MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed conspiracy charges against 15 people they accuse of coordinating with each other to impede immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota this year.

During a news conference, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen described the indictment against 15 defendants as part of a broader effort by ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rikers Island for the most part makes headlines for violence and disorder, so much so that New York City has moved to close the notorious jail complex.

But on Tuesday, there was a palpable shift in the air as dozens of incarcerated students crossed the graduation stage to receive their diploma from the public high school on Rikers,...Read more

The United States and Iran are preparing to formally sign an interim peace deal that has left both sides claiming victory, with details of the accord still emerging and energy insiders skeptical of how fast it can reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The text of the so-called memorandum of understanding — which opens the way to two months of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has charged five people in connection with an alleged plot to use explosives and snipers to target wealthy people and prominent politicians who attended a UFC fight Sunday on the White House lawn.

All five individuals have been arrested in connection with the planned plot, which never transpired, and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump vented his frustration with Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, going as far to suggest that Syria would do a better job fighting Hezbollah there.

During a meeting at the Group of Seven summit with Qatar’s leader, Trump said Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed militant group had nearly ...Read more

NEW YORK — The carriage horse that died suddenly in New York City’s Central Park last week expired after eating a “substantial” quantity of a poisonous plant, according to a necropsy report released Tuesday by the Transport Workers Union — a finding the union says undercuts claims the horse was worked to death as the union pointed the ...Read more

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Haiti on Tuesday and spent the first part of his visit touring the base of the newly established Gang Suppression Force, the international community’s latest effort to help Haiti confront its worsening crisis.

The U.N. chief, who had advocated for a new funding mechanism to help ...Read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier last week issued a legal opinion affirming that all school districts must accommodate parents who want their children to leave or be absent from school for the purpose of receiving religious instruction.

Release time for religious instruction, also known as RTRI, allows students to be excused from school ...Read more

MIAMI — Two of the girls who were on the boat piloted by Doral real estate broker George Pino when it crashed, killing a 17-year-old girl, described the moments before Pino slammed his boat into a channel marker in Biscayne Bay, saying the ride was like countless others they had been on as frequent boaters.

“It felt like nothing out of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats sought to pass legislation to abolish the White House’s supposedly defunct “anti-weaponization” fund Tuesday, in a floor move blocked by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., attempted to pass via unanimous consent the measure to stop the $1.8 billion fund from the ...Read more

North Carolina House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a sweeping elections and voting bill as protesters descended on the legislature, accusing lawmakers of suppressing the vote.

The 36-page bill includes a grab bag of conservative policies, including banning election officials from encouraging voter turnout, banning ranked-choice voting ...Read more

As a historic El Niño supercharges the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco experiences record high seasonal sea levels, the latest structural casualty of intense wave action is prompting San Francisco Bay Area politicians to call for help from the state and federal governments.

They want to rebuild a concrete pier shut down this month after ...Read more

Five women were wounded in New Jersey when two people riding a moped tossed “an acid substance” into the victims’ car on Monday night.

The women were treated in a Jersey City hospital with skin burns that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to city officials.

“My thoughts are with those hurt in this horrific attack, and...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran is set to receive broad financial incentives as part of its agreement with the U.S., including the right to sell oil immediately, tap a $300 billion development fund and get eventual access to its frozen assets, according to a near-final draft of the deal.

While the contours of the memorandum of understanding have been ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A growing majority of Minnesota voters disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance in office, setting up a disadvantage for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

The Star Tribune/KARE 11/Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication Minnesota Poll found 56% of respondents say they disapprove of ...Read more

The Affordable Care Act seems to always be in a policy tug-of-war as its backers and critics spar over how it should work and who can qualify for coverage. This year is no different, with the Trump administration embracing standards it says will reduce fraud as well as steps that could further erode national enrollment.

Wide-ranging ACA changes...Read more

NEW YORK — Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein practiced making nooses before deciding on the one that appears to have ended his life in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Corrections officers found the 66-year-old predator hanging from a loop of orange fabric tied to a bunk bed on Aug. 10, 2019. Epstein, who had previously served time for ...Read more

The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an educational program.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the rules on June 1. That deadline was set ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield who is accused of embezzling political funds, finalized a plea agreement Tuesday with the attorney general's office.

The deal makes Stephanie Chatfield the third close ally of the ex-political leader to publicly admit to a financial crime and means ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Spencer Pratt fell behind in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, an unexpected group began claiming election fraud: people tracking the Republican’s success on prediction markets, the increasingly popular online exchanges on which people can make bets on almost anything.

“Crazy how much voter fraud can be done with mail in ...Read more