North Carolina judge upholds close Supreme Court election result, but more legal steps are expected
A North Carolina trial judge on Friday upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a very close state Supreme Court election who ...
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country’s land expropriation law
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address ...
States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are ...
Veterans Affairs deems more than 130 occupations ineligible for Trump’s deferred resignation plan
Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, ...
Trump is trying to halt the EV charger buildout. Experts say it’s not that easy
Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. In a letter Thursday night, the Trump administration ...
Former Mountaineer guard Erik Stevenson named to G League All-Star game
Erik Stevenson, once a sharp-shooting guard with the WVU men’s basketball team, was named to the G League All-Star game on ...
28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash
The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines ...
DeVries: ‘Josh (Eilert) is terrific,’ was ‘really helpful’
Darian DeVries was named the 23rd head coach in WVU men’s basketball history in March. He took over the role in place of Josh Eilert, who served as the interim head coach during the 2023-24 ...
Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed as ceasefire deal stays on track
Hamas identified three more Israeli hostages it plans to free as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was moving forward Friday even as U.S. and Israeli ...
Musk says he’ll bring back DOGE staffer under fire for racist posts
Elon Musk said Friday he will rehire a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who resigned after several of the aide’s racist social media posts were exposed. “He ...
Minnesota prep sports body says it will follow state law on transgender athletes, not Trump’s order
Minnesota’s governing body for high school sports says it will follow state law — not President Donald Trump’s executive order — and continue to allow transgender ...
Woman is accused of stealing from a TV reporter found dead at his hotel before the Super Bowl
Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl and on Friday ...