TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Tallahassee grand jury investigating the Hope Florida scandal appears to have issued a report on its findings, but a process allowing people named in it to push for redactions could keep it secret for months.

Leon County State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of a report, ...Read more

Thousands of protests are scheduled across the United States on Saturday as part of the “No Kings” movement opposing President Donald Trump’s administration.

Organizers expect millions of people to turn out for this third round of No Kings demonstrations, with more than 3,000 local-level events mapped on the movement’s official website....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Imagine waking up early, eager to peep dazzling carpets of brilliant orange flowers at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. Instagram posts promised a spectacle.

You drive to the reserve north of Los Angeles, but the rolling hills aren’t alive with color.

Bummer. The bloom is over.

Thanks to AI, and a local ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe was in her California home, anxiously tracking her parents' movements in Mexico.

The capture and death of the world's most wanted drug trafficker — Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes — triggered a violent...Read more

LONDON — United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer suggested he won’t be bullied by Donald Trump in a further demonstration of how the U.S. president’s war on Iran has frayed the so-called special relationship between their two countries.

“My own view is that a lot of what is said and done has been to put pressure on me to change my ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Thursday ordered President Trump’s Justice Department to preserve its communications with Immigration and Customs Enforcement after prosecutors said ICE had misrepresented its authority to arrest people in immigration court.

In a brief order, Manhattan Federal Judge Kevin Castel said the prosecutor�...Read more

NEW YORK — Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty at an April 8 court appearance, and admit to killing women and dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach along with other locations on Long Island, according to multiple reports citing sources.

Heuermann, 62, who is charged with killing seven women, has maintained his ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Thursday said he wouldn’t throw out narco-terrorism charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, but sounded sympathetic to arguments about U.S. sanctions interfering with their defense.

The Manhattan Federal Court hearing was the first for Maduro and Cilia Flores Maduro since ...Read more

Disgraced Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes got a year knocked off her 11 1/4-year prison term under a change in sentencing guidelines that applies to convicts with no previous criminal history.

Holmes qualified for the reduced term under a 2023 rule change allowing first-time offenders to do less time for some non-violent crimes, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a civil lawsuit Thursday alleging fraud and other financial misconduct by six San Diego County residents who allegedly took part in a $3.8 million scheme that involved pocketing charitable funds that were earned by selling concessions at Petco Park and Snapdragon Stadium.

The two lead ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University is considering renaming one of its most prominent roadways after allegations surfaced last week about its namesake.

The school sent an email to its faculty, staff and students on Thursday informing them that it was “evaluating a potential rename of West Cesar Chavez Lane” after recent New York Times ...Read more

Small counties in the coastal Southeast had some of the largest population gains between mid-2024 and mid-2025 in estimates being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, mostly because of people moving from larger areas.

Jasper County, South Carolina, where there’s a building boom taking advantage of the popularity of nearby Hilton Head,...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into two California women's prisons to determine if they unconstitutionally provided housing and preferential treatment to "biological male prisoners."

In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon — who heads the Justice ...Read more

As the daughter of a social media influencer, Caymi Barrett said she navigates life within a digital footprint she wished never existed.

"Everything my mom posted is still on social media," she said. "Photos I wish never saw the light of day, private details about my health, even when I started my first menstrual cycle."

Barrett was speaking ...Read more

TAMPA. Fla. — As voter turnout numbers in the special election for Florida Senate District 14 came in Tuesday evening, Democrat Brian Nathan’s prospects looked dim.

Thousands more Republicans turned out compared to Democrats, according to unofficial figures released by Hillsborough County‘s elections office. One hour before the polls ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose is cataloging its buildings, streets and other landmarks named after Cesar Chavez — and will seek broad public input before deciding whether to rename them — in a process city leaders say must center on survivors of the labor leader’s alleged abuse.

The City Council’s rules and open government committee ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Sheriffs’ Association alleged Thursday that Republican legislators introduced a rerun of a controversial immigration bill because of pressure from the Trump administration.

Two members of Senate leadership, including Senate Pro Tem Kelly Anthon, R-Declo, introduced four new immigration bills Thursday morning during ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis leaders are trying to decide whether to build a $38 million public safety training center, but much of the debate this week devolved into whether the project was akin to Atlanta’s controversial “Cop City.”

Atlanta’s public safety center was given its nickname as it sparked protests and national headlines in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump again pushed back his deadline for Iran to strike a deal with the U.S. or face more attacks, saying talks with the country were going “very well.”

Trump said he would extend, by 10 days, his pledge to refrain from attacks on Iranian energy sites, offering a brief calm to global energy markets jolted by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday continued projecting confidence in the U.S. war effort in Iran, suggesting online and during a high-level Cabinet meeting that Iran has been “obliterated,” that its leaders were “begging” for a deal, and that the U.S. is “roaming free” over Iran and “NEEDS NOTHING” from its ...Read more