PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war

Feds push back against judge and say troubled California prison should be shut down without delayFlorida will open schools to volunteer chaplains

Missouri lawmakers expand private school scholarships backed by tax creditsGeorgia governor signs income tax cuts as property tax measure heads to November ballotPolice arrest protesters at Columbia University who had set up pro-Palestinian encampment

Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City following approval of sale to Utah Jazz ownersLiquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement

Lawsuit filed over new Kentucky law aimed at curbing youth vaping

New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judgeJames Marsden, Taran Killam wrote support letters for Brian Peck amid Drake Bell abuse case

Republicans push back on new federal court policy aimed at ‘judge shopping’ in national casesLouisiana truck driver charged after deadly 2023 pileup amid ‘super fog’ conditions

Mississippi ballot initiative process faces narrowing path to being restoredDelaware Democrats give final approval to handgun permit-to-purchase bill