20+ hour, 47+ min ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

20+ hour, 46+ min ago   (358+ words) NEW YORK — The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a…...

20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (744+ words) For many of us, the summer is ending in a paroxysm of grief. Perennials we believed would last forever have perished. Over mere weeks, we lost a legendary performer, a feminist trailblazer and a living memorial. I never met Dolly…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1116+ words) LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All…...

17+ hour, 8+ min ago   (624+ words) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samo a after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S....

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (726+ words) WASHINGTON — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (596+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California labor leader behind a proposal to tax billionaires has been accused of harassing and intimidating several women who work for an affiliated union. The Los Angeles Times was the first to report on the allegations. The…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (717+ words) Pennsylvania now leads the nation in confirmed cases of measles this year as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues to spread through the state. Updated numbers Friday from the Pennsylvania Department of Health pegged the number of cases…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (329+ words) “There is a lot I could say about … John Fetterman’s pathetic behavior as a senator,” said Allegheny County Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio. “But between the laziness, disrespect and willingness to carry water for a foreign government … this man has no…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (452+ words) BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. This…...