• Judge seeks stronger Trump assurances on plans for DC golf course project
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday demanded firmer commitments from the Trump administration that it would not go ahead with plans to renovate a historic golf course in Washington, D.C., until the matter was resolved in court, pointing to comments by the president as an indication that the changes could be moving ahead. […]
  • What to know about the challenges ahead for the children rescued from an Ohio home
    Some of the 16 children discovered at a Ohio home in deplorable conditions were unable to speak and one — an 18-year-old who was developmentally disabled — could not even write her name. After being rescued Tuesday, seven were taken to hospitals, including one who was in critical condition, investigators said. Their current conditions weren’t […]
  • 125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 120 passengers and crew members on a Princess Cruises ship that docked in San Francisco on Thursday were infected with a stomach virus while on their voyage, federal health officials said. The Ruby Princess was on a 20-day round trip journey from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska when […]
  • Trump administration cannot hold migrants without bond hearings past 90 days, court rules
    By Nate Raymond July 2 (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday restricted the Trump administration’s ability to subject thousands of immigrants to mandatory detention while their deportation proceedings are pending, saying they cannot be held past 90 days unless they are granted a hearing to seek release on bond. The ruling by […]
  • Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship
    LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future researchers. Then one day last May the retired insurance executive made a discovery of his own while sifting through the letters of an 18th century Royal […]