The former small-town Kansas mayor who made national headlines last year when he was charged with voting illegally as a noncitizen has reached a plea agreement that will keep him out of jail.

Joe Ceballos, 55, pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanor disorderly election conduct in Comanche County on Monday. He agreed to pay a $2,000 fine ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former one-term congresswoman from Oregon whose tenure has been marked by allegations of misconduct including an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate, is departing her Cabinet post.

Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the administration for an undisclosed position in the private ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran was released from an upstate maximum-security prison on Monday after posting $300,000 bail, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.

Duran, 38, was sentenced to 3-9 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter for the death of Eric Duprey, a suspected drug dealer, whom he killed by ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket following its Sunday launch from Cape Canaveral.

The rocket looked good on the way up, but the upper stage wasn’t able to put its payload into the correct orbit.

“The FAA is aware that Blue Origin New Glenn 3 experienced a mishap during the second-stage ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — David Anthony Burke — the 21-year-old music star better known as D4vd — repeatedly sexually abused a teenage girl before murdering her and dismembering her body in order to protect his ascendant music career, prosecutors alleged Monday.

Burke was charged with murder, repeated sexual abuse of a minor and mutilation of human ...Read more

Fewer young Minnesotans reported using cannabis in the years since the state legalized recreational marijuana for adults 21 or older in 2023, according to data released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).

The 2025 Minnesota Student Survey, which is conducted every three years and most recently released on April 20, found that the ...Read more

A potentially more dangerous strain of the mpox virus has been confirmed in Northern California, prompting officials to urge vaccinations to residents of the Golden State.

The disease was formerly known as monkeypox, but the World Health Organization phased out that name in 2022 in favor of mpox because of “racist and stigmatizing language”...Read more

MIAMI —More than 100 Miami residents flooded the streets of downtown Sunday to participate in a march that was far from your typical protest.

The family-friendly, non-political march from the Freedom Tower at Miami-Dade College to the Underline park was meant to be a call for unity and peace amid societal divisions.

“It’s not up to us to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he’s not likely to extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran, increasing the urgency for negotiators to conclude a deal to end the war.

Trump said in a Monday phone interview that the truce, which he announced April 7, expires on “Wednesday evening Washington time” — possibly buying more time for...Read more

DENVER — A Denver man serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a 4-month old baby in 1998 is set to see his conviction erased Tuesday in light of new evidence that suggests the infant died from severe lung disease, not from being shaken.

Stephen Martinez, 58, was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 4-month...Read more

WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is departing her post, becoming the latest member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to exit as he reshapes his team ahead of midterm elections.

“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” White House Communications ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a rebuff of the Trump administration's push to restart oil pipelines off California's Central Coast, a state judge has ruled that a recent executive order does not override state regulations concerning oil operations.

It remains unclear exactly what effect the ruling may have on pipeline operator Sable Offshore Corp., which ...Read more

CHICAGO — Nearly seven months after federal troops were preparing to deploy to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz, a federal judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss the state’s lawsuit over the mobilization amid assurances that the presidential orders have been rescinded.

In making her ruling, U.S. District Judge April Perry said ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A new case of measles reported in Maryland last week could become an outbreak if gone unnoticed in under-vaccinated, susceptible areas, doctors told The Baltimore Sun. As a highly contagious disease starting with less dramatic symptoms, measles can fly under the radar, complicating efforts to track its spread.

Unlike many airborne...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia’s special election for a ballot referendum on congressional redistricting is Tuesday. Here’s a rundown of everything voters need to know to cast a ballot.

Virginia voters are asked to choose “yes” or “no” on a redistricting referendum that, if approved, would put a new congressional map in effect for the ...Read more

BOSTON — An organization is returning all grant funding to the City of Boston after backlash over its decision to use the money to provide “wellness allowance” vouchers for queer migrants, spending the mayor’s office said was improper.

The so-called LGBTQ+ migrant justice organization, Outnewcomers, blamed “safety threats” for its ...Read more

LONDON — Keir Starmer said UK Foreign Office officials repeatedly let him down by not disclosing Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before being installed as U.S. ambassador, as Britain’s embattled premier sought to limit the damage of the ongoing saga around the appointment.

“It beggars belief that throughout the whole ...Read more