Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up?

Three hours after polls closed on Tuesday night, Florida had reported enough ballots for The Associated Press to make calls on almost all of its dozens of contested primary elections.…

‘No survivors’ after plane with 8 aboard crashes in Alaska: Officials

A plane with eight people aboard crashed in a remote part of western Alaska on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Cessna 441, which took off from Anchorage…

Charter plane crash kills 8 at remote radar site in western Alaska, military says

Juneau, Alaska — A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said. The crash happened…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports

Legal experts dispute Abbott’s claims that the ritual washing stations are discriminatory, with some saying his attack fits a pattern of anti-Muslim actions and rhetoric. Source link

Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida

President Trump voted by mail ahead of Florida’s Republican primary on Tuesday, according to the White House, participating for at least the third time in a practice that he has…

Shakira makes surprise visit to earthquake-damaged Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian superstar Shakira committed Monday to help build at least 10 new schools in a remote and hard-hit region of her home country after it suffered a…

Hayden Panettiere, actor known for “Heroes” and “Remember the Titans,” dies at 36

Hayden Panettiere, who starred in “Remember the Titans” as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series “Heroes,” has died at the age of 36, her publicist…

A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier

Two months after her early release from prison, the election denier Tina Peters has a new job prospect: helping to oversee voting in a conservative corner of Northern California where…

Judge blocks Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked plans to move the FBI’s headquarters to a federal office building in Washington, finding that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally tossed out a previously…

Justice Department asks court to reinstate criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration last year,…