FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. government is seeking ownership of over 40 pit bulls following its take-down of a Broward dogfighting ring, using a civil forfeiture process that is typically applied to property like cars, contraband or cash.

The pit bulls have been in the care of the U.S. Marshal’s service since January, when FBI agents ...Read more

The suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case has confessed to authorities and told them he believed President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Brian Cole Jr. has admitted to investigators that he left twin pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national committees the ...Read more

The U.S. lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block E.U. plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.

U.S. officials argued to member states that the assets are needed to help secure a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow and...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship for newborns whose parents are here illegally or temporarily will get a full hearing before the Supreme Court.

The justices agreed Friday to hear arguments on Trump's proposal after judges across the nation had declared it unconstitutional and blocked it from taking ...Read more

DENVER — The University of Colorado Boulder suspended the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity after “credible reports of hazing” regarding the group.

The university announced the suspension through its safety alert system Thursday evening, noting that the hazing happened Monday and was reported Tuesday. Under federal law, colleges are required to ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A macabre investigation is underway in southeastern North Carolina, after one body too many showed up at funeral home.

Among the many mysteries in the case is the identity of the dead woman – and how she got inside a securely locked building on Fayetteville’s Raeford Road, the Fayetteville Police Department said in a Dec...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Rollins College student was arrested this week after an online ammunition purchase led campus security to discover an AR-15 rifle in his dorm room, according to the Winter Park Police Department.

On Wednesday, Constantine Demetriades, 21, was arrested for possessing the weapon on school property, a third-degree felony, after...Read more

Vice President JD Vance wants to put rumors about his marriage to bed.

During an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Vance revealed he and wife, Usha, are taking recent gossip regarding their relationship in stride, adding that they’re typically able to find the humor in it on most occasions.

“I think that we kind of get a kick out of it...Read more

SEATTLE — From her home in Tacoma, S has watched the flurry of immigration policy changes issued by the Trump administration in recent days with horror.

The Afghan woman was granted asylum in 2022 and applied for a green card in 2023, but has not received an update on her application since last December, when she fulfilled a request for ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal prosecutors want to dismiss a felony charge against a man accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents in Charlotte last month.

The man denied assaulting officers and said they came after him.

If Cristobal Maltos’ charge is dismissed, it will be at least the third time a federal judge has tossed a felony charge ...Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to widen economic ties in the face of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to slam the brakes on an oil trade that surged after the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.

In his first trip to India since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin sought to showcase...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has repeatedly insisted that she will not allow the U.S. military to fight drug cartels inside her nation’s borders.

“It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said last month after President Trump yet again threatened such an operation. “We don’t want intervention by any foreign ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum’s ability to steer Mexico through Donald Trump’s trade chaos turned her into an international phenomenon. A year into her presidency, however, she’s finding it harder to navigate political difficulties at home.

Sheinbaum and Trump will meet in person for the first time around Friday’s FIFA World Cup ...Read more

CHICAGO — After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent record-breaking snowfall and below-freezing temperatures might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate change is still transforming how locals experience the changing seasons, including this fall, one of the top 10 warmest recorded in ...Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to widen economic ties in the face of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to slam the brakes on an oil trade that surged after the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.

Putin is making his first trip to India since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to showcase ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The parents of an 8-year-old girl are suing a Los Angeles-area private school for allegedly failing to take action against a "Kissing Club" that was started by older students who bullied and sexually assaulted their daughter.

Pantea Kipnis, the child's mother, said in a statement to The Times that she came forward to raise ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, encountering them in an up-close and personal way.

Such an opportunity is only possible while visiting the aptly-named “Manatee Capital of the ...Read more