A South Carolina man who provided detailed testimony of how he brutally stabbed his friend’s ex-wife 35 times was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison despite his claims the killing was justified because a child was in danger. Zachary Hughes’ testimony this week not only led to his conviction but gave […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Minimum-wage workers in Michigan started getting a pay raise Friday as Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislators agreed to a compromise that scales back sick leave and wages for tipped workers in an effort to appease businesses. Although Friday’s minimum wage increase was already scheduled to take effect, enough Democrats […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation. Bass said in a statement that she […]

President Donald Trump sparred with Maine’s Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Republican president, “We’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes. Trump told the governor he looked forward to it, and […]

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge extended an order on Friday blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from slashing grant funding for scientific research that could devastate the budgets of thousands of universities and research institutions while she considers whether the National Institutes of Health’s new policy is unlawful. Although she did not […]