LOS ANGELES — A massive Southern California brothel ring was busted by authorities, leading to two arrests, officials said.

Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Special Crimes Unit conducted a yearlong investigation into a brothel ring, according to a Ventura County Sheriff's Office news release.

Kebin Dong and Wei Nie, Los ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California is experiencing the calm before the storm. Forecasters say a strong system is headed our way and, starting Sunday, poses the threat of thunderstorms, flooding, gusty winds and dangerous waves and potential mudslides.

But before that happens, the region will have a warm, dry weekend. An offshore flow pushed ...Read more

CHICAGO — Around 50 people attended a peaceful rally Saturday outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center, which became a focal point for protests last fall during Operation Midway Blitz, a 64-day surge of immigration enforcement raids throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

“It’s fitting to be here on ...Read more

Barack Obama has finally addressed the racist video President Donald Trump posted of him and Michelle Obama, slamming the move as part of a “clown show” meant to distract from the real issues at hand.

The animated clip shared on Truth Social last week depicted Trump as a lion and the Obamas as apes in a jungle. It quickly drew bipartisan ...Read more

DENVER — University of Denver leaders this week warned employees that “necessary reductions lie ahead” as they project a revenue shortfall of $20 million to $30 million in the next fiscal year, due in part to drops in international students and the overall campus population.

“These are difficult challenges, but they are not ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — American politics have gotten ugly. Debates and disagreements have gotten personal. Angst over immigration, the economy and state budget cuts “sow seeds of unrest in Idaho and throughout the land,” according to a resolution proposed by GOP House Majority Leader Jason Monks.

And what’s more, this winter, the state has ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis has 950 cameras recording everything happening on the streets and near city buildings, and some immigration activists and City Council members want that footage saved longer than usual before it’s automatically deleted.

While federal immigration agents remain in the city, the footage can document what ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit over the death of a developmentally disabled woman in San Diego County jail custody, allowing her family’s claims of unconstitutional medical neglect, violations of federal disabilities law and other systemic failures to move forward.

In a 70-page order Tuesday, U.S. ...Read more

Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who investigators say was kidnapped from her nearby home 13 days ago, but made no arrests.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told 13 News in Tucson the operation was “nothing more than a lead tracked down that...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police officers have maintained a regular presence near the memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, standing guard as mourners come to pay their respects each day.

Residents frequently approach to shake their hands — or envelop them in hugs — and talk about how the sweeping federal immigration crackdown has ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit alleging that the Connecticut State Police violated the First Amendment when troopers broke up multiple anti-Trump protests on highway overpasses and bridges last year.

The settlement was part of an agreement revealed between state police and the American Civil Liberties ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration agents have departed from the Coast Guard site at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which for months was used as a base of operations while the Trump administration conducted immigration raids across Southern California.

U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-Calif., said the Coast Guard confirmed Friday evening that ...Read more

In early 2013, Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, was stressed about her U.S. visa status. Later that year, she married an American citizen and her worries were gone.

A Green Card followed, and, in 2018, citizenship. Then Shuliak divorced her spouse: a woman named Jennifer who had been in a relationship with Kimbal Musk after ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration won’t be conceding to the demands of LGBTQ New Yorkers who want to see a Pride rainbow flag fly above the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village, with the federal Department of the Interior claiming it won’t allow any exceptions to the existing rules.

Word of the federal government’s line in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Casey Wasserman, the embattled mogul who is the face of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, is preparing to sell his talent agency, a stunning fall for a leading figure in the world of sports and music.

In a memo to his staff Friday, Wasserman acknowledged his appearance in a recently released batch of documents related to the late ...Read more

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi invoked Japan’s World War II history of aggression and warned Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi against a return to militarism as he blasted her support for Taiwan as “a very dangerous development” for Asia.

Wang’s comments at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday rebuffed overtures for dialogue made a...Read more

French authorities opened new probes into possible sexual and financial crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein and are revisiting the file on modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a French prison in 2022.

Prompted by the U.S. Justice Department’s release of a large trove of Epstein files, the Paris prosecutor’s office said it set up a ...Read more

A massive storm aimed at California may help the state, which has been struggling with a snow drought through much of the winter.

At least 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow is expected to fall between 3,000 feet and 4,000 feet (900 to 1,200 meters) across mountains in northern and eastern California through next week, said Ashton Robinson Cook...Read more

WHITESBURG, Ky. — As most of the commonwealth continues to thaw out after the bitter cold left behind by Winter Storm Fern earlier this month, several Eastern Kentucky water districts are still struggling to restore service to their customers.

Whitesburg residents have been under a boil water advisory for more than three weeks, and service ...Read more