DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Following three days of emotional testimony, a group of 12 jurors found Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty of first-degree burglary and felony possession of burglary tools.

The jurors went into deliberations shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday and reached a verdict roughly three hours later.

Mitchell, the first-...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against journalist Bob Woodward and a publishing house over the release of interview recordings from his first term in office.

US District Judge Paul Gardephe ruled on Friday that Trump failed to “plausibly” claim that he and Woodward ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked a federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the case of late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein following a torrent of criticism that government officials were hiding documents and information.

Justice Department lawyers made the requests to a federal court in Manhattan on Friday. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge tossed a lawsuit brought by FBI officials involved in investigations tied to the 2021 attack on the Capitol in a case over fears that the Trump administration would release their identities.

Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the case Thursday. Her 32-page ruling ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Crowds stood outside the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice chanting “say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here.”

The Friday morning rally organized by Juntos follows a string of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainments outside courthouses, including one at the Philadelphia justice center ...Read more

CHICAGO — Bowing to federal pressure under the Trump administration, UChicago Medicine has become the latest Illinois hospital to end gender-affirming pediatric care.

The decision, announced Friday, leaves no room for ongoing transitional care, and an unknown number of patients in limbo.

“UChicago Medicine has reached the difficult ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York state on Friday agreed to pay $450,000 to Brittany Commisso, a former aide to Andrew Cuomo who accused him of groping and subjecting her to persistent sexual harassment on the job at the governor’s office.

Lawyers for Commisso called the settlement by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office “a complete vindication” of her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. intelligence official declassified an email trove purporting to expose a Democratic conspiracy to cast doubt on Donald Trump’s 2016 election win, just as his team seeks to defuse criticism over its handling of files linked to financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the 114 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three deputies were killed on Friday in an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East L.A., the deadliest incident for the agency in more than 160 years.

Deputies with the arson explosives detail, an elite unit within the sheriff’s department, were moving military-...Read more

In a dramatic and high-stakes diplomatic maneuver, the United States and Venezuela have completed a sweeping prisoner exchange that could mark the beginning of a thaw in years of political hostility between the two nations.

The arrangement, detailed by multiple sources familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity, was ...Read more

Venezuela released 10 Americans as it prepares to receive a group of deportees freed from jail in El Salvador after an unexpected breakthrough in ongoing talks with the United States.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the formerly detained Americans were “on their way to freedom” on Friday and thanked El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele for his ...Read more

The company with all eyes on it has finally put out a statement about ColdplayGate.

Astronomer on Friday afternoon said its board has launched an investigation after CEO Andy Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot were apparently caught on the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

“Astronomer is committed to the values and ...Read more

DENVER — Fire crews working across western Colorado made more progress containing and slowing the growth of several wildfires Thursday.

The largest fire of the bunch — the Turner Gulch Fire near Gateway — is now 34% contained, a sharp improvement from 9% reported Thursday morning. The wildfire’s growth also slowed, increasing by 179 ...Read more

DENVER — Six weeks before a former Trump official called clerks seeking access to secure voting equipment in Colorado, he reached out to several county commissioners in the state with a different proposition.

President Donald Trump’s administration had just placed more than 50 Colorado cities and counties on a list of “sanctuary ...Read more

Venezuela is set to receive a group of deportees freed from jail in El Salvador following an unexpected breakthrough in ongoing talks with the U.S.

Roughly 250 Venezuelans, previously deported by the U.S. to El Salvador in March, are set to arrive in Caracas Friday, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified to ...Read more