A college education was once broadly seen as a gateway to success, as a guaranteed route to achieving the American dream.

But now, university degrees are losing their allure with younger generations — as their financial payoff comes into question and as concerns about artificial intelligence rise, according to a new poll.

In a Harris Poll ...Read more

The Trump administration significantly ramped up its clash over immigration with officials at the state and local level on Friday after FBI agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, accusing her of obstructing an immigration arrest.

“Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Office of the Council on American Islamic Relations released a statement on Friday demanding that the Howard County Public School System stop using a music book at Dunloggin Middle School that requires students to learn or perform the Israeli national anthem.

The statement came after parents and students protesting ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — Karen Read had a blood alcohol content of around 0.093%, well over the legal driving limit of 0.08% hours after she allegedly struck and killed John O’Keefe with her car.

That BAC figure comes from using the common conversion method of serum ethanol levels, a method described by MedScape.com among other sources. The BAC ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The funeral for Pope Francis was intended to be a stripped down affair to honor the simplicity of the man. Instead the attendance of U.S. President Donald Trump has turned it into a high-profile stage for international diplomacy at a moment of geopolitical turmoil.

With the world in the throes of a trade war, markets gyrating ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla.— The Kissimmee police officer whose brutal beating of a man two years ago sparked a scandal in his department pleaded guilty Friday to felony battery, witness tampering and official misconduct.

Officer Andrew Baseggio now faces up to two years behind bars and must surrender his law enforcement certification, according to the ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Senate voted Friday morning to override Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of a bill aimed at regulating social media — the first step in a maneuver that, if successful, would be the first override in the state in nearly two decades.

Senators voted 29-6 to override the veto the morning after Polis issued it. Senate Bill 86, if ...Read more

A state judge in Wisconsin was arrested Friday by federal agents after an investigation into whether she obstructed an immigration arrest last week.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was taken into custody Friday morning, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post that was later deleted. She was arrested around 8 a.m. at the ...Read more

Five plastic Easter eggs strategically placed in a Texas town were not filled with candy. Instead, police said the eggs were filled with marijuana.

Lufkin police are searching for Avante Nicholson who is accused of planting the eggs in three parks and behind a Motel 6 on Easter, April 20, officials said in an April 24 Facebook post

Police said...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom praised a California congressman for trying to intervene on behalf of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a week after he was criticized by his fellow Democrats for calling the fervor over Garcia’s wrongful deportation to El Salvador a “distraction.”

Newsom asked supporters Thursday to donate on behalf of Rep. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Though the Nevada Legislature creates public records laws, it is not subjected to follow them. The public can’t examine legislators’ emails, or view investigative documents on legislators’ alleged misconduct.

An inside effort in the Legislature to change that failed this session.

Assembly member Heidi Kasama, R-Las Vegas, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republican fraudster George Santos, whose congressional career famously collapsed under the staggering weight of his lies and criminal schemes, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Friday in a Long Island courtroom.

The term marks the end of a staggering fall for the disgraced Queens politician, who broke down in tears ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Council will likely approve trimming homeless shelter provider contracts next week, leading to reduced staffing and decreased service at four of the city’s sites.

This vote will come Tuesday afternoon, minutes before the council begins a homelessness-focused workshop to discuss the city’s ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Washington intensifies its push for a deal to end the war on Ukraine.

The Kremlin published a short video on Telegram of Steve Witkoff greeting the Russian leader Friday before sitting down at a table with him. Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri...Read more

After a successful test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last December, the Army on Thursday officially named its long-range hypersonic weapon “Dark Eagle.” The system designed to “disintegrate adversary capabilities” was at it again Friday morning.

Images posted to social media showed the missile launch from Canaveral’s Space ...Read more

MIAMI — As the state’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General James Uthmeier made heads spin when he initially told Florida police officers to obey a federal judge’s order not to arrest undocumented immigrants entering the state — then days later told them that he “cannot prevent” them from making arrests under a new law ...Read more