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

Just hours before her abduction, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie enjoyed an evening out with her other daughter, according to a report.

“We have a start point,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Us Weekly of their search efforts.

“The family took her home from dinner at about 9:30 to 9:45” ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a major step to reset fractured ties with a surprise deal on Monday to slash tariffs, bringing much-needed relief to India’s economy.

The U.S. will cut its levy on Indian goods to 18% from 25%, lower than most Asian peers, while an additional 25% punitive duty tied to purchases of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. County spent more than $112 million defending the Sheriff's Department against lawsuits last fiscal year, more than five times the legal expenses of any other county agency.

According to an annual tally of the county's legal spending released this week, about $229 million went to legal payouts and lawyer bills from July 1, ...Read more

An unusually large majority of Americans agree that the recent scenes of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are disturbing.

Federal immigration agents have deployed with weapons and tactics more commonly associated with military operations than with civilian law enforcement. The federal government has ...Read more

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it left more than a million people without power, mostly in the Southeast.

Scrambling to meet higher than average demand, PJM, the nonprofit company that operates the grid serving much of the mid-Atlantic U.S., asked...Read more

Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place outdoors. The athletes relied on natural snow for ski runs and freezing ...Read more

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans aim to translate the most up-to-date nutrition science into practical advice for the public as well as to guide federal policy for programs such as school lunches.

But the newest version of the guidelines, released on Jan. 7, 2026, seems to be spurring more confusion than clarity about what people ...Read more