MIAMI — It seemed inevitable that U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams would hold state Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court after he violated her order to stop enforcing a new law that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants to enter Florida.

After all, Uthmeier told state law enforcement agencies that they could arrest...Read more

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Congressman Eric Swalwell this week decried the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport a Livermore father and winery worker, mere hours before a U.S. District Court judge said he should remain in the country.

Vowing that “we’re not going to forget him,” Swalwell slammed the early June deportation of ...Read more

The U.S. State Department has ordered a review of student visa applicants’ social media presence and told them to make their profiles public, stepping up measures to restrict foreign nationals’ entry to American campuses over national security concerns.

The department instructed consular officers screening online accounts to watch for any ...Read more

The Department of Homeland Security has placed new limits on members of Congress seeking to visit and inspect immigration detention facilities as lawmakers from New York and the Chicago delegations become the latest to encounter resistance from federal officials on an attempted tour.

The department issued new guidance that includes several ...Read more

A complex rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Australia after a humpback whale was found tethered to the sea floor.

The incident took place near Geraldton — located about 260 miles north of Perth — on June 17, according to a news release from Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia.

“At about 8:30 in the morning, Parks and ...Read more

President Donald Trump campaigned against what he called the “Green New Scam” — a catchall for Democrats’ climate spending.

But as Congressional Republicans race to pass their massive tax-and-spending legislation — what the president calls the “big, beautiful bill” — some business groups and companies are warning that ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Advocates say information about arrested immigrants “disappears” after they’re booked into Orange County jail — and are calling for more transparency so their families can find them.

The problem stems from a regular practice in an era of heightened immigration enforcement: When people are arrested by state and local ...Read more

DETROIT — After evading authorities on a two-year-long manhunt, an elusive black bear has finally been caught in northern Michigan.

The young black bear, which has been carrying a lid stuck around its neck since 2023, was captured by state wildlife biologists in Montmorency County in early June, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...Read more

A listeria outbreak that has reached 13 states and involves three deaths has been linked to chicken Alfredo dishes recalled from Walmart and Kroger, the nation’s two largest grocery sellers.

Here’s what was announced Tuesday night by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service:

What’s been recalled from Kroger and Walmart?

From Walmart ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A Maple Grove lawmaker has confirmed that her house was one of four known residences visited early Saturday morning by the gunman accused of killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as seriously wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.

“The past several days have been surrounded by so much ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen granted Chicago’s police superintendent the power Wednesday to declare a teen curfew anytime, anywhere in the city, teeing up a likely veto by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The highly contentious ordinance faced months of City Council debate before passing in a 27-22 vote. And Johnson, who has blasted it as “lazy governance”...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — A jury cleared Karen Read of all but the least serious offense — drunk driving — following a lengthy trial for the murder of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend.

The verdict, delivered after over 20 hours in the jury room, was anticipated ever since jurors appeared to hint at it with two notes they sent on ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy to Europe next week, adding to U.S. forces gathering near the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues, according to a CNN report.

This deployment has been planned since late last year, according to the report on social media, but the strike group will ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, has asked an appeals court to overturn his 15-year sentence, arguing a San Diego federal judge violated his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and ignored his poor health and several other ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A decision over whether to delay the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the University of Idaho student homicides, was put on hold by the judge overseeing the high-profile case after a hearing Wednesday — just six weeks before jury selection is set to begin.

But it’s “likely” the 30-year-old defendant will ...Read more

DENVER — Whether the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder was motivated by the victims’ political views or by their perceived national origin took center stage in federal court Wednesday as prosecutors pursued a hate-crime charge in the June 1 attack on the Pearl Street Mall.

Magistrate Judge Kathryn ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic state lawmakers and LGBTQ advocates slammed a Wednesday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, calling the ruling “horrifying” and “bigoted.”

In a 6-3 decision, the court sided with the state of Tennessee over a 2023 law ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A U.S. District Court judge granted an injunction on Tuesday temporarily blocking federal officials from cutting public health funding for Kansas City — a win in the city’s ongoing legal battle against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the agency he leads.

The court order requires that ...Read more