Immigration lawyers and advocates say detainees at Alligator Alcatraz are being moved unusually fast to other locations amid reports the detention center in the Everglades could shut down as soon as next month.

Immigration attorney Laura Quintero, who has clients in Central Florida and Tampa, said she heard of detainee relocations happening in ...Read more

Fire crews were making progress Friday lowering the temperature of a chemical tank that is at risk of exploding and releasing toxic material in Orange County.

Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey said in an update on Friday night that efforts to cool the tank by spraying it with water have been successful.

“It’s down to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An “unprecedented” situation was taking hold in Orange County on Friday, as a tank at an aerospace firm was at risk of exploding and releasing a highly toxic chemical that can cause severe respiratory distress and lead to hospitalization, officials said.

An estimated 40,000 residents have been asked to evacuate, affecting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Several Arab nations joined Pakistan in trying to push for a resolution to the Iran war as they urged President Donald Trump to allow more time for negotiations.

While there were some indications of progress in talks to end the conflict, Axios and CBS News reported that Trump was preparing for a possible fresh round of strikes, ...Read more

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is leading Brazil’s presidential election as Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro suffers from his ties to the man at the center of a massive banking scandal, a new poll showed.

Lula leads Bolsonaro by 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%, in a hypothetical runoff election, according to a Datafolha survey ...Read more

A top Pentagon official’s remarks that the U.S. had halted arms sales to Taiwan to ensure sufficient munitions for the Iran war are the latest sign that the conflict has sapped American military readiness, including for a potential confrontation with China.

“We’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pop crooner and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Girardi quietly put an end to a long and splashy legal battle over her ex-husband's now-defunct law firm on Thursday, settling a $25 million bankruptcy lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court.

The suit alleged the singer should have known she was profiting off embezzled ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The contract for management and operation of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive bidding process for the first time in its history, the space agency announced Friday.

The action forces the California Institute of Technology to compete for control of the La Cañada Flintridge institution it has ...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil said Friday they would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Trump administration from deporting him after a federal appeals court declined to rehear his case.

In a 6-5 decision, the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Khalil�...Read more

A Washingtonian who was convicted after participating in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 had his judgment overturned Thursday by an appellate court.

Ethan Nordean, an Auburn man and member of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in 2023 after a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy, ...Read more

SpaceX’s debut of its next-generation version of Starship managed to take flight Friday after an issue on the launch tower forced a scrub on Thursday night, but did face some engine headaches after liftoff.

The first flight of Version 3 of Starship and Super Heavy lifted off near the opening of a 90-minute launch window just after 5:30 p.m. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — If Minnesota lawmakers have their way, children 15 and under would need parental permission to have social media accounts, and the features available to them would be sharply limited.

A bill limiting youth access to social media sites won broad support from both parties, but its fate is uncertain. Gov. Tim Walz has not yet ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A leaking chemical tank is going to fail or explode in an “unprecedented” event that saw officials order thousands of Orange County residents to evacuate parts of six cities until it happens, authorities announced Friday afternoon.

“At that point, we know the tank is going into thermal runaway,” Orange County Fire ...Read more

NEW YORK — ICE agents arrested more than 5,000 people in New York City between January 2025 and March 2026, even using deception in pursuit of their efforts to take people into custody, according to a new City Hall audit that documented the extent of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the five boroughs.

The dramatic ...Read more

DENVER — Tens of millions of federal dollars will finally flow to an effort by a coalition of Western Slope governments to purchase some of the largest and most senior water rights on the Colorado River.

For more than a year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has withheld $40 million awarded to the Colorado River District for the purchase of the...Read more

NEW YORK — A fire at a Staten Island dockyard sparked a massive explosion that left 16 people — including 13 firefighters and two emergency medics — hospitalized on Friday, according to the FDNY.

The blaze ignited in the basement of a metal building at the rear of the coastal facility in Mariners Harbor around 3:30 p.m., fire officials ...Read more

The Trump administration has announced a new policy that requires most people seeking permanent residency in the U.S. return to their home countries to apply, one of the biggest blows President Donald Trump has dealt to legal migration since returning to the White House.

In a memo issued Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — Even before Memorial Day Weekend marked the beginning of Yosemite National Park’s high season, many visitors experienced hours-long wait times at entrance gates that led to jam-packed parking lots before mid-morning.

Known for its soaring views and rushing waterfalls nestled in the Sierra Nevada, California’s most visited...Read more