CHICAGO — Chicago police have announced charges against a man they say fled to South America during an investigation into a 2004 Gold Coast slaying.

David Barklow was extradited to Chicago from Peru on Friday, police said in a news release. He’s charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kent Projansky.

Projansky, 40, was ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers have taken extraordinary steps in recent weeks to exempt their own personal information from public disclosure and expand the powers of their own police forces beyond the halls of the state Capitol.

The budget that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law on Oct. 7 included $6 million in spending to bolster ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most powerful band of a large atmospheric river storm slammed into Southern California Saturday, dumping much-needed rain across the region but also bringing mudslide dangers to communities still reeling from last January’s firestorms.

The storm flooded some streets and highways, sent mud and rocks sliding onto some canyon...Read more

This January, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in the Idaho case to decide whether transgender women and girls should be able to participate in sports that align with their gender identity.

Attorneys in the Little v. Hecox case, filed in 2020 by a transgender student at Boise State University after the Idaho Legislature ...Read more

NEW YORK — The man who allegedly trashed the New Jersey federal prosecutor’s office after being denied a meeting with Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is now in custody, the FBI said Saturday.

Keith Michael Lisa was arrested following a brief manhunt, sparked by his manic appearance Wednesday night at the Peter Rodino Federal Building in ...Read more

Brazil will keep pushing to get further tariff relief from the U.S. on coffee exports after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to lower levies barely impacted its largest supplier.

“We’ll keep working to reduce it further,” Vice President Geraldo Alckmin told reporters in Brasilia on Saturday. “In the case of coffee, it makes no ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A search was underway early Saturday morning after a suspected panga boat capsized off Imperial Beach, killing four people, officials said.

One person was found dead in the water off South Seacoast Drive and three others were found near the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach Battalion Chief John French told Sideo.TV.

Four people...Read more

A judge rejected for now a bid by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to bar Tylenol-maker Kenvue Inc. from marketing its over-the-counter pain medication as being safe for pregnant women within the state.

After a hearing Friday, State District Judge LeAnn Rafferty denied Paxton’s request for a temporary restraining order, court records show. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a legal victory Thursday, California secured $200 million in pandemic recovery school funding that the Trump administration had refused to provide.

The Department of Education notified the state and 16 others in March that the Trump administration had rescinded access to millions in federal money earmarked to combat the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California will cancel 17,000 commercial driver's licenses that had been issued to immigrants after officials said they extended beyond the date the drivers were allowed to work in the country — a violation of state law.

California requires driver's licenses and work permits to have the same expiration dates, officials said. ...Read more

MIAMI — The House Oversight Committee released over 20,000 files from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Wednesday, many of which include emails with influential friends and reporters. Other documents come from lawsuits or work that was shared with him via email.

Though none include direct communication between President Donald Trump and Epstein, the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There hasn't been a "substantiated" allegation of sexual abuse by staff against an inmate in the nation's largest jail system since 2021.

At first glance, the statistic — based on Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department data — might appear to indicate that a federal law called the Prison Rape Elimination Act has finally ...Read more

NEW YORK — The latest report from the federal monitor overseeing civil rights compliance at the New York Police Department points to a potential flash point for the incoming Mamdani administration, with profound implications for public safety in the city.

At issue is the ongoing disparity between street stops based on a suspect’s ...Read more

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week.

The virus is the same strain reported in previous outbreaks in other East African nations, the World Health Organization said late Friday. Nine cases, including health ...Read more

A new deployment of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday as part of President Donald Trump’s expanding immigration enforcement campaign, marking the latest push to carry out large-scale arrests in Democratic-led cities.

“We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public ...Read more

NEW YORK — Exiled by the elite after his conviction for sexually soliciting a teenage girl and failing to rehabilitate his image as a sexual predator, an embittered Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 believed his old friend Donald Trump had escaped scrutiny.

“I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump,” Epstein wrote to his ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just about over, with no tropical systems likely to develop before its official close on Nov. 30.

It might seem like a fortunate flop — only five hurricanes, when most forecasts back in spring called for eight or nine.

It was actually “pretty hopping,” said University of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An indictment unveiled this week charging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff with political corruption threw California’s top political circles into chaos — and stirred speculation in the state capital about what triggered the federal investigation.

Authorities have not revealed any targets beyond Dana Williamson ...Read more

ATLANTA — A Mega Millions ticket sold in metro Atlanta just made someone a multimillionaire.

The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million.

It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million.

“We are thrilled to congratulate the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Sen. John Fetterman was discharged from a hospital in Pittsburgh on Saturday after experiencing a heart problem that caused him to fall on a walk near his home in Braddock.

Fetterman posted a photo of himself to social media platform X on Saturday afternoon, showing his bruised — but smiling — face.

“20 stitches later ...Read more