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Authorities in Georgia are investigating threats made against the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 allies.

The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents filed Thursday.

America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.

Eddie Irizarry was killed by Philadelphia police and his family says the officer who shot the 27-year-old should face criminal charges.

Two Florida men have been sentenced on felony charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection

More than 230 active wildfires are burning in Canada's Northwest Territories, including one outside the capital of Yellowknife, forcing 20,000 residents to flee.

South Korea’s spy service has told lawmakers that North Korea is preparing for a new round of provocative weapons tests as it ramps up illicit activities to support its fragile economy

What happened: incompetence, malfeasance, or politics?

Republicans in the NC legislature recently overrode the Democratic governor’s veto.

Officials are discouraging tourists from coming to Maui, where the tourism economy has reshaped life for residents

The AP's Vice President for Standards and Inclusion estimates their AI committee could issue updates as often as every three months.

Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands

The results complement the data Novo Nordisk released last week, which found Wegovy slashed the risk of serious heart problems and heart-related death by 20%.

Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA's Office is now in doubt, multiple sources said.

Hawaii’s governor has vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from a deadly wildfire that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people.

Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.

Three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying in the UK for Russia face trial for "fake passports".

The Associated Press released guidelines around generative AI to its journalists as it and other news organizations look at ways to use the technology in news gathering.

CLAIM: Maui hosted a conference about making the entire island into a “smart city” in January and will host another summit next month about using artificial intelligence to govern the island, proving recent wildfires were deliberately set to transform these ideas into reality.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences in January was not about turning Maui into a “smart island.” It is an annual gathering focused on emerging issues in the information technology sector globally. Next month’s Hawaii Digital Government Summit, similarly, is not specifically focused on using A.I. on Maui, but about how governments across the state can better adapt emerging technologies. It also takes place on another Hawaiian island, not Maui.

The Kansas magistrate judge who authorized a police raid of the Marion County Record newsroom over its probe into a local restaurateur’s drunken-driving record has her own hidden history of driving under the influence.

Georgia prosecutor subjected to flurry of threats after Trump makes thinly veiled reference to N-word after latest charges

The Russian Embassy in Sweden, in a rude comment, confirmed the strike on the Swedish company SKF’s plant in Lutsk on the night of 14-15 August, saying that it is a legitimate military target.

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Nine U.S. states are objecting to a proposed $13.5 million settlement between Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) and a class of insulin buyers over claims that it inflated the drug's price, saying the drugmaker is wrongly trying to use the deal to shield itself from future lawsuits by states.

Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019