Colleges try to quell pro-Palestinian protests; births fell in 2023; Reggie Bush has Heisman Trophy returned | Hot off the Wire podcast

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up former President Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Trump and his legal team are ... Read More

Cass County officials work to identify person found dead at rural Ashland house fire

Cass County Sheriff Robert Sorensen said the fire broke out in the early-morning hours at a rural home near Horseshoe Lake on Fedde Lane. Ashland firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed in ... Read More

Counterfeit Botox injections sicken 22 across 11 states, US health officials warn

Counterfeit Botox injections can cause botulism, a deadly disease that starts with double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing. Read More

More than 150,000 Republicans voted for Nikki Haley in Pa.’s presidential primary

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican presidential race in early March but still received more than 16% of the vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican presidential primary ... Read More

Young brother, sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into birthday party

A Michigan sheriff says a young brother and sister died and 15 people were injured, several seriously, when vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a birthday party Saturday at a ... Read More

Police kill Native Americans at a rate 5X that of whites and 3X of Blacks. Why?

The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths. Read More

Gaza Is Dividing Democrats

If the Iranian threat tilts Biden back toward his instinct to lock arms with Israel, it will widen the breach between him and the increasing number of Democrats who want a more fundamental break in ... Read More

NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for transfers

NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line ... Read More

Trump accused of conspiracy as historic hush money trial kicks off. Here’s what happened in court today

Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial lay out the explosive allegations at the heart as the former president’s defense team insists he is innocent. Read More

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Colangelo recited Trump’s now ... identify negative stories about him. Pecker described the tabloid's use of “checkbook journalism,” a practice that entails paying a source for a story. “I gave a ... Read More

The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

The commencement of opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial sets the stage for weeks of testimony about the former president’s personal life and places his legal troubles at ... Read More

Cops kill Native Americans at a rate 5X that of whites and 3X of Blacks. Why?

The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths. Read More