LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a prominent South L.A. anti-gang worker, just days after he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder by Los Angeles Police and the FBI, a defense attorney and three law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

But while 62-year-old Clifford “...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump flew into Kennedy Space Center on Friday night to join aerospace industry leaders and tout newly announced plans to hold an annual and lucrative expo to rival the likes of those held in Paris and England.

“Make America great again, that’s what we do. Our calling is to explore, our purpose is ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kamlesh Shah sat next to his pastor in the public gallery in federal court in Sacramento on Friday, his gray hair neatly combed and falling slightly over his collar.

The latest Sacramento resident to appear in court as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to identify and criminally charge noncitizens who have ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department moved Friday to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit challenging the counting of 20,000 ballots in California, arguing the relief it sought is now impossible given Tuesday’s midterm election has concluded.

The Justice Department had sought a court order requiring state and Los Angeles County election officials to set ...Read more

MIAMI — Jason Reding Quiñones resigned Friday as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, ending a tenure marked by turmoil within the Miami-based federal prosecutor’s office and controversy over its involvement in an investigation targeting perceived enemies of President Donald Trump.

Reding Quiñones offered no explanation for...Read more

MIAMI — Harrowing recordings shortly before a Learjet 60 fatally crashed in Palm Beach County reveals air traffic control advised the 20-year-old co-pilot to “expect better rides ahead” moments before the plane hurtled into a thunderstorm and went down, killing all nine on board.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, of Boca Raton, was the one ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prosecutors in the Alex Murdaugh case are denying they used flawed evidence to convince the county grand jury that indicted him on double murder charges in 2022.

“The State did not present false or fabricated evidence to the Colleton County grand jury,” prosecutors for the S.C. Attorney General’s office wrote in a court...Read more

DETROIT — A Lapeer County massage therapist recently accused of sexually assaulting a client was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

On Nov. 6, authorities in Oakland County said they are investigating additional complaints of sexual misconduct against Nathan Thornsberry...Read more

NEW YORK — Almost two months into the school year, the vast majority of New York City’s thousands of early childhood contracts have now been registered, paving the way for providers to be reimbursed after late payments threatened to derail Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s signature childcare programs, according to new data released Friday.

City ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State University’s oldest fraternity will shut down indefinitely, its national organization said Friday afternoon, following a weeks-long probe into graphic hazing allegations within the fraternity.

According to a release Friday afternoon, the national Sigma Nu Fraternity suspended the charter of its NC State ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will undergo another outpatient “urology procedure” on Monday, a spokesperson said, following a procedure in May that resulted in an unspecified complication.

“This is the standard and final follow-up to the same procedure he completed in May 2026,” spokesperson Matt Hill said in a statement. ...Read more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Fresh off a decisive reelection victory, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled Friday she could be open to new taxes to fund universal childcare for New York City as she faces increasing pressure from the left to enact more progressive hikes.

“I will work hard to manage within our existing resources,” the governor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday named Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, elevating one of his most controversial advisers just days after Republicans suffered historic losses in the midterm elections.

The appointment signaled Trump would double down on an agenda that has alienated broad swaths ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kimberly Guilfoyle has quietly returned to the United States, three weeks after she was asked to resign from her plush post as the U.S. ambassador to Greece following a string of scandals, including a report that she asked one of President Donald Trump’s donors to pay off her $100,000 American Express credit card bill.

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In a handful of holdout states, Democrats appear ready to use their newly won statehouse dominance to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

In at least four states — Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin — the midterm election results have tilted the political calculus toward expansion, though lawmakers have yet to lay out details. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday announced his appointment of Stephen Miller as his chief of staff, to replace Susie Wiles, following his party’s historic drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Miller, the current deputy chief of staff, has helped design Trump’s immigration policies and spearhead his mass deportation ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Democrats took control of Congress on Tuesday night, a group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse gathered in a Fort Lauderdale food hall with friends and family, watching the results and singing karaoke.

Surrounding them – bound into 3,437 volumes weighing 17,000 pounds – were 3.5 million pages of the ...Read more

Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, was arrested Friday on a child pornography charge after federal authorities raided two storage units he allegedly rents in California.

Markle, 82, was arrested in Florida and is charged in the Central District of California with possession of child pornography. According to a criminal complaint against him...Read more

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has been discharged from John Hopkins Hospital following treatment after having a stroke, according to information from Murphy’s office.

“Thank you for the outpouring of support my family and I have received over the last few days,” Murphy said in a statement.

Murphy said further in his statement that he wanted to ...Read more