Faced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent controls, with a measure establishing tenant protections moving swiftly through the Legislature.
Prosecutors charged Jussie Smollett with felony disorderly conduct, an offense that could bring one to three years in prison and force the actor to pay for the cost of the investigation into his report of a Jan. 29 beating.
Archaeological evidence suggests a strong connection between Stonehenge and distant parts of Great Britain.
A federal judge ordered Roger Stone not to discuss his criminal case with anyone and issued a stinging reprimand Thursday over the longtime Trump confidant’s decision to post a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun.
Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, was ordered held without bail on drug and gun charges while prosecutors gather evidence of what they portrayed as a domestic terror plot by a man who espoused white-supremacist views.
Republican candidate Mark Harris said he was mistaken when he testified he knew nothing of an alleged ballot-tampering scheme led by an operative he hired to work in his 2108 campaign.
With dwindling personnel, the special counsel appears to be close to ending his investigation of the president and alleged Russian election interference.
The fire in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area was mostly brought under control after more than 10 hours of frantic firefighting efforts.
Prosecutors charged Jussie Smollett with felony disorderly conduct, an offense that could bring one to three years in prison and force the actor to pay for the cost of the investigation into his report of a Jan. 29 beating.
A Maryland man planned to call for “focused violence” to “establish a white homeland,” court documents say, and he created a target list that included journalists and liberal politicians.
The decision delighted critics of civil asset forfeiture, who welcomed it as a new weapon in their war against what’s been labeled “policing for profit” - the practice of seizing cash, cars and other property from those convicted, or even suspected, of committing a crime.
Hoda Muthana was born in New Jersey, the family’s lawyer said. Most U.S.-born people are accorded so-called birthright citizenship, but there are exceptions.
The Conservative members of Parliament who resigned will join a new “Independent Group” of lawmakers formed earlier this week by eight legislators who quit the opposition Labour Party.
The Barho family had fled Syria’s civil war before coming to Canada less than two years ago.
While the Russian leader didn’t say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his statement further raised the ante in tense relations with Washington.
William Barr, people who know him say, is laboring to maintain his reputation as a relatively independent and principled leader while simultaneously reacting to pressure from his boss, who demands loyalty and frequently disparages the Justice Department.
The exercise is designed to train troops for the next war — one the U.S. believes will be against a more capable, high-tech enemy like Russia, North Korea or China, instead of the deserts of the Middle East.
One of the rescuers who found Ryan Osmun told him he was lucky to be alive.
Trump initially pressed for a new military department, complete with its own service secretary.
Ginsburg, 85, was the first justice to ask a question during the oral arguments in a case centering on whether the government could be considered a “person” able to challenge a patent.
