SAN FRANCISCO — A visiting British journalist who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month — allegedly for expressing opinions disfavored by the Trump administration — will be released from custody following his agreement Monday to voluntarily leave the country, advocates said.

Sami Hamdi, a British journalist and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the annals of L.A. car chase lore, there were but a few ways for drivers to escape a police pursuit, especially one being broadcast live.

A few have escaped into parking lots and abandoned their cars. In one case earlier this year, a carjacking suspect managed to flee with help from an accomplice.

But driving from Ventura ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Expiring Obamacare subsidies face an uphill battle for renewal in the coming weeks as Democrats race against the clock to try to find enough Republicans willing to back an extension.

Millions of Americans facing a sharp spike in premiums must soon decide whether to pay the higher bills or forego health care, as insurance ...Read more

The government shutdown’s strain on air traffic control has not only led to limitations on airlines, but spaceflight too.

Despite the Federal Aviation Administration having implemented space launch limits commercial launches to fall between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting Monday.

That has led to a pivot from SpaceX for several of its planned ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly five months after a string of politically motivated shootings shocked the state of Minnesota, a plan to have an outside agency review the law enforcement response to the attacks will be considered Monday evening by city councils in Brooklyn Park and Champlin.

An “After-Action Review Joint Powers Agreement” contract ...Read more

Anchorage state Sen. Matt Claman is the second Democrat and the 14th candidate to enter the 2026 Alaska governor's race.

Current Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is termed out from seeking reelection.

Claman, who represents West Anchorage, began serving in the state House in 2015. He was first elected to the state Senate in 2022 and won re-...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, whose term expires at the end of December, is heading to Israel later this week to meet with government officials and business leaders, visit religious sites and talk about antisemitism, according to his office.

The visit comes as Adams has talked for weeks about securing a new job once he leaves office Dec. 31. ...Read more

NEW YORK — The transit union representing Central Park carriage-horse owners and drivers is suing the non-profit leading the charge to ban the industry, claiming a “pattern of malice” against its members.

The Transport Workers Union, which represents the roughly 200 owners and drivers who operate horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s idea of mailing $2,000 “dividend” payments from tariffs to U.S. citizens marks a throwback to the stimulus checks distributed during the COVID crisis, with similar economic risks.

After floating the idea of tariff dividend payouts for months, Trump on Sunday offered the specific amount of “at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A judge declined to dismiss murder charges Monday against a driver accused of fatally hitting four Pepperdine University sorority sisters crossing Pacific Coast Highway with his car while speeding more than 100 mph two years ago.

Fraser Bohm, 24, is charged with four counts of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross ...Read more

Flight cancellations and delays in Tampa Bay and across the country ramped up over the weekend and are expected to increase again Tuesday as the federal shutdown enters its 41st day.

Dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at Tampa International Airport over the weekend, following an initial cut in flights on Friday by the Federal Aviation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The register of copyrights at the Library of Congress defended a lower court ruling that kept her in office despite President Donald Trump’s attempts to fire her in a legal filing Monday urging the Supreme Court to allow her to remain in office.

The filing on behalf of Shira Perlmutter argued that Trump cannot lawfully remove ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled late Sunday that the Trump administration can be forced to pay full food benefits in November, putting the onus on the Supreme Court to decide whether the administration can avoid paying benefits that feed more than 40 million people.

The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two people are dead after a small plane that was bound for Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts crashed into a lake behind a home in a Coral Springs gated community on Monday morning, officials said.

The 1976 Beech B100 aircraft, an 11-seat, multi-engine plane, took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport ...Read more

Health officials are warning parents to avoid an infant formula linked to a nationwide botulism outbreak.

As of Nov. 10, 13 babies across 10 states — including one in Los Angeles County — have been sickened by the bacterial spore after consuming ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.

The cases were first identified by the California ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will reverse two decades of precedent by removing “black box” warnings on hormone replacement therapy products for menopause, with the intent of increasing access to products to relieve common symptoms.

The warnings of negative long-term health effects from such therapy ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Trump administration Monday for “doing everything to put America in reverse” and trying “to vandalize California’s leadership” on climate, warning that the country risks losing its competitive edge in the clean energy economy.

The remarks came during his trip to Brazil, where Newsom joined ...Read more

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be planning to ask the Trump administration to commute her 20-year prison sentence, according to a leaked email obtained by the House Judiciary Committee and viewed by the Miami Herald.

The email, written by Maxwell to one of her attorneys, came from a whistleblower at Camp Bryan, the women�...Read more

CHICAGO — The Trump administration on Monday asked an appeals court to immediately halt Judge Sara Ellis’ preliminary injunction restricting the use of force in “Operation Midway Blitz,” saying her order is “overbroad and unworkable” and usurps the executive branch’s power to enforce the nation’s laws.

In asking the 7th Circuit ...Read more

NEW YORK — A convicted New York City drug kingpin whose sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 was hit with a new 27-month sentence Monday for a new wave of crimes — including sexually abusing his live-in nanny and menacing a hospital nurse.

Jonathan Braun, 42, of Long Island, who was sentenced in 2019 to 10 years for ...Read more