to 30 state treasuries after being sentenced to three years in prison, officials said.
Henry J. White, Jr., 75, was sentenced Friday by ...Read more
Boston Police Blotter: POST Commission suspends Karen Read investigator Michael Proctor's certification
It’s really the end for disgraced former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who served as the case officer for both the Karen Read and Brian Walshe murder investigations.
The Massachusetts Peace Officer...Read more
US says it intercepted second tanker in Venezuela blockade
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped and boarded an oil tanker in the Caribbean early Saturday that was last docked in Venezuela, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade.
The...Read more
Chevron steers risky path to oil's biggest prize in Venezuela
For almost two decades, oil giant Chevron Corp.’s stubborn persistence in Venezuela looked like folly: with billion-dollar investments constantly under threat from the tug-of-war between Caracas and Washington, D.C.
Now...Read more
Judge keeps alive subpoenas of Fulton County's 2020 ballots
A judge has cleared the way for the Georgia State Election Board to obtain Fulton County ballots and other documents from the 2020 election.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney on Friday ruled that the ...Read more
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