CHICAGO — A man has been charged in connection with the fire that claimed the life of Chicago Fire Department firefighter Michael Altman. Sheaves Slate, 27, faces first-degree murder, residential ...

Burnes (elbow) threw a bullpen session Monday, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports. Burnes threw a second bullpen session and mixed in curveballs after tossing 15 pitches (all fastballs) last Friday. The ...

A bill to require Alabama voters to register with the Democratic or Republican Party to vote in that party’s primary is up for consideration Tuesday. HB541 by Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, R-Trinity has the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — The legislative session may have wrapped up last week, but state lawmakers still have a long to-do list, with some returning bills and hot topics on the horizon. The ...

Martinsville case, removal petition involving mayor has a new special prosecutor A new special prosecutor has been appointed to a case out of Martinsville involving Mayor L.C. Jones. Oakwood Country ...

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said they are investigating a stolen vehicle case. Two town halls in Rocky Mount highlight split messages on Virginia redistricting Voters in Virginia’s 9th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate President Ben Albritton talks to reporters following the 2026 session Sine Die on March 13, 2026. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester ...

Florida’s 60-day regular session ended Friday — without a state budget and just 234 bills passed out of 1,896 filed. That’s 12%. Although lawmakers will return to Tallahassee in mid-April to hammer ...

One of the closely watched bills they passed imposes a state income tax of 9.9% on households earning more than $1 million annually. The so-called millionaires’ tax garnered a record-breaking 25-hour ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday called the just-concluded 2026 legislative session “historic,” saying lawmakers delivered on priorities he outlined in his State of the State address, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — As negotiations drag out in the final days of the 2026 Florida legislative session, so is the political finger-pointing. The Florida Legislature is facing sharp criticism ...

Lawmakers aren't able to agree on a state budget in time for the scheduled March 13 end of this year's regular session. So what's next? It's the second year in a row that lawmakers haven't passed the ...