WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone headed toward a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, spooking oil markets amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

A U.S. F-35C warplane shot down the drone in self-defense as the unmanned aircraft “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln with “unclear ...Read more

BALTIMORE — In separate party-line votes Tuesday, the Maryland House and Senate passed legislation to end local law enforcement cooperation agreements with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, fast-tracking two identical bills that have ignited heated debate across party lines over immigration policy and public safety.

In the Senate,...Read more

Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in person to a Republican congressional investigation into notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, apparently ending their defiant campaign of resistance.

The former president and ex-secretary of state emailed staffers for the GOP-led House Oversight Committee saying they would accept GOP demands and...Read more

Authorities found blood inside the Tucson-area home of Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement sources said, heightening concerns that the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was the victim of foul play.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Saturday night at her residence, and local authorities say she may have been forcibly taken in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court on Monday overturned a conviction for an ex-UCLA gynecologist serving 11 years in prison on charges of sexually abusing patients after determining that the trial judge failed to inform his lawyers that some of the jurors raised questions about the English proficiency of one of the panel members.

A three-justice ...Read more

A U.S. military warship has arrived off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where two U.S. Coast Guard cutters are also patrolling nearby.

The presence of the USS Southland comes as tensions continue to rise ahead of Saturday, the day marking the end of the mandate of Haiti’s nine-member Transitional Presidential Council. Although the council...Read more

The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday sharply criticized a federal judge’s decision to pause the administration’s effort to end deportation protections for Haitians, signaling that the dispute could soon reach the nation’s highest court.

“Supreme Court, here we come,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in response to a ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky legislator has proposed a so-called “granny cam” law to allow nursing home residents to position video cameras in their rooms that could catch incidents of elder abuse.

House Bill 491, filed by state Rep. DJ Johnson, R-Owensboro, would require nursing homes to allow residents and their families or other legal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — One of the biggest complaints from victims of the January 2025 wildfires has been demands by insurers that they provide itemized receipts for personal property losses, even if their records were destroyed in their burned homes.

Now, California Sen. Adam Schiff and 15 members of the state's Democratic congressional delegation ...Read more

The Jeffrey Epstein files could be taken offline as early as Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s Justice Department accidentally revealed the names of nearly 100 women abused by the disgraced financier in its “careless and dangerous” rollout.

Attorneys representing the women have requested that the DOJ commit to removing their ...Read more

Former Rutgers University professor and evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers, who has previously discussed his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, received major funding from the disgraced financier and they once together enjoyed a “wonderful lunch” with a “bevy of beauties,” according to documents recently released by the Department of ...Read more

The ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden was charged in his wife’s murder on Tuesday, more than a month after she was found dead on her living room floor in their Delaware home.

Linda Stevenson, 64, had been found “unresponsive in the living room” in late December by police responding to a domestic dispute call and was pronounced ...Read more

DETROIT — Two Detroit City Council members are exploring ways to potentially limit or ban federal immigration enforcement activity in the city, while another member wants to know if the city could prevent law enforcement officers from wearing masks and not identifying themselves during public interactions.

Two memorandums were introduced ...Read more

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Lenny Glavan's tattoo shop sits across the street from railroad tracks that bring barreling trains through his town. He opened it more than a year after a derailment pushed the small community into the national spotlight.

As a village council member, Glavan thought his business should be in the neighborhood he ...Read more

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they’re no longer seeking to block release of body-worn camera footage showing the traffic crash in Brighton Park last October that led a Border Patrol agent to shoot Marimar Martinez.

Lawyers for Martinez, who was initially charged with assault, have argued for the video and other evidence in the ...Read more

FRANKFORT, Ky. — At least seven people had been scheduled to testify Monday in an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Louisville Democratic Rep. Daniel Grossberg violated the Kentucky code of ethics.

Three were women — Allison Wiseman, Lexington Councilwoman Emma Curtis and Sarah Ritter — who have publicly said they were sexually ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a string of public appearances since federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, Gov. Josh Shapiro has repeatedly decried the federal immigration operation in Minnesota as unconstitutional and called on President Donald Trump to "terminate the mission."

The centrist Democratic governor leaned heavily into criticism of the Trump ...Read more