WASHINGTON — California Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided over how to fund immigration enforcement, a schism starkly apparent in the House vote this week on the Department of Homeland Security budget.

All 43 of California's House Democrats opposed the bill. All state Republicans voting, including budget-writer Rep. David Valadao, ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials on Friday confirmed the 2005 death of renowned author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson was a result of suicide, almost six months after the state started reviewing the case by request of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.

State investigators started reviewing the case after Thompson’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy carrier strike group is moving toward the Middle East as President Donald Trump revives his threats to use military force against Iran’s senior leadership amid a violent crackdown on nationwide protests.

“We have a big flotilla going in that direction and we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters aboard ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of traveling to Colombia to sexually exploit children, attempting to produce child sexual abuse material and possessing such material.

In January 2023, 69-year-old Manuel Poceiro met with an individual in Miami whom he believed would assist him with transporting ...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivered his eighth and final State of the State address Thursday, spending more than half of the 80-minute speech touting an extensive list of what he said were the top accomplishments of his seven years as governor.

“Despite what some in the media would like to portray, despite what some bloggers might...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Three people arrested Thursday after a protest in a St. Paul church remain jailed Friday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security called them “ringleaders” in a Friday press release. They said it was Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI who arrested civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul School ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The sex offenders federal authorities said they were seeking when they detained an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul on Sunday do not appear to be missing and may not be registered sex offenders.

After federal agents handcuffed 57-year-old ChongLy “saly” Scott Thao, a U.S. citizen, and forced him out of his house at gunpoint...Read more

MIAMI — Eight members of the Cunio family, an Israeli Argentine family living in southern Israel, were abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, making them the largest single family taken hostage that day.

This week, two of the brothers came to Miami to talk about their experiences. After spending more than two years captive in Gaza, ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City is gearing up for its first major winter storm of 2026 — and it could be one of its worst in years.

A winter storm watch has been issued for the tri-state area from late Saturday night through Monday afternoon, with a cold weather advisory slated to go into effect Friday night.

After an unseasonably warm Thursday, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the end, the pressure on the family simply became too great.

Johny Merida Aguilara, the detained immigrant father of a 5-year-old son with brain cancer, has decided to drop efforts to stay in the United States and accept deportation to Bolivia.

His wife and three American-citizen children will also leave the country, though...Read more

WASHINGTON — Trump administration lawyers have joined California Republicans in urging Supreme Court to block California’s new election map on the grounds that one district in the San Joaquin Valley was drawn to favor Latinos.

Two months ago, Donald Trump’s lawyers called on the court to uphold a new Republican-friendly election map in ...Read more

Nearly 500 people have stopped to sign a giant replica of the birthday card President Donald Trump gave to the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. The clandestine arts activism group Secret Handshake erected the pop-up monument Monday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The messages speak volumes about this ...Read more

As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court records and on social media, federal officials are returning to a familiar response: self-defense.

In more than a handful of recent ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Spring in Southern California has a certain rhythm: Dodgers fans return to Chavez Ravine, the jacarandas start to bloom, and L.A.'s mayor gives a speech — usually a long one — about how the city is doing.

Mayor Karen Bass, running for a second term in the June 2 election, is shaking up that routine, by delivering two ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Black Democratic lawmakers spoke with one voice Thursday against Attorney General James Uthmeier’s decision — announced on the federal holiday that honors Martin Luther King Jr. — that he won’t enforce about 80 state laws that he claims are unconstitutionally race-based.

Saying his action would ...Read more

A winter storm is not the only thing to worry about in South Carolina.

While flu cases have decreased since the first week of 2026, the state is still on alert for widespread flu activity.

Latest data from the South Carolina Department of Public Health shows that the influenza-like illness activity level is high and 6.4% of patient visits to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal officials have been searching for a place to expand immigrant detention in Minnesota, and the shuttered private prison in Appleton remains a leading option.

A building permit filed with Appleton city officials shows at least one contractor has been working on nearly $1 million worth of upgrades at the prison since late ...Read more

President Donald Trump revived his threats to use military force against Iran’s senior leadership amid a violent crackdown on nationwide protests, saying late Thursday that an armada of U.S. Navy vessels was en route to the Middle East.

“We have a big flotilla going in that direction and we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters ...Read more

The Danish prime minister arrived in Greenland on Friday for talks on the island’s future after President Donald Trump seemingly deescalated his threats to take over the Arctic territory.

Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen flew to Nuuk from Brussels, where she attended a summit of European Union leaders and met with NATO Secretary General Mark ...Read more