A judge rejected for now a bid by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to bar Tylenol-maker Kenvue Inc. from marketing its over-the-counter pain medication as being safe for pregnant women within the state.

After a hearing Friday, State District Judge LeAnn Rafferty denied Paxton’s request for a temporary restraining order, court records show. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a legal victory Thursday, California secured $200 million in pandemic recovery school funding that the Trump administration had refused to provide.

The Department of Education notified the state and 16 others in March that the Trump administration had rescinded access to millions in federal money earmarked to combat the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California will cancel 17,000 commercial driver's licenses that had been issued to immigrants after officials said they extended beyond the date the drivers were allowed to work in the country — a violation of state law.

California requires driver's licenses and work permits to have the same expiration dates, officials said. ...Read more

MIAMI — The House Oversight Committee released over 20,000 files from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Wednesday, many of which include emails with influential friends and reporters. Other documents come from lawsuits or work that was shared with him via email.

Though none include direct communication between President Donald Trump and Epstein, the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There hasn't been a "substantiated" allegation of sexual abuse by staff against an inmate in the nation's largest jail system since 2021.

At first glance, the statistic — based on Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department data — might appear to indicate that a federal law called the Prison Rape Elimination Act has finally ...Read more

NEW YORK — The latest report from the federal monitor overseeing civil rights compliance at the New York Police Department points to a potential flash point for the incoming Mamdani administration, with profound implications for public safety in the city.

At issue is the ongoing disparity between street stops based on a suspect’s ...Read more

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week.

The virus is the same strain reported in previous outbreaks in other East African nations, the World Health Organization said late Friday. Nine cases, including health ...Read more

A new deployment of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday as part of President Donald Trump’s expanding immigration enforcement campaign, marking the latest push to carry out large-scale arrests in Democratic-led cities.

“We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public ...Read more

NEW YORK — Exiled by the elite after his conviction for sexually soliciting a teenage girl and failing to rehabilitate his image as a sexual predator, an embittered Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 believed his old friend Donald Trump had escaped scrutiny.

“I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump,” Epstein wrote to his ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just about over, with no tropical systems likely to develop before its official close on Nov. 30.

It might seem like a fortunate flop — only five hurricanes, when most forecasts back in spring called for eight or nine.

It was actually “pretty hopping,” said University of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An indictment unveiled this week charging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff with political corruption threw California’s top political circles into chaos — and stirred speculation in the state capital about what triggered the federal investigation.

Authorities have not revealed any targets beyond Dana Williamson ...Read more

ATLANTA — A Mega Millions ticket sold in metro Atlanta just made someone a multimillionaire.

The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million.

It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million.

“We are thrilled to congratulate the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Sen. John Fetterman was discharged from a hospital in Pittsburgh on Saturday after experiencing a heart problem that caused him to fall on a walk near his home in Braddock.

Fetterman posted a photo of himself to social media platform X on Saturday afternoon, showing his bruised — but smiling — face.

“20 stitches later ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend as an annual meteor shower streaks across Minnesota skies.

NASA officials predict the Leonids meteor shower will peak overnight Sunday and early Monday morning. It is active until Dec. 2.

The display comes after ribbons of green, pink, and red aurora lights dazzled Minnesotans earlier ...Read more

Former Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler abruptly resigned after Chair Jerome Powell refused to grant her a waiver to address financial holdings that ran afoul of the central bank’s ethics rules, according to a Fed official.

Kugler also faced a probe by the Fed’s internal watchdog related to her recent financial disclosures before ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Friday night he has already decided on his next steps toward Venezuela, offering his clearest indication yet that Washington is preparing new military actions against Nicolás Maduro’s government as the United States dramatically expands its presence in the Caribbean.

“I sort of made up my mind,” Trump told ...Read more

MIAMI — From his luxurious homes in Palm Beach, Manhattan and across the globe, Jeffrey Epstein projected the image of a global powerbroker and kingmaker.

He closely advised former White House chief strategist and right-wing provocateur, Steve Bannon, on how to build a political movement in Europe; offered to provide the Kremlin insight into ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As masked federal agents detained people in Charlotte neighborhoods Saturday, top local elected officials told Charlotte’s immigrant community they have their backing.

Videos on social media showed what appeared to be federal agents making arrests. One man, a U.S. citizen, told The Charlotte Observer that agents smashed ...Read more