WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women should not use women’s bathrooms in the House, adding fuel to a push led by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,�...Read more

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a breakdown Wednesday of five potential paths forward for the fragile state-to-state negotiations surrounding Colorado River operating guidelines that must be updated by 2026.

The Colorado River, which is Southern Nevada’s primary source of water, holds a precarious future as the basin experiences ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign poured significant resources into a vaunted operation to turn out voters in Philadelphia. The effort was supported by an army of door-knocking volunteers, and Democrats projected that Philadelphians would turn out in record numbers. They said the Republican get-out-the-vote operation was ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman whose lies about killing her two sons sharply divided a small town, was denied parole Wednesday morning.

Smith’s denial was decided unanimously by five members of the parole board of the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Smith appeared via video conference ...Read more

A group of protesters, some of whom spent decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted, called Wednesday for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to review cases involving a former Detroit police homicide detective and pursue criminal charges against her.

Worthy's spokesperson said her office is putting together a database to begin the ...Read more

BOSTON — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio asked Attorney General Andrea Campbell to greenlight a lawsuit against the state Legislature to force the House and Senate to comply with a reignited effort to open up their finances and divulge details on internal proceedings, according to a letter obtained by the Herald.

In a letter sent Friday, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected another attempt by Philadelphia officials to overturn a long-standing state provision that prevents the city from enacting its own gun laws.

In a 6-0 decision, the high court ruled that the city’s arguments had fallen “woefully short” of the standard needed for a legal ...Read more

Every year the president pardons two Thanksgiving turkeys and then tells Americans how much their dinner may cost.

This year, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the average Thanksgiving meal should cost an average of $58.08 for 10 people.

“Prices are down for turkey, stuffing, peas, cranberries, pie crust and whipping cream....Read more

Massachusetts could add its newest sanctuary city as early as tonight, with a MetroWest town considering a “Welcoming Communities” policy that would sharply limit its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

The Natick Select Board will meet tonight to discuss whether it wants to become the ninth sanctuary city in the Bay State. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis told his colleagues Wednesday morning that he didn’t think he could get through his prepared testimony on Hurricane Helene “without shedding a tear.”

Instead he submitted his statements for the record, and spoke from the heart about why Congress needs to immediately pass additional disaster relief funding ...Read more

Surgeon and author Marty Makary is seen as the leading candidate to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under President-elect Donald Trump, people familiar with the matter said.

Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is a health researcher whose latest book focuses on questioning medical orthodoxy on topics from peanut ...Read more

NEW YORK — Angel Lata Landi, the immigrant construction worker killed in an unprovoked attack cops say was carried out by a homeless man on a stabbing spree across Manhattan, planned to marry in two weeks, the Daily News has learned.

The 36-year-old victim’s wedding plans were cruelly ended when he was stabbed multiple times as he stood ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence that a San Diego federal judge imposed earlier this month, according to documents filed by his attorney.

The prison term imposed by U.S. ...Read more

The first major atmospheric river storm to hit the West Coast this season is kicking off the rainy season with a bang, as the system rapidly strengthened — to the tune of a bomb cyclone — before pummeling Northern California and southern Oregon with dangerous winds and heavy rains that could cause disruptions for several days.

Supercharged ...Read more

NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest people, with participating in a scheme that involved promising to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to secure solar energy contracts.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn alleged on Wednesday that Adani and other defendants lied about the plan...Read more

SEATTLE — Hours after a massive windstorm howled with gusts up to 74 mph in the lowlands, crews in Western Washington were working Wednesday to restore electricity for over 640,000 customers who lost power overnight.

At least two people have died.

One died when wind toppled a tree at a Lynnwood homeless encampment Tuesday night. And another ...Read more

BOSTON — Imagine your doctor prescribing you a shot of vodka or whiskey to bring you some relief.

Well, a new study out of Boston shows the promise of an alcohol-mimicking drug for patients with the debilitating neurological voice disorder, laryngeal dystonia (LD).

The researchers from Mass Eye and Ear found that an oral medication, sodium ...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — As she was trying to fight off her attacker, Laken Riley marked him with scratches and secured his DNA under her fingernails. Wednesday, that evidence helped convict Jose Ibarra of murder.

“The evidence in this case has spoken loud and clear that he is Laken Riley’s killer,” special prosecutor Sheila Ross said in her ...Read more

ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Orion Township officials said it will take a week to finish their investigation into what caused a massive explosion at a northern Oakland County condominium community on Tuesday that injured two and damaged 18 units.

Two people were transported to the hospital after the evening explosion at Keatington New Town ...Read more