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Monitor visits jails in Georgia's Fulton County and finds safety risks due to understaffing 08/22/2025 04:40pm • ATLANTA (AP) — An independent monitor appointed to oversee an agreement meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county said significant understaffing creates “serious safety risks for residents and staff.” Kathleen Kenney was appointed in February to 'It's disappointing': Family that made medallions for Kennedy Center honorees reflects on legacy after Tiffany & Co. takes over 08/22/2025 04:14pm • If you've ever seen the Kennedy Center Honors award ceremony, you can envision the rainbow ribbon with a gold name plate hanging around the neck of some of the nation's most treasured artists. President Donald Trump recently took over as chair of the board of the Kennedy Center, and announced tha What to know about John Bolton, former Trump adviser whose home and office are searched by FBI 08/22/2025 03:08pm • John Bolton, whose home and office were searched by federal agents on Friday, has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump since serving as a national security adviser in Trump's first administration. After serving in the White House, Bolton wrote a scathing book that portrayed T California Gov. Gavin Newsom's national profile soars with latest Trump fight, but there are risks 08/22/2025 02:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run f Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge 08/22/2025 01:21pm • When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway. The train carried enough flammable material to send a column of fire and black smoke high into the thin, dry ‘Keep our names out of your mouth’: Moore defends Baltimore against Trump at Pimlico event 08/22/2025 10:22am • An excavator tore open the walls of the Pimlico clubhouse Thursday as the governor and other dignitaries looked on — the official kick-off for a demolition already underway at the historic track in northwest Baltimore’s Park Heights. The Maryland Board of Public Works signed off on the demoli Fall is books' biggest season. Expect some long-awaited returns 08/22/2025 09:38am • NEW YORK (AP) — In the decade since she published her acclaimed debut novel, “The Turner House,” Angela Flournoy has confronted a few delays, welcome and otherwise, en route to completing her second book: her first child, a pandemic, speaking engagements, the occasional essay and, throughout, Teens charged with carjacking and assaulting ex-DOGE employee released from juvenile detention 08/22/2025 04:32am • Two teenagers from Maryland who are accused of attacking a former "Department of Government Efficiency" employee appeared in court Thursday. The 15-year-olds, a boy and a girl, were granted "step down" detention, which is a shift from secure juvenile custody to less restrictive arrangements. The Villanova says a report of a campus shooter was a 'cruel hoax' 08/21/2025 11:37pm • VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to panic and temporary lockdowns at the two campuses as they kicked off their fall semesters. In Pennsylvania someone called 911 at about 4:30 p.m. repor 6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure 08/21/2025 11:27pm • An apparent accident at a dairy in a rural farming community in Colorado involving exposure to gas killed six people, including a high school student, authorities said Thursday. Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role in the deaths Wednesday at Prospect Valley Dairy Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says 08/21/2025 11:05pm • MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” that advocates said violated environmental laws. U.S. D A landslide buries homes outside Guinea's capital, killing 11 and injuring 10 08/21/2025 09:05pm • CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Heavy rains caused a landslide that struck homes in a rural community in Guinea, killing at least 11 people, authorities said Thursday. Another 10 people were seriously injured and the death toll was expected to rise. The landslide occurred Wednesday night in Maneah, a rura Maryland, Virginia, Delaware brace for Hurricane Erin 08/21/2025 09:04pm • Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 storm, is passing by Virginia, Maryland and Delaware as the work week closes out. Although it won’t likely make landfall, the storm is causing dangerous conditions along coastal areas. The greatest impacts from the hurricane will be along the beaches with d Federal investigators demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospital 08/21/2025 08:35pm • When the U.S. Justice Department sought information from doctors and clinics that provide gender-affirming care for young transgender patients, officials weren’t just asking for policies. They also demanded information about individual patients. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a statement Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push 08/21/2025 08:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. The split court lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts