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Case update: On July 30, 2025, a jury found James Craig guilty of murdering his wife Angela Craig. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.This story was originally posted on March 23, 2024. It was updated on Jan. 4, 2025.In Aurora, Colorado, James Craig was a well-known dentist. He and his wife Angela Craig were raising six children. On March 6, 2023, Angela Craig reported feeling sick and her husband took her to a hospital. There would be two hectic weeks and three hospital visits. On March 15, Angela Craig was put on life support; three…

The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case. Ad Policy US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington.(Bonnie Cash / UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Idid not write an “end of term” Supreme Court review piece this year because… what’s the point? The intellectual exercise of parsing how the conservative supermajority bends and breaks legal principles to achieve the Republican agenda feels unimportant when plotted against the court’s refusal to apply any legal…

Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas and five other defendants, including a suspected high-level member of an Israeli transnational organized crime group, were arrested Wednesday for allegedly operating an illegal gambling and poker ring out of a California home that Arenas owned, according to unsealed court documents. According to an indictment that was filed on July 15th, federal prosecutors in the Central District of California allege that between September 2021 and July 2022, Arenas allegedly rented out a mansion in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles so he and his co-conspirators could run illegal high-stakes poker games out of the house. Prosecutors allege…

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it’s keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged, citing elevated uncertainty over the nation’s economic outlook.The decision to hold rates steady marks a continuation of the Fed’s “wait-and-see” strategy this year, as it monitors the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on consumer prices. But Wednesday’s policy statement also underscored that the growth remains solid despite concerns about slowing economic activity. “Although swings in net exports continue to affect the data, recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year,” the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s rate-setting panel, said in…

New German cars are stored at a logistic center in Essen, Germany, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption toggle caption Martin Meissner/AP Tariffs have been costly for the auto industry. Higher taxes on imports like aluminum and steel are pushing up the prices of the materials that go into cars, while tariffs on foreign-made parts and imported vehicles have been as high as 25% since the spring. Even after recent deals struck with Japan and the European Union, tariffs on imports from those countries are still at 15% — far higher than in previous years. But so far,…

Washington — Senate Democrats are trying to force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files using a little-known law that directs executive agencies to turn over information to congressional oversight committees, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday.”Today Senate Democrats take additional action to try and uncover the truth about the Epstein files,” Schumer said on the Senate floor, and he proceeded to describe the nearly century-old law the minority would use to try to compel the release of the “full and complete Epstein files.”The federal law, known as Section 2954 and referred to as the “Rule of…

Like many Americans, I may only be one generation away from birthright citizenship—a concept that defined this country’s promise for so many immigrants. Ad Policy Morris Eisenberg on a motorcycle in Little Rock.(Courtesy of Robert Pinsky) The complaint about us poets is that we make everything too complicated. When the world needs something like a simple protest song or something patriotic, we mutter vaguely about different ways to look at a thing. Immigration, for example. Is it fundamentally the same today as it was for my grandparents, or completely different? Or if somewhere in between, then where, exactly? If certainty…

Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January began Wednesday, aiming to reveal new insights into what caused the crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.The National Transportation Safety Board opened the hearings in Washington, with plans to question witnesses and investigators about how the actions of the Federal Aviation Administration and its air traffic controllers and the Army may have contributed to the nation’s deadliest plane crash since November 2001. It’s likely too early for the board to identify the cause of the crash.As the hearing got…

On a recent weekday evening, Ashly Richards helped her 13-year-old son, Case, with homework. He did math problems and some reading, underscoring how much he’s accomplished at his school for children with autism.Richards has heard Trump administration officials suggest that food dyes and pediatric vaccines cause autism and ADHD. That stance, she said, unfairly blames parents.”There’s no evidence to support it,” said Richards, 44, a marketing director in Richmond, Virginia. “As a parent, it’s infuriating.”In their zeal to “Make America Healthy Again,” Trump administration officials are making statements that some advocacy and medical groups say depict patients and the doctors…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The United Kingdom has signaled that it will recognize the State of Palestine by September unless Israel commits to peace in the Gaza Strip, stops the annexation of the West Bank and takes other actions. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement yesterday comes after French President Emmanuel Macron stated last week that France has plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September. Both countries add to the…