An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing the disease back into the limelight.

The Conversation U.S. asked gastrointestinal oncologist Christopher ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As they waited for jurors to return a verdict, the lawyers were on edge.

Rebecca Abel and Kyra Nickell, both deputy federal public defenders, had spent days in trial defending their client, whom the government accused of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer with a camera and later with a shove to the chest during an ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Born in 1950, Readus Fletcher experienced his share of racial discrimination as a young man, but he also saw the dismantling of Jim Crow laws that kept Black families from white schools, southern lunch counters, voting booths and the front of the bus.

He witnessed the civil rights era up close, and was proud to see his own ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal agent failed to disclose three criminal convictions to his bosses at the Department of Justice and misrepresented the nature of an alleged assault, according to court filings in two recent Los Angeles cases against protesters that ended with all charges dropped.

The dismissals continue a nearly unprecedented streak of ...Read more

Criminal justice has emerged as one of the most wide-ranging and politically charged areas on lawmakers’ agendas in this year’s state legislative sessions. Across the country, legislators are weighing proposals that affect nearly every part of the criminal justice system, including policing, gun policy, solving crimes, sentencing, prison ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is blaming rising health care costs and Congress for cutting off life-saving access to affordable AIDS drugs to thousands of Floridians next month.

But the administration’s own actions will cripple the program.

Florida is planning to kick patients in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program ...Read more

ORLANDO — Two weeks ago, Elizeth Villabos got a frantic call in the middle of the day from her teen daughter at high school in Orange County.

“She was at school and saw ICE out side and she was crying and so afraid,” Villalobos said. “She asked me if they were there to return us to Venezuela and if we would be killed if we went back.”...Read more

Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Feb. 12 that “newly discovered evidence” in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said that he could see negotiations with Iran stretching for as long as a month, as he seeks a diplomatic agreement that would roll back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

“I guess over the next month, something like that,” Trump told reporters Thursday when asked how long the talks would take. “...Read more

The U.S. and Taiwan finalized a trade agreement to cut tariffs, boost market access for American products in Asia and channel billions of dollars into U.S. energy and technology projects.

Under the terms of the deal unveiled Thursday in Washington, Taiwan pledged to purchase more than $44 billion worth of liquefied natural gas and crude oil ...Read more

Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building brought in by federal immigration agents must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered Feb. 12.

“Within one hour of detention and prior to being transferred out of the Whipple Federal Building, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Lindenwold School District reported Thursday that fourth- and fifth-grade students waiting at a bus stop ran away in a panic when an ICE operation occurred nearby.

The incident happened in the morning as the students were waiting to take a bus to school from the Woodland Village Apartments, the district said in a statement....Read more

NEW YORK — Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the funds expired.

The expiration effectively reinstated Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jeanette Vargas’ order from last week in a suit brought against the feds by the states of New York ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — With a smile on his face, former Gov. Roy Cooper walked up to a voting booth Thursday at Chavis Community Center in Raleigh and filled in the bubble by his name.

He cast his ballot to become North Carolina’s next U.S. senator.

Outside, dozens of supporters waited for him holding up signs with his name on it. They cheered ...Read more

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Trump administration order slashing $600 million in federal grant funding for HIV programs in California and three other states, finding merit in the states’ argument that the move was politically motivated by disagreements over unrelated state sanctuary policies.

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, an Obama...Read more

The father, mother and brother of the singer known as D4vd are fighting Los Angeles County grand jury subpoenas related to the investigation into the death of a teenage girl discovered in the trunk of his Tesla, arguing their due process rights are being violated, court records in Texas indicate.

The 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas on ...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change. California, with its ambitious goals for cutting emissions, immediately announced it will sue the ...Read more

Authorities are examining security camera footage from a home in the Tucson, Arizona, area near Nancy Guthrie’s property that shows a man wearing a backpack trying to scale a wall the morning of her disappearance.

The video, which was captured on a Ring camera at 1:54 a.m. Feb. 1, shows a bald man wearing a gray jacket and a backpack similar ...Read more

The FBI has released new details regarding the suspect in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, while doubling its reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of her captor.

Officials in the department’s Phoenix bureau said a forensic analysis of doorbell camera footage from Guthrie’s home points to a male of average build, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The CIA is targeting Chinese military officials in its latest recruitment video, in an effort to capitalize on potential disillusionment inside the People’s Liberation Army in the aftermath of President Xi Jinping’s military purges.

The U.S. spy agency on Thursday released a video in Mandarin that portrays a fictional mid-...Read more