Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier cut off questioning during a corruption-focused Miami press conference Thursday after reporters asked him about his substantial paycheck for just two hours of lecturing per week and an advisory role at the University of Florida law school.

Speaking from a podium emblazoned with a placard that read “...Read more

NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of the Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.

The agency labeled the mission a “Type A” mishap in a scathing report, expected to be ...Read more

Attempts by the federal judiciary in Minnesota to force prosecutors to comply with court orders in immigration cases sharply escalated on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino found Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Isihara in civil contempt of court, ruling the government did not return identification documents for an ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — An Ybor business owner closed her yoga studio repeatedly from worries over moldy, waterlogged walls.

A Pinellas woman’s home flooded in one hurricane, and a tree crushed her car in another.

A Tampa student feared her insulin would become ineffective in extreme, hot temperatures.

On Wednesday night, one after another, Tampa ...Read more

A coalition of lawmakers, religious leaders and grassroots organizers on Thursday pledged to keep fighting plans for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Romulus, and decried the secrecy that has shrouded plans for the facility.

“We must organize. Use every single tool at our disposal to keep ICE out of neighborhoods,"...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

A fourth measles case has been confirmed in Los Angeles County, prompting renewed calls from health officials for residents to ensure they are protected against the highly contagious virus.

The infected individual flew from Singapore to Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 9 aboard Singapore Airlines Flight 38. The plane landed at about 7 ...Read more

A fourth measles case has been confirmed in Los Angeles County, prompting renewed calls from health officials for residents to ensure they are protected against the highly contagious virus.

The infected individual flew from Singapore to Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 9 aboard Singapore Airlines Flight 38. The plane landed at about 7 ...Read more

Details began to emerge Thursday about the nine people killed in a deadly avalanche at Castle Peak near Lake Tahoe two days.

Many of those killed belonged to a tight-knit group of Stanford University graduates, The New York Times reported. Reports are emerged that the backcountry party included mothers who were connected to youth ski clubs run ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to join a federal lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles school district of discriminating against white students.

At issue is a long-running effort to help disadvantaged students of color in Los Angeles by providing somewhat smaller classes to the vast majority of schools — leaving out ...Read more

When James Uthmeier suddenly became one of Florida’s most powerful leaders, few people outside Tallahassee had heard of him.

Now, a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis made him the state’s attorney general, Uthmeier is a ubiquitous media presence as he seeks to ingratiate himself with Florida’s conservative-leaning electorate. He’s brought ...Read more

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the U.K.’s King Charles, was released under investigation on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

The Thames Valley Police confirmed it had released a Norfolk man in his sixties, without mentioning the former royal by name. Last week, the police force said it was...Read more

A California agency that regulates workplace safety has opened an investigation into a skiing and rock climbing company following Tuesday’s Sierra Nevada avalanche that killed nine people, including three of the firm’s backcountry ski guides.

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has until mid-August to investigate ...Read more

Almost a month after abruptly dismantling exhibits about slavery from the President’s House, National Park Service employees began reinstalling the panels late morning on Thursday ahead of a court-imposed deadline.

Just before 11 a.m. a four Park Service employees carted glass panels from a white van to a barricaded area at the site. They ...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, with President Donald Trump saying that Iran had 10 to 15 days at most to strike a deal over its nuclear program.

“We’re either going to get a deal, or it’s going to be unfortunate for them,” ...Read more

Minnesota is struggling to achieve its climate goals despite decades of falling greenhouse gas emissions, newly released state data shows.

State law requires Minnesota’s electric utilities to reduce their carbon emissions to zero by 2040. Minnesota lawmakers also set a series of statutory goals to cut overall emissions compared to the state�...Read more

The Truckee company whose guides and ski group were swept away Tuesday in the deadliest avalanche in California history said it was grieving the tragedy as it worked to learn more about the catastrophe.

“This was an enormous tragedy, and the saddest event our team has ever experienced,” said Zeb Blais, founder of Blackbird Mountain Guides. ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia could be poised to become the next state to legalize online gambling after a last-minute scramble ahead of crossover in the General Assembly kept two iGaming bills afloat.

One bill that would legalize internet gaming narrowly failed the Virginia Senate on Monday. Then, Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, moved to ...Read more

It will be business as usual for SpaceX when it tries to send up a rocket from the Space Coast Thursday night, but not so much for when the rocket comes back down.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-36 mission with 29 Starlink satellites is aiming for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 8:41 p.m. near the ...Read more