LANSING – A new firearm safety bill by Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-North Muskegon, is intended to bring gun education into schools for students between 6th and 12th grade. When crafting the bill, Bumstead worked with the Department of Education and agreed there would be no live rounds or weapons ...

LANSING — Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges and universities have removed their standardized testing requirement for admissions. That movement began because some applicants were unable to access testing sites for the ACT and SAT. Those who could access the tests could use them ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the first places Gordon Cordeiro visited when a judge ordered him released after spending 30 years in prison for a killing he always maintained he had nothing to do with was his mother’s Hawaii gravesite. In a videoconference interview with The Associated Press on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their job. The ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican state lawmakers seeking to aid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration are threatening local officials who resist with lawsuits, fines and even potential jail time. Lawmakers in more than 20 states this year have filed legislation targeting ...