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It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being marked with festivals and parades — and concern due to recent Medicaid cuts.

If the bill becomes law, Mecklenburg County voters would vote as soon as this fall on a one percent sales tax to help fund billions of dollars of transportation projects.

President Trump and Elon Musk say they want to cut any excessive government spending. That includes sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, even those working in defense and national security.

The rhetoric used by President Trump and pro-MAGA media is conflating words like "insurrection" and "invasion." Those terms also have specific legal meaning to justify using the military.

The U.S. State Department says it's halting visas for visitors from Gaza as it reviews its process for granting visas for medical evacuees.

The British government hid a plan to rescue thousands of Afghans who assisted its troops after a data breach exposed them to Taliban retaliation.

When Barbara Thorpe died in 2002, she left almost all of her money — $200,000 — to benefit the cats of her hometown, Dixfield, Maine. But that decision turned into a huge legal battle.

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community.

Tech billionaire Marc Benioff has quietly bought vast swaths of land in a small residential town in Hawaii. Local people want to know what's going on.

Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and now the science is precise enough to test one of Stephen Hawking's key ideas.