LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has reopened an investigation into a Los Angeles Unified School District program originally intended to help elevate the academic achievement of Black students, according to a letter released by the conservative group that alleges the program is a form of race-based ...Read more

King Charles III will not meet with the brother of the woman that his own brother is accused of sexually abusing during the Monarch’s upcoming U.S. visit.

The king begins a four-day trip Monday that includes a visit to New York City and an address to the U.S. Congress. It will not include a meeting with Sky Roberts, whose late sister Virginia...Read more

Nicki Minaj’s full embrace of the MAGA movement has secured her a seat at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C this weekend, according to reports.

The “Super Bass” rapper will attend as a guest of Fox News, which is also hosting its own VIP party before the annual event on Saturday, USA Today reported. Other big ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Friday that she is dropping her investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the cost for renovations at the central bank, a move that could clear a path for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh as Powell’s replacement.

“I have directed my office to close our investigation as the ...Read more

Rob and Michele Reiner’s eldest son Jake wrote an essay about the “living nightmare” of their murders, for which his younger brother Nick stands accused.

Nick, 32, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree in the Dec. 14 slayings, for which he could face life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

In...Read more

DENVER — The wife and five children of the man charged with carrying out a terror attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street mall last year have been released from immigration custody, their attorney said in a social media post Thursday.

The family’s release comes days after a federal judge ordered them freed from the detention facility in Dilley, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Eligible San Diego higher education students commuting from Mexico can now cross the border faster through special lanes at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa pedestrian ports of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Students enrolled in the pilot program, known as the Coordinated Access Program, or CAP, were able to...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has taken a hit in her approval rating, which dropped seven points in a new UNH Survey Center poll released on Thursday, with 51% of respondents either disapproving of her job performance as governor or left undecided as the 2026 election draws closer.

The UNH poll found that Healey’s net approval rating fell ...Read more

Since the beginning of the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV has frequently called for peace, cautioning that the “delusion of omnipotence” makes military force seem preferable to diplomacy. Although U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, criticized some of the pope’s comments, a growing choir of Catholic voices has criticized the conflict by ...Read more

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by stagecoach and horseback to every colony, where officials posted it and newspapers circulated it.

But the declaration was also meant ...Read more

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.

The administration has ordered Department...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Friday that she is dropping her investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the cost for renovations at the central bank, a move that could clear a path for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh as Powell’s replacement.

“I have directed my office to close our investigation as the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Prosecutors are still presenting civil and criminal cases in Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman’s court, continuing with business as usual, despite Lexington’s top prosecutor serving as a key witness in state lawmakers’ unprecedented effort last month to remove the judge from office.

Fayette County prosecutor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused European and Asian countries of relying on the U.S. military to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was closed by the war against Iran.

“Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for freeriding is over,” Hegseth said at a news conference on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday he is vetoing a controversial bill that would have directed the NYPD to set up “buffer zones” around schools and educational institutions during protests.

Mamdani said he was letting a similar bill, to establish security perimeters around houses of worship, go into law.

On the schools-related ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Prominent Democratic governors, some considering 2028 presidential bids, gathered Thursday in Los Angeles for a high-dollar fundraiser.

Tickets to attend the event cost up to $100,000, according to an invitation. Closed to the press, it was expected to raise more than $1.5 million for the Democratic Governors Assn., among the ...Read more

The U.S. increased pressure on Iran with its naval blockade, as it seeks to get Tehran to agree to talks, while Israel and Lebanon are set to extend a ceasefire for three weeks.

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to shoot any boat putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, after the military intercepted two oil supertankers that tried to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized European and Asian countries for relying on the U.S. military to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was closed by the war against Iran.

“Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for freeriding is over,” Hegseth said at a news conference on ...Read more