LAS VEGAS — Jurors began deliberating Monday in the murder trial over the death of Tupac Shakur after attorneys made their final pitch in closing arguments.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is the only person ever prosecuted in connection with the 1996 shooting near the Strip that fatally wounded the hip-hop icon and injured Death Row Records ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday said a short-lived tropical storm could form in the Gulf while the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly will douse Florida, but have no chance to reform.

By 5 p.m. EDT, the NHC said Tropical Depression Five had formed, but was expected to become Tropical Storm Edouard and threaten the Louisiana and Texas ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a split decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled construction of the White House ballroom could continue, saying the group bringing the lawsuit lacks standing to challenge the project and the government is likely to prevail.

The decision came after a one-sentence temporary order signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on ...Read more

A Las Vegas jury on Monday found a onetime Compton gang leader guilty in the slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur, marking a turning point in a murder mystery that captivated decades of attention.

Jurors deliberated for just a few hours in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the fatal shooting of Shakur off ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jurors have reached a guilty verdict Monday in the murder trial over the death of Tupac Shakur after attorneys made their final pitch in closing arguments, with prosecutors arguing the defendant’s prior accounts were corroborated and the defense attorney questioning his client’s veracity.

Duane Davis, 63, was found guilty of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — North Carolina’s Dan Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, resigned his position Monday evening after reports of growing tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The Wall Street Journal first reported Driscoll’s resignation, which other news outlets confirmed. The resignation becomes official Thursday, according to The ...Read more

A 17-year-old girl accused of livestreaming the deadly attack on a San Diego mosque is now facing murder charges.

The North Carolina teen was indicted Monday with three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three men, authorities said.

The girl, identified only as a high school student in ...Read more

A decade ago, Venezuelan tycoon Alejandro Betancourt stood in the crosshairs of a federal investigation in Miami into the theft of more than $1 billion from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company that authorities say was laundered through bank accounts and real estate investments in the United States and Europe.

Today, Betancourt, who was not ...Read more

A prominent Cuban-American group is calling on the Trump administration to carve out broad humanitarian exemptions from U.S. sanctions on Cuba — including for fuel donated by third countries— while pressing the Cuban government to dismantle restrictions that keep aid from reaching Cubans who need it.

In a policy statement released Monday, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that the conflict in Iran was draining American firepower as clashes resumed in the on-again off-again hostilities that have stretched more than six months, with neither side willing to restart negotiations to end the war.

“This is a relatively little war for us,” Trump told reporters...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to finish building his new White House ballroom with mostly private money and without approval from Congress.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted an emergency appeal from Trump and his lawyers on Monday, setting aside a judge’s order that would stop the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A North Carolina teen has been charged with murder and conspiracy in connection with the May shooting rampage by two teens at the Islamic Center of San Diego that left three men dead.

Officials said the girl, who turned 17 years old less than six weeks before the attack, helped by disseminating the livestream of the assault and ...Read more

Epic flooding in the Grand Canyon that left at least two dead and more than a dozen missing was fueled in part by extreme weather, including the Southwest’s long-term drought, unusually hot ocean temperatures and air from El Niño, forecasters said.

Flash flooding is common in northern Arizona, but experts say the amount of rain in the Grand ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Monday approved a bill to require social media companies to provide platforms to children under 16 years old that do not include personalized feeds driven by algorithms, autoplaying videos and other features.

Assembly Bill 1709 had started out as a ban on accounts for Californians under 16, ...Read more

MIAMI — Federal agents pulled over a yacht off Miami Beach they say was smuggling a woman from Colombia by way of the Bahamas.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents stopped the 64-foot 2013 Prestige 620 Flyer, named the Mi Amore, around 10:45 a.m. Sunday about one nautical mile east of Government Cut, according ...Read more

DETROIT — A group seeking to require that Michigan voters prove they are citizens before casting their ballots has taken its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Americans for Citizen Voting filed an application with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Monday, asking the federal court to swiftly order that Michigan place their proposed constitutional ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill allowing undocumented students at the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges to work on campus has been approved by the California Legislature and is now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

A nearly identical bill was proposed in 2024. But it was vetoed by the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In politics, as in comedy and life, timing is everything.

Witness Tuesday night’s “Leadership Forum with Gov. Ron DeSantis.” Florida’s term-limited governor will host a forum with the leading Republican candidates in the state.

Ordinarily, such a collaboration with DeSantis would be welcome for any Republican hopeful in...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that the conflict in Iran was draining American firepower as clashes resumed in the on-again off-again hostilities that have stretched more than six months, with neither side willing to restart negotiations to end the war.

“This is a relatively little war for us,” Trump told reporters...Read more