Teachers are rejoicing and Republicans are despairing across Kentucky as the state's Supreme Court struck down a law on procedural grounds that had made changes to one of the country's worst-funded pension systems.
New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a 66-year-old mentally ill woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in her apartment in 2016.
Japan's central government has started main reclamation work at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition.
Federal immigration authorities have confirmed that a 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Fresno police chief is casting doubt on a California lawmaker's statements that his arrest on suspicion of child cruelty stemmed from spanking his daughter.
A U.S. judge in San Francisco says a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of denying nearly all visa applicants under President Donald Trump's travel ban will move forward.
Michigan drivers who renew their registration would have to opt out to avoid paying a $11 fee that allows unlimited entry into state parks under a bill advancing in the Legislature.
China has Canada in its cross-hairs, detaining two Canadians in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top Chinese tech executive on behalf of the U.S. States.
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday night. Born in Washington, D.C., Kavanaugh has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006.
