The Trump administration has accused the Wisconsin Elections Commission of violating federal law by failing to provide a state-based complaint process for voters bringing allegations against the commission itself
US soldier gets 23 years for killing pregnant wife with machete, dumping her in trash
A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and her unborn child last summer
Peruvian migrant acquitted in the first trial over the new militarized zone at US-Mexico border
A Peruvian woman who crossed the U.S. border illegally has been acquitted of unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern border
As Louisiana’s governor faces ethics charges, his lawyer raises bar for future ethics investigations
Louisiana is poised to adopt new measures that watchdogs warn raise barriers to holding public officials accountable via the state’s ethics board
Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee
Authorities are investigating an Instagram photo showing a man who identifies himself as Antoine Massey, a fugitive still at large after escaping more than two weeks ago from a New Orleans jail
Rangers in Alaska recover the body of a man who died from a fall
Mountaineering rangers in Alaska have recovered the body of a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000 feet from a climbing route on Mount McKinley
Musk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraft amid bitter Trump dispute
World’s richest man says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, will be withdrawn from commission Musk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalates Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Thursday said his company SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after he...
Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon likely ends in failure
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdown An attempt to land a commercially built spacecraft on the surface of the moon looked to have ended in failure on Thursday, two years after its predecessor, launched by the same Japanese company, crashed...
Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds
Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluence Children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to experience biological disadvantages such as ageing faster than their more affluent counterparts, according to a study. Academics at Imperial College London looked at data from 1,160...
Judge largely denies request to block restrictions on getting measures on Florida’s ballot
A federal judge has mostly denied requests by grassroots campaigners to block portions of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s citizen-driven process to get constitutional amendments on the ballot