A Colorado school district banned transgender athletes from playing on teams that match their gender identities last week, then filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn polices and state law that stand in the way.

District 49 named CHSAA, the Colorado Civil Rights Division and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in the lawsuit. The district, which...Read more

The Episcopal Church said Monday it would not help resettle white South African refugees in the U.S. because of its “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.”

The denomination cited its moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration as the reason ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — The protesters fighting the court’s buffer zone in the high-profile Karen Read case have scored a win in federal appeals court.

The buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham was expanded for the Read retrial after jurors during the first trial reported that they could hear loud protesters during deliberations.

As ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — John Curran, a business consultant from James City County, announced Monday that he intends to reenter Virginia’s lieutenant governor race as a write-in candidate.

Curran initially ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor but did not turn in enough signatures to qualify for the ballot ahead of the April ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — Fired Karen Read investigator Michael Proctor’s supervisor rated his professionalism a four out of five in a quarterly review even after knowing Proctor called Read a “vile” name and joked about searching for nudes on her phone.

“I believe that as a U.S. citizen he has the right to comment. That’s his First Amendment...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is eyeing the possible relocation of about three dozen positions to Missouri as it looks to move more than 1,000 jobs out of Washington, D.C., into field offices across the country, FBI Director Kash Patel testified to Congress last week.

Patel said the move would help address an “...Read more

Hamas freed the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza, following talks between the U.S. and the group ahead of a Middle East visit by President Donald Trump.

The U.S. engaged with Hamas to help secure the release of Edan Alexander despite Washington designating the Iran-backed group a terrorist organization. Israel appeared to have ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed new laws Monday that codify federal voting protections in Colorado’s election laws and reform the state’s much-maligned process of replacing lawmakers who leave office early.

Officially dubbed the Colorado Voting Rights Act, Senate Bill 1 is aimed at ensuring that Colorado law prevents discriminatory ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Dozens of White Afrikaners arrived in the U.S. from South Africa on Monday, the first beneficiaries of a controversial resettlement program that was instigated by President Donald Trump, who is meeting with South African leaders next week.

The group, which includes families and their children, landed Monday afternoon at ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would normally celebrate a hostage release such as that taking place on Monday, though in this case the deal with Hamas is another sign U.S. President Donald Trump is starting to make decisions without him.

The freeing of Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen held captive by...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State University’s administration has proposed closing seven of its 20 Commonwealth campuses, according to multiple sources close to the board of trustees.

They are: Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York, according to the sources. Collectively, they enrolled nearly 3,200 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Pacific Palisades couple is seeking a court order that would force California’s insurer of last resort to turn over claims documents following allegations it has delayed payments to fix their fire-damaged home.

The lawsuit by Scott and Lissette Jungwirth accuses the California FAIR Plan Association of bad faith, breach of ...Read more

Two people were arrested and a family ripped asunder in Worcester, Massachusetts, when a crowd swarmed federal immigration agents as they snatched a woman ahead of Mother’s Day.

One of those arrested was the woman’s 16-year-old daughter, who was charged with reckless endangerment of a child, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that the feds intended to “humiliate” him with a plan to carry out a search warrant on him at the New York City Marathon finish line.

Federal agents considered intercepting the mayor at the finish line of the marathon in 2023, a trove of documents released Friday as part of Adams’ now-dismissed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Almost four months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved away from his populist campaign rhetoric to a much bolder and disruptive economic policy approach built on tariffs — even being open to a potential recession — and urging Americans to consume less.

On the campaign trail, his sales pitch focused, in ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At the center of the fentanyl crisis sits a Chinese messaging app, six attorneys general said in a letter to the encrypted platform Monday.

WeChat could face criminal charges for allowing dealers and money launderers to seamlessly funnel billions between Mexican cartels, Chinese money laundering organizations and U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Rep. Henry Cuellar asked a federal court to throw out last year’s federal indictment against the Texas Democrat, arguing it violates the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.

Cuellar’s legal team, in a filing Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, argued the indictment contains...Read more

The Trump administration’s temporary trade deal with China didn’t arrive in time to prevent a slowdown in the U.S. economy, forecasters say, even if it reduces the risk of a full-blown recession later this year.

Labor-market data could start to show the hit to employment by the end of May, they expect, while accelerating inflation should ...Read more