New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions....
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why (apnews.com)
In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It’s killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, dogs, skunks, foxes and even a polar bear....
Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to governor's 400-year school funding veto (apnews.com)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto that locked in a school funding increase for the next 400 years, the justices announced Monday....
Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act (apnews.com)
At least 11 people died and 64 are missing after 2 ships sink off the coast of southern Italy (apnews.com)
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains (apnews.com)
US aircraft carrier captain playfully counters Houthi's false online claims of hitting his ship (apnews.com)
Indian national charged with plotting the murder for hire of a Sikh activist is extradited to the US (apnews.com)
n Indian national was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday.
The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process (apnews.com)
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says....
Surgeon general asks Congress to require warning labels for social media, like those on cigarettes (apnews.com)
The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes....
The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more (apnews.com)
He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks....
Takeaways from the AP investigation into the Palestinian families being decimated in Gaza (apnews.com)
US aircraft carrier counters false Houthi claims with 'Taco Tuesdays' as deployment stretches on - AP (apnews.com)
“I think it’s been about two or three times in the past six months we’ve allegedly been sunk, which we have not been,” Hill told The Associated Press during a recent visit to the carrier. “It is almost comical at this point. They’re attempting to maybe inspire themselves through misinformation, but it doesn’t work...
Singapore rushes to clean-up oil slick after boat hits stationary fuel supply ship (apnews.com)
Singapore rushes to clean-up oil slick after boat hits stationary fuel supply ship (apnews.com)
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen (apnews.com)
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it (apnews.com)
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer....
Myanmar's embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs (apnews.com)
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax....
1 of 2 abducted Louisiana children is found dead in Mississippi after their mother is killed (apnews.com)
A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday, and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi — one dead and the other alive, police said....
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to help pay Sandy Hook debt as judge decides Infowars’ fate (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. The decision could determine the future of his Infowars media platform, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School...