Representative Chuck Edwards received a formal rebuke on the floor after a speech in which he apologized for his conduct but said it did not constitute harassment.
Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, announced last month that he would not seek re-election after the House Ethics Committee recommended that he be reprimanded for his behavior.
A chemical disaster in Washington in May involved a tank that had been deemed at risk of failure nearly a year before, according to federal investigators.
According to a new study, about 25 percent of the nearly 900 former N.F.L. players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The former N.F.L. player Jonathan Martin entering an M.R.I. machine for a brain examination that was part of a study to develop treatments for the symptoms and illnesses linked to C.T.E.
The state levied a $151,300 fine on Blackbird Mountain Guides, which took backcountry skiers into the Sierra Nevada in threatening conditions. Nine died in an avalanche.
A Los Angeles officer faced prison for secretly recording colleagues making offensive remarks. The county prosecutor is reducing those charges after critics said they would discourage whistle-blowers.
Representative Jimmy Gomez of California acknowledged “personal mistakes” outside his marriage but denied breaking rules that bar relationships with a direct subordinate.
Mr. Gomez said that he regretted his mistakes, but he denied wrongdoing, saying that his actions “were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House Ethics rules.”
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