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Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff prepare to deploy a trap to determine abundance of invasive red swamp crayfish in a drainage pond.

State of Michigan distributes millions of dollars to fight damaging invasive species

Alien invasive species have damaged lakes, rivers, forests, and crops. The State of Michigan is distributing funds to stop or slow the spread of the pests.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene prepares to testify on April 22 in Atlanta.

Georgia officials rule that Marjorie Taylor Greene can remain on the ballot

A group of voters and a supporting legal group had filed a formal challenge to the congresswoman's candidacy, citing her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Hairstylist Bunnei Johnson checks out the scene on the fifth floor of a building at 1409 Washington Ave., where 10 teens were shot overnight, one fatally, during a party in the building in downtown St. Louis, Sunday, June 18, 2023.

Multiple mass shootings leave dead and injured across the U.S. during holiday weekend

The shootings stretching from coast to coast follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.

A handprint stained on the window at the Navajo Nation Detention in Shiprock, N.M., on April 13, 2021.

Inmates continue to die in tribal jails despite promises of reform

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

Across the street from the White House, shown here in 2021, is Lafayette Park. On Thursday, a lightning strike there hit four people, and two of them were pronounced dead on Friday.

A lightning strike near the White House kills 3 people and injures another person

A husband and wife from Wisconsin celebrating more than five decades of marriage were killed. A third victim was pronounced dead Friday evening.

Former Seattle SuperSonics forward Shawn Kemp (center) was booked into jail Wednesday, on a felony charge stemming from a shooting. He's seen here last year, at a WNBA game between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky.

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is released from jail after arrest in a drive-by shooting

People close to Kemp say the case is one of self-defense, after the former Seattle SuperSonics star allegedly tracked down a stolen iPhone.

Rep. Nancy Mace speaks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol Building on January 27, 2023.

This GOP member is urging for action on gun control and abortion rights

Rep. Nancy Mace isn't convinced about some of the stances her party is taking. And she's already facing blowback for it.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pushed back at Democrats' effort to temporarily swap in another Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., recovers from shingles.

Republicans block effort to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel

Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said GOP senators opposed Democrats' effort to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who is recovering from shingles.

A voter cast her vote at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Nov. 8, 2022, in Crown Point, Ind.

Democrats made midterm gains in rural areas. Can they keep them?

Democrats had better than expected midterm elections in 2022, partly because of their ability to draw votes from rural areas. These voters could create new battlegrounds in 2024.

Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022.

He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

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