LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has banned Los Angeles Police Department officers from using some so-called less-lethal launchers at protests, after finding that the department violated previous court restrictions by using such projectile weapons to disperse crowds at last summer's mass demonstrations against immigration enforcement.

In her ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Humanity’s return to the moon began Saturday morning before dawn at less than 1 mph.

That was the top speed NASA’s rocket for the Artemis II mission was able to hit during its ride atop the massive crawler that inched out of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on its way Launch Pad 39-B.

It was a 4-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the Los Angeles Fashion District on Friday morning, workers hoisted up the metal grates protecting storefronts, strung up canopies and set up racks of clothing and signs advertising sales for $1 accessories, $2 shirts.

Browsing lacy stockings and harnesses at Wendy’s Lingerie on Maple Avenue, Faith Avila, 24, and her friend...Read more

State and local leaders have mobilized officers and prepared the National Guard for protests planned in Minneapolis this weekend.

A large and visible presence of Minneapolis police officers and Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies will monitor two protests slated for downtown Saturday, Jan. 17, said Bob Jacobson, commissioner for the Minnesota ...Read more

Constant airstrikes by Kremlin forces are undermining “even the small opportunities for dialogue” between Kyiv and Moscow, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Ukrainian president posted on social media as his negotiating team prepared to meet in Miami with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Daniel Driscoll. The first readout ...Read more

The Army has once again missed its own deadline for fielding the first U.S. hypersonic weapon, in a sign that one of the Pentagon’s top priorities is still behind schedule.

The unit responsible for using the advanced weapon is trained and ready, but the missile — part of a $10.4 billion hypersonic program — isn’t ready for use. And ...Read more

The defense teams representing the Alexander brothers in their sex-trafficking case may have formidable reputations, but they can’t seem to catch a break as the brothers’ trial in Manhattan federal court gets underway with jury selection starting Tuesday.

Against the backdrop of similar, high-profile cases involving music mogul Sean “...Read more

An exceptionally wet December has contributed to an abundance of death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, on the Central Coast and Northern California, causing what officials describe as an unprecedented outbreak of severe illness and death among people who consume the fungi.

Public health officials are issuing a second warning this winter, ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A state agency under control of Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued 11th-hour instructions for verifying petition signatures that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana on the 2026 Florida ballot.

DeSantis does not want recreational marijuana legalized in Florida. He was the most prominent...Read more

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for potentially impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The investigation is in its early stages, according to the person, who asked not to be identified ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus is offering online learning options to students who feel unsafe coming to class amid concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ presence in the Twin Cities.

The decision was shared with faculty, instructors and administrators Jan. 15. Specific accommodations ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Oglala Sioux Tribe has walked back earlier claims that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been uncooperative with the tribe’s efforts to locate homeless tribal members it previously said were detained in Minneapolis earlier this month.

The tribe said it is still trying to verify the claims of its members being ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A search warrant that led to a raid of a Southern California fireworks warehouse shows that Cal Fire investigators suspected a Yolo County company of dealing in illegal explosives at least six weeks before its headquarters exploded and caught fire, killing seven workers in Esparto.

The documents, obtained Friday in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Good died after suffering four wounds from gunshots, including one to the left side of her head, according to newly released reports from emergency responders that also detail the aftermath of her Jan. 7 killing in south Minneapolis.

The documents, released by the Minneapolis Fire Department and Minneapolis Police ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, on Thursday, hours after four agents ate lunch there.

It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers.

An ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Republicans are rallying behind ICE and the Trump administration as thousands of federal immigration agents sweep through the state, brushing aside mounting scrutiny fueled by a fatal shooting and videos of violent arrests.

They say the tense situation unfolding in Minnesota could have been avoided if DFL leaders had ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nine days after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Good during a federal immigration operation, the city and state remain in upheaval.

Federal actions have intensified since the Jan. 7 shooting as observers and protesters continue to record and confront agents....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison sued Los Angeles County, water agencies and two companies including SoCalGas on Friday, saying their mistakes contributed to the deadly and destructive toll of last year's Eaton wildfire.

Edison now faces hundreds of lawsuits by victims of the fire, which claim its transmission line started the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House has named the members of an executive panel as part of a so-called Board of Peace that’s intended implement President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Friday afternoon, the White House said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law ...Read more

The federal government has backed away from its plan to garnish the wages of those in default on their student loans.

In a press release Friday afternoon, the Department of Education announced it will delay involuntary collections on defaulted federal student loans. The pause is temporary, the Department said, but it will give the government ...Read more