MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of people, perhaps hundreds, linked to a sprawling child nutrition fraud case will never face criminal charges. Why? Federal prosecutors don’t have the resources to go after every organization and person that participated in the program.

The case, commonly referred to as Feeding Our Future, the name of a nonprofit at ...Read more

Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California, San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia.

“She had problems falling asleep, and she’d wake up in the middle of the night,” he said. “So her daughter ...Read more

DULUTH, Minn. – A procession of hundreds of Catholics carried a small casket with the remains of the “Patriarch of the Diocese of Duluth” to a new resting place this week, as church officials prepare to lobby for his inclusion among the saints.

The short procession to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary was led by priests, deacons and...Read more

MIAMI — Nearly 50 men spent hours in a small holding cell asking for water, food and medication. Instead, officers dressed in riot gear sprayed the room with rubber bullets and launched “flash bang” grenades.

The men had overflowed a toilet in protest, and the ground was covered in putrid water. Smoke filled the air. Loud “booms” rang...Read more

For Venezuelan travelers the past few days have been filled with uncertainty, fear and confusion — not to mention the financial toll.

Since the Trump administration issued a travel ban barring nationals from 12 countries including Venezuela, Venezuelans both in and outside the U.S. have scrambled to reschedule flights — some moved them ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard?

That could spell trouble for your deck or fence, according to David Headrick, Cal Poly professor emeritus of entomology and pest management.

Those enormous insects you’ve spotted are carpenter bees, he said.

Carpenter bees use their powerful jaws to burrow into ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Health care advocates are warning that a bill under consideration by Congress could cause two clinics providing abortions and other reproductive health care services in Alaska to close.

Rose O’Hara-Jolley, Alaska director of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, said that the budget reconciliation bill adopted by the U....Read more

Rep. Carlos Giménez plans to tour Florida facilities holding immigration detainees following a Miami Herald investigation into harsh conditions and use of force at the Federal Detention Center in Miami.

The federal lawmaker said that he first learned about the reported conditions at FDC Miami when a journalist from the Washington Journal’s C...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Mermaid hasn't turned a profit since Saturday.

The aquatic-themed Little Tokyo bar is typically open daily and a hub for regulars, community events and off-duty workers of the hospitality industry, all bathed in soft blue lighting meant to replicate the ocean's waves. But the Mermaid is closing. Many restaurants and bars in ...Read more

Extreme heat is already killing people this year as Southern Nevada braves its first string of days in triple-digit temperatures.

Heat has been a factor in three deaths so far, according to a Wednesday news release from the Clark County coroner’s office. Helping prevent heat-related death has been a priority of local governments and ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida child welfare authorities turned over a 17-year-old foster child to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, sparking intense criticism that the action could hinder efforts to protect children in the state’s large immigrant communities.

The Honduran teen was removed from his Pensacola foster home Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced eight members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, populated mainly by critics of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine policies or those who don’t specialize in vaccine science.

In a post on...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — José has shuttered his store so many times in the last three months amid rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was poised to strike the venerable Italian Market, he has lost count.

The undocumented 45-year-old business owner, who declined to provide a last name out of fear of deportation, operated out of an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor brought charges against eight people who allegedly attacked police, vandalized buildings and robbed stores during recent protests against immigration sweeps.

At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, District Attorney Nathan Hochman vowed to “fiercely protect people’s rights to ...Read more

The U.S. Treasury Department is considering changing rules to revoke tax-exempt status for colleges that consider race in student admissions, scholarships and other areas — potentially threatening the financial stability of hundreds of institutions.

The proposals would bar private, nonprofit schools from remaining tax exempt if they favor any...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration cannot for now deport or detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist being held in a Louisiana detention center, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Wednesday.

Judge Michael Farbiarz, granted Khalili’s motion for release and said immigration authorities for now ...Read more

BOSTON — Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said the feds are happy to comply with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s executive order that seeks greater transparency around its immigration enforcement, in order to show Wu how her “lack of cooperation hurts” her city.

“We look forward to showing the great work of ICE and the criminal illegal ...Read more

President Trump said Wednesday that Chinese college students, who two weeks ago were threatened with losing their visas to study in the U.S., can stay here as part of a trade deal negotiated with China.

The announcement, though, did little to quell the anxiety and uncertainty brought on by months of the administration targeting international ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he intended to send letters to trading partners in the next one to two weeks setting unilateral tariff rates, ahead of a July 9 deadline to reimpose higher duties on dozens of economies.

“We’re going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks, to countries, telling them what ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Roberto Recinos, a 21-year-old downtown Los Angeles resident, works at It's Boba Time right by the Metropolitan Detention Center, where protests have been going on for six days.

Recinos said the demonstrations and curfew had resulted in far less foot traffic in recent days. By 2 p.m, the shop usually would have sold around 120 ...Read more