Some New Jersey high school students who walked out of class to protest ICE operations will face detention time for their activism as well as possible other discipline.

North Plainfield High School students were informed in a letter that those who cut class without permission, left school grounds and created “a disruptive school environment�...Read more

CHICAGO — The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Thursday released a protocol outlining the steps for filing charges against federal immigration agents, marking the first official policy from the office on the topic amid uproar over agents’ conduct in the Chicago area and a public feud between the mayor and State’s Attorney ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Republican-backed bill establishing a statewide public charter school system was unconstitutional.

In a unanimous opinion authored by Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller, the state’s high court struck down 2022’s House Bill 9, which would have allowed approved ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado has joined another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time to claim approximately $600 million in federal energy funds approved by Congress.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is seeking an estimated $2.7 billion appropriated to 13 states through the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a new “Public Integrity Unit” Thursday dedicated to rooting out public corruption throughout the state.

The unit will be housed within the Office of Statewide Prosecution, which Uthmeier oversees, and will be tasked with conducting an audit of “legislative ...Read more

The bodies of eight backcountry skiers who died in the largest avalanche in state history Tuesday will not be recovered Thursday due to hazardous weather conditions, officials said.

Recovery operations to extract the group off the mountains are expected to continue into the weekend, according to a social media post from the Nevada County ...Read more

They were as young as 3 and as old as 71. A strikingly large share had neither criminal convictions nor pending charges against them in the U.S. Many would be forced out of the country.

These were the people taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody last year in Washington state between the start of President Donald Trump's second ...Read more

NEW YORK — A state appeals court Thursday sided with Democrats in a contentious New York voting rights case that could wind up flipping the Staten Island-based seat held by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis in the fall midterm elections.

The five-judge panel ordered the state’s independent redistricting commission to redraw the NY-11 ...Read more

At least 1,100 dead or sick birds, mostly Canada geese, have been reported across New Jersey in an outbreak that started on Valentine’s Day, according to state officials.

At least 50 geese have died at Alcyon Lake in Pitman, Gloucester County. Officials have closed the lake and the adjoining Betty Park out of precaution.

The fish and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California's week of soggy weather will continue Thursday, with forecasters up and down the state forecasting more rain and cold temperatures before a gradual dry out over the weekend.

Showers moving into the region from the Central Coast should bring steady rain to Ventura and Los Angeles counties Thursday morning, with frosty ...Read more

A 153-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains that gained national notoriety after its former owner piled up more than 50 junk cars, old school buses, boats, rusting engine parts and mountains of other debris and refused authorities’ efforts to remove the mess is now part of one of California’s most storied state parks.

The wooded ...Read more

NEW YORK – A suspect was arrested Thursday for the fatal shooting of a 41-year-old man inside a Bronx subway station earlier this month, police said Thursday.

Alberto Frias is facing murder, manslaughter and weapon possession charges for allegedly killing Adrian Dawodu at the 170th St. station about 3 p.m. Feb 10.

Cops last week released a ...Read more

The founder of the backcountry tour company that lost three guides and six clients in one of the worst avalanche disasters in California history said that all his guides were certified in avalanche safety and are routinely in communication with senior guides while on excursions to discuss conditions and route options.

“There is still a lot ...Read more

The U.S. military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, giving President Donald Trump the option for a major attack against Iran as he pressures the country to strike a deal over its nuclear program.

The deployment is unlike anything the U.S. has done since ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received roughly $17 billion in pledges toward humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, and that more than half a dozen countries promised personnel to a stabilization force in the war-torn territory.

The announcements made Thursday during the group’s first meeting in ...Read more

President Donald Trump launched his international Board of Peace Thursday with grand talk of global problem-solving and $7 billion in pledges for aid from nine Muslim nations to rebuild Gaza.

With 40 nations but few major traditional U.S. allies represented at the inaugural gathering, Trump ticked off his familiar claims of resolving several ...Read more

TMZ founder Harvey Levin is shedding light on the “more graphic and chilling” details of the latest alleged ransom note the outlet has received regarding the abduction of “TODAY” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie — the reward for which is now over $200,000, both from the FBI and private donors.

The 75-year-old ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received roughly $17 billion in pledges toward humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, and that more than half a dozen countries promised personnel to a stabilization force in the war-torn territory.

The announcements made Thursday during the group’s first meeting in ...Read more

ISLE, Minn. – Tucked away on the southeastern shores of Mille Lacs Lake is the city of Isle, a small community that swells in the summer as tourists visit to fish, camp and snap a picture under a giant walleye statue.

It’s hardly a hotspot for immigrants.

Yet, amid controversy over Minnesota governments’ reluctance to help federal ...Read more

NASA is set to begin fueling 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant on the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday as its moved ahead with a test countdown of the Artemis II mission.

A live stream of the rocket at KSC’s Launch Pad 39-B began before 10 a.m. as teams, after getting the green light from Artemis launch ...Read more