LOS ANGELES — Animal activists are offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of whoever is shooting donkeys with arrows in the Inland Empire.

“If you have any information that could lead to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or persons responsible, please come forward. Even the smallest detail ...Read more

Even as Haitian security forces make some progress in clearing roads and deploying armored vehicles into previously inaccessible neighborhoods, Haitians living under gang control continue to be subjected to harsh punishment and enforcement tactics, a new United Nations human-rights report details.

In some cases, victims are subjected to gang-...Read more

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is spearheading a bipartisan effort to prohibit prediction markets from allowing sports betting.

The legislation, introduced Monday, seeks to stop the federally regulated platforms from allowing wagers that resemble a sports bet or casino-style game. These platforms, or online prediction markets, have surged in ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to stop Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco from seizing more than 600,000 ballots in the 2025 statewide special election after the Republican sheriff claimed voter fraud.

Bonta filed an emergency petition with the state 4th Court of Appeals on Monday to stop Bianco, a candidate...Read more

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced Tuesday that her government will send a diplomatic delegation to Washington later this week to launch a new phase of political and diplomatic dialogue with the United States, as the Trump administration moves to facilitate the reopening of the Latin American nation’s diplomatic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled that Iran had offered a “present” as a show of good faith in negotiations the U.S. leader has claimed are ongoing to end a 25-day conflict that’s upended global markets, even as he deploys more troops to the Middle East.

Trump wouldn’t detail the gift, “worth a tremendous amount of money,...Read more

CHICAGO — The Trump administration must temporarily unfreeze almost $2 billion in federal funds for the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line Extension project, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Ruling from the bench, federal judge Thomas M. Durkin granted the CTA’s request for a temporary restraining order in a case the mass transit agency ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Port Authority fire truck that got into a fatal crash with an Air Canada jet landing at LaGuardia Airport didn’t have transponders installed that could have helped air traffic controllers better track its movements, NTSB investigators said Tuesday.

While radio transmissions made it clear the fire truck and several other ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that it may block migrants from applying for asylum at ports of entry along the southern border.

The administration's lawyers argued that the right to asylum, which arose in response to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, does not extend to those who are stopped just...Read more

NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of helicopters to Mars.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed the plans during a daylong session dubbed “Ignite” held in Washington, ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s HIV-positive patients will continue to be able to rely on the state for help getting medication for the next few months, thanks to a last-minute scramble from the Florida Legislature that Gov. Ron DeSantis approved Tuesday.

Around 12,000 Floridians faced removal from the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Tuesday there's "no truth" in a viral social media post that claimed he had inside knowledge of a Democratic plot to rig the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.

"It's fake," Kilpatrick wrote in a text message to The Detroit News. "Never happened."

A lengthy X post from an ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City public schools released long-awaited artificial intelligence guidance on Tuesday that encourages teachers to “explore” using the new technology in lesson and unit planning and drafting communications — but prohibits its use in grading, discipline, or other key decisions about students.

More than three years ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt named Republican energy executive Alan S. Armstrong to the Senate, filling the vacant seat left by the resignation of former GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin to serve as President Donald Trump’s next Homeland Security secretary.

Stitt, also a Republican, announced his selection at a Tuesday morning press ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Tuesday to clear the way for a policy seeking to prevent immigrants from presenting asylum claims at the U.S. border with Mexico.

The Trump administration asked the justices to overturn a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that blocked the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota has sued the Trump administration, accusing its top law enforcement agencies of withholding evidence from the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in order to protect agents deployed for Operation Metro Surge from potential criminal charges.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday...Read more

ROMULUS, Mich. — The state of Michigan and Romulus city officials filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from using a city warehouse as a detention center for 500 immigrants.

A detention center is inappropriate for the site near Detroit Metropolitan Airport due to traffic and flooding concerns and ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Republican lawmaker has called into question San Jose State University’s handling of antisemitic incidents earlier this month and last fall at the campus.

In a letter last week, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, D-La., asked SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson to answer nearly two dozen pointed questions related to the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said there were “real failures” in the nation’s immigration system that led to the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman last week, and added that while fixes need to be made to the system, that responsibility lies with President Donald Trump’s administration.

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