BOSTON — The Haitian national found guilty of raping a “disabled” 15-year-old girl at a Rockland hotel used as an immigration shelter was sentenced to at least a decade in state prison.

“Our commitment to seeing this case through was, most importantly, about seeking justice on behalf of the child victim,” Plymouth District Attorney ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As the debate over the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project escalates to federal court, Gov. Wes Moore’s office said the governor continues to have “grave concerns” about the transmission line.

Moore’s communications director, David Turner, said in a statement Thursday that the governor “will continue to ...Read more

More than two dozen Minnesota school board members and candidates have signed a letter in support of transgender athletes, calling for state and school leaders to affirm those students’ “right to fully participate in school sports.”

The letter released Friday by the nonprofit Gender Justice comes as the state awaits word on what “...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a facility for a branch of Qatar’s armed forces will be built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base south of Boise.

“Today, we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho,” he told reporters at...Read more

Israel began the process of withdrawing troops from Gaza while the U.S. started the clock on a 72-hour window for Hamas to release all remaining hostages, as the complex process of ending the two-year war got underway.

Israeli forces retreated on Friday to a so-called yellow line as laid out in a plan unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A judge temporarily blocked California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s attempt to take over Los Angeles County’s beleaguered juvenile halls on Friday, finding that despite evidence of a “systemic failure” to improve poor conditions, Bonta had not met the legal grounds necessary to strip away local control.

After years of ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As her office fights in court to preserve Missouri abortion restrictions, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has issued subpoenas demanding patient medical records, incident reports, and communication about patient care from Planned Parenthood.

The attorney general’s office is defending the state in a case brought by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon asked the Supreme Court to overturn his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to testify before the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, his attorneys said Friday.

In a petition, Bannon’s attorneys urge the justices to decide two issues that he has pressed in his defense ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the campaign trail eight years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom famously promised to support the construction of 3.5 million new homes in California by the end of this year. He'll likely fall short by millions, but his latest move reaffirms the effort.

Newsom signed Senate Bill 79 into law on Friday. The historic bill, which looks to ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he described as a “semiannual physical” examination amid ongoing questions about his health.

Trump took a short helicopter ride to Walter Reed in suburban Bethesda, Maryland, where he said he was getting a fresh checkup just six months after his ...Read more

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the upbeat hoop-head Loyola University Chicago chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s 2018 run to the Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106.

Loyola announced her death late Thursday night; a cause was not announced.

An omnipresent fixture at basketball games at ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a facility for a branch of Qatar’s armed forces will be built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base south of Boise.

“Today, we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho,” he told reporters at...Read more

For Venezuelans in South Florida who fled political repression and persectution in their home country, the dream of a democratic transition felt closer than ever on Friday: Opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and across Venezuela and throughout the diaspora the emotions were the same: joy, excitement, pride...Read more

In a country where dissent often leads to exile or prison, María Corina Machado represents something rare: Endurance.

From the rise of Hugo Chávez to the authoritarian grip of Nicolás Maduro, Machado, 58, has been banned, attacked, defamed —and yet never silenced. On Friday her odyssey was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize, honoring ...Read more

The White House trashed the Nobel Peace Prize committee on Friday after it snubbed President Donald Trump for the coveted award.

As Trump works to finalize a major diplomatic victory with the Gaza ceasefire deal, communications director Steven Cheung accused the prize panel of proving “they place politics over peace” by failing to honor the...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday said Tropical Storm Jerry was dropping torrents of rain on the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands while the season’s 11th named storm came in the form of Subtropical Storm Karen.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. Eastern time advisory, Jerry had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he described as a “semiannual physical” examination amid ongoing questions about his health.

Trump took a short helicopter ride from the White House to Walter Reed in suburban Bethesda, Maryland, where he said he was getting a fresh checkup just ...Read more