WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Friday he intended to vote to confirm Todd Blanche to be attorney general, ending a weekslong back-and-forth with the White House to win over GOP holdouts.

All eyes were on Cassidy’s Friday morning floor speech after his fellow Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of ...Read more

MIAMI — A former federal prosecutor who was fired because he had made critical blog posts about Donald Trump during his first term as president has sued the top U.S. law enforcement officials in the nation and South Florida, saying in a lawsuit filed Friday they violated his free-speech rights when he was summarily terminated last year.

Will ...Read more

In a new finding, a coroner’s report released Thursday showed nine backcountry skiers killed by an avalanche in February near Lake Tahoe died of asphyxiation, not from traumatic injuries from getting hit by hurtling slabs of snow and swept away.

The heavily redacted reports leave questions unanswered, including whether any of the three ski-...Read more

CHICAGO — Authorities on Friday began the grim task of removing remains from a South Deering funeral home on the city’s Southeast Side, as police continued to investigate after the decomposing bodies of more than 50 people were found Thursday.

Personnel on scene rolled out one body at a time, wrapped in white bags, as city and state ...Read more

NEW YORK — An Interpol “red notice” led to the arrest in Honduras of a Queens fugitive wanted in the New Year’s Day hit and run that killed one man and badly injured another, the Daily News has learned.

Jonathan Barbecho, 31, was returned back to the city this week and was ordered held without bail at his Thursday arraignment after ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday called House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries “a nice guy” and said he would “probably get along with him very well” in a new interview in which he also suggested Republicans could lose the House of Representatives in the midterms because voters are angry at the GOP.

Downplaying the past insults the ...Read more

For months, the Trump administration has sought to open the California coast to a radically industrialized future: large-scale desalination plants, floating nuclear reactors, more rocket launches and expanded offshore oil drilling along the state’s most iconic beaches.

Holding the line against all this is a little-known but longstanding ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected competing reorganization plans proposed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a committee representing survivors of child sexual abuse, saying both proposals were confusing, lacked important information, and contained provisions that could not be confirmed under bankruptcy law.

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MIAMI — Forever chemicals have found their way into drinking water across the country, including in Miami-Dade, and new research shows that levels are highest in places like Little Havana, Hialeah and Pembroke Pines.

These forever chemicals, also known as PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have leached from everything from ...Read more

For nearly 70 years, Cuba has “waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States,” according to a newly released State Department report.

“Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” sounds an alarm without offering any new insights into Cuban intelligence operations or explaining how the Caribbean island ...Read more

DIY peptide injections, which promise to boost everything from weight loss and muscle-building to longevity and sexual health, are a high-risk wellness fad that keeps on growing.

Health experts have raised major concerns about these products’ safety. Because they are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any ...Read more

In 2026 – up until July – Elon Musk’s estimated wealth was growing by somewhere between US$30 million and $100 million an hour, making him, at least briefly, the worlds’ first trillionaire. By comparison, the typical American worker earns between $23 and $56 an hour.

While Musk’s wealth, even in the face of recent losses, is...Read more

BALTIMORE — The family of a man struck and killed by a Metro train in Pikesville is suing the Maryland Transit Administration, hoping to learn more about what led to his death and compensate his two children for their loss.

According to the lawsuit, which was transferred Tuesday to Baltimore County Circuit Court, Kaseem Malik Ray went to the ...Read more

Latin America’s right-wing wave reaches Colombia on Friday, but the country’s new president is about to discover that governing a deeply divided nation is far harder than winning an election.

Conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella prevailed by the slimmest of margins after campaigning on the fiscal austerity of Argentina’s Javier ...Read more

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release about $65 million in unpaid fees to nonprofits that provided legal services to unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation.

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on Thursday further ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to notify the court that the ...Read more

Merck & Co.’s Ebola vaccine and an antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. are set for wider use in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to blunt the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Congolese officials plan to expand access to both products across two provinces as the ...Read more

Iranian lawmakers are debating the wording of a proposed deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. President Donald Trump insisting an agreement is getting closer.

Trump said the talks are “moving along” and gave no additional comment when asked about progress by White House reporters late Thursday. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister ...Read more