The latest Justice Department release of Jeffrey Epstein files sheds some light on the FBI’s quest in 2019 to charge additional suspects who may have helped the financier or participated in his sex trafficking crimes.

The names of 10 potential co-conspirators, or suspects, that New York prosecutors intended to interview in 2019 was mentioned ...Read more

The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association on Tuesday appealed a lower court ruling that upheld the imposition of a new 24% wholesale tax on marijuana sales.

The controversial tax is set to take effect Jan. 1, but the marijuana association has asked the Michigan Court of Appeals to take up the case immediately, preferably before New Year's Day....Read more

Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave and the Trump administration announced an investigation into the school’s security measures after a shooting rampage this month that killed two students and injured nine others.

The Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid will review whether Brown violated ...Read more

The woman who was dragged out of her car by federal immigration agents in Key Largo while screaming she was a U.S. citizen said the feds had already stopped her twice within a few weeks, including when they had detained her undocumented husband in a traffic stop in the same location just last month.

The woman was commuting alone in her husband�...Read more

CBS’ decision to pull a “60 Minutes” segment on alleged torture and inhumane conditions inside a notorious El Salvador prison just hours before it aired stunned the UC Berkeley students whose research helped underpin the report.

The students at UC Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center contributed to a Human Rights Watch report titled "You ...Read more

The Epstein files are still being released by the thousands after the deadline for the Department of Justice to disclose them passed on Friday.

On Tuesday another 10,000 files were uploaded to a government website – much of which covered the Federal Bureau of Investigations inquiry into the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in 2019. The ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday not to pardon Durham billionaire and major GOP campaign donor Greg Lindberg, who was convicted in a federal case connected to an attempted bribe of the commissioner.

Lindberg was twice convicted in connection with a bribery scheme in ...Read more

NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday ordered the NYPD to reinstate 31 rookie cops the department had attempted to fire over allegations they were unqualified to serve and therefore illegally hired.

State Supreme Court Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond directed the affected probationary officers be returned to active duty after the NYPD in July told the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The rainbow crosswalk in the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach was vandalized with homophobic slurs written in spray paint early Tuesday morning, according to a Facebook post from the district’s official page.

The spray paint was discovered at the intersection of 19th Street and Cypress Avenue Tuesday morning by city ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — At least two people were killed and multiple people injured after a possible gas explosion rocked a Bucks County, Pa., nursing home Tuesday, triggering a widespread emergency response and dramatic rescues and causing destruction that Gov. Josh Shapiro described as “quite catastrophic.”

Just before 2:20 p.m., an explosion ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Chinese military is in the midst of a “historic military buildup” that has made the U.S. homeland “increasingly vulnerable,” according to the latest edition of a Pentagon report on the capabilities of the Chinese military, presenting a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plans for new limitations on U.S., Chinese ...Read more

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Elected officials, religious leaders and community activists gathered Tuesday in City Hall to condemn recent “aggressive” and “appalling” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the resort town.

“The reason I’m here is because just last week, our community was attacked,” said Alexander Mendoza,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tips provided to federal investigators about Donald Trump's alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's schemes with young women and girls are "sensationalist" and "untrue," the Justice Department said on Tuesday, after a new tranche of files released from the probe featured multiple references to the president.

The documents ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Sentinel sued the Florida Department of Transportation on Tuesday, seeking to compel the release of public records related to the state’s decision to remove a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub where 49 people were gunned down almost a decade ago.

The Sentinel requested a variety of documents in late ...Read more

A Delaware State Police trooper was shot and killed while responding to a report of an active shooter on Tuesday in Wilmington.

“One Delaware State Trooper has been confirmed killed during this incident,” Delaware State Police said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We are continuing to assess additional injuries.”

The suspected shooter...Read more