WASHINGTON — The Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey again Tuesday, on allegations that an Instagram post he made last year showing seashells spelling out “86 47” was in fact an assassination threat against President Donald Trump.

The two-count indictment, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Walk of Fame is known for its colorful cast of characters. But even by those standards, the scenes of Jesus Christ and Sonic the Hedgehog racing past security guards employed by the Church of Scientology in recent days were a little bizarre.

On Saturday afternoon, someone dressed as the Christian messiah was among ...Read more

NEW YORK — A U.S. Army special forces master sergeant pleaded not guilty to charges of trading on classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan. Prosecutors claim Van Dyke, who was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivering a carefully worded speech that threaded two of his most deeply held causes — climate action and the defense of Europe — to a roomful of people deeply divided on both.

The king’s address to Congress, only the second in history by a British monarch...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents carried out search warrants Tuesday in the Twin Cities “relating to the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayers dollars,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

“The American people deserve to know how their taxpayer money was abused,” a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement. “… No...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has formally asked to change its legal name from the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a move the agency estimates will cost more than $50 million.

The Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel posted its proposal to change the law to rename the department, even though the new name has been deployed since...Read more

King Charles III kicked off a pomp-filled visit to the U.S. on Wednesday that has been warmly welcomed by President Donald Trump and is aimed at bolstering the “special relationship” between the two nations even amid tensions over the Iran war.

Embracing the extensive formal ceremonial trappings of a state visit, the British monarch held ...Read more

MIAMI — A wildfire that sparked on Monday evening in Everglades National Park has rapidly grown to about 2,500 acres, authorities say. Fire crews are battling the blaze, which has already closed parts of the Everglades.

The wildfire began in the northeastern corner of the national park, with U.S. Wildland Fire Services crews working the fire ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran has asked the United States to lift a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz while the two sides negotiate an end to the two-month war, which has upended global energy supplies.

Tehran wants the critical waterway for oil and gas shipments open “as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership ...Read more

BOSTON — The City of Boston has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by four protesters who allege they were beaten with wooden batons and pepper-sprayed by police during a 2020 George Floyd demonstration.

The settlement agreement was announced Tuesday by attorneys representing the protesters — Jasmine Huffman, Justin ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The U.S. ambassador to Canada said Tuesday that the Trump administration has yet to reach an agreement with the Canadian government regarding the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, but insisted "this will get worked out."

Pete Hoekstra, Trump's ambassador to Canada and a former Michigan congressman, was in ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The suspect charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of two University of South Florida graduate students will remain in jail while his case proceeds.

During a status hearing in a Tampa courtroom Tuesday morning, Hisham Abugharbieh’s public defender waived a pretrial detention hearing after prosecutors filed a motion ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The architect of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new congressional map, which would likely give four more seats to Republicans, said Tuesday that he used partisan criteria in drawing the plan.

DeSantis’ office has argued that it doesn’t need to adhere to Florida’s longtime ban on partisan gerrymandering, but had previously ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of hospitality executive Scott Socha to lead the National Park Service.

Socha, the president of parks and resorts for Delaware North, was nominated to the role of NPS director in February. His nomination was formally withdrawn Monday.

The White House did not respond to a ...Read more

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, found herself defending her husband from scathing social media accusations that he used her as a human shield as they fled the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.

Speaking on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on Monday, Miller, who is eight months pregnant...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors may not publicly identify more than a dozen clergy and laypeople accused of concealing or failing to report child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, finding that such disclosures would violate long-standing grand jury secrecy rules.

In a decision reinforcing ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Police seized more than three dozen firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition from a home in Branford after an investigation that began when a package containing a firearm suppressor was intercepted at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The package was intercepted on April 21 and was addressed to 46-year-old ...Read more

The Federal Communications Commission is considering an early review of the Walt Disney Co.'s broadcast TV licenses amid criticism of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's provocative jokes ahead of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

The order could come as soon as Tuesday, according to Semafor, which first reported that the ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican leaders in the Florida House on Tuesday opened a special legislative session by swiftly sidelining two of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top policy priorities — new restrictions on artificial intelligence and expanded vaccine exemptions — deepening an increasingly public rift between the governor and his own party.

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