BOISE, Idaho — A Boise Democrat proposed a bill on Friday that would prevent law enforcement from wearing masks.

The legislation, which is similar to parts of an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement bill proposed in Utah, includes a laundry list of exceptions, such as for medical masks, motorcycle helmets, or officers in undercover ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it is releasing a sprawling new trove of documents Friday tied to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, more than a month after the department blew through a statutory deadline to produce the documents.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference that more than 3 million additional ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt “Nur-D” Allen has retained the law firm that represented the victim in one of the country’s most high-profile police abuse cases.

Allen and his wife, Sarah Allen, have hired Rodney King’s attorney, John ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

But Blanche sought to downplay the significance of the probe, calling it a “standard investigation.”

“I don’t want to overstate what’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said she is pushing for a law to stop local police officers from being deputized to help ICE agents in immigration actions, slamming the beleaguered agency for “unspeakable acts of violence.”

“We are called to act in this moment of tyranny,” Hochul said at a press conference in Midtown. “This ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, according to an attorney statement posted on Lemon’s social media account Friday morning.

Three others, including another journalist, were also arrested on charges that they violated federal law during a protest earlier this month at a church in St...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump intensified pressure on Iran, imposing fresh sanctions and urging the regime to “make a deal,” after Tehran signaled it was ready for talks if the White House ceased its threats.

“If we do make a deal, that’s good. If we don’t make a deal, we’ll see what happens,” Trump said Friday at the White House. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When a lightning storm struck the parched Diablo mountain range in August 2020, igniting fires that turned the skies an apocalyptic shade of orange, the Governor’s Office activated current Oakland Fire Department Assistant Chief Christopher Foley to face the fire’s multiple fronts.

As the SCU fires spread through ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Justice Department cannot seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled Friday.

​Judge Margaret Garnett granted Mangione’s motion to dismiss two counts of the federal indictment he faces, including the capital offense of murder ...Read more

SpaceX’s path to launching its massive Starship rocket from Florida's Space Coast passed another hurdle Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration released results of its nearly two-year long environmental review for launch plans from Kennedy Space Center.

The FAA’s “Record of Decision” on a final Environmental Impact Statement ...Read more

A New Jersey appellate court on Friday declined to reinstate racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III, dealing a fresh blow to prosecutors who had accused him of running a criminal enterprise.

The three-judge panel affirmed a lower court order dismissing a 13-count indictment against Norcross, 69, and five ...Read more

NEW YORK — The weekend may be just around the corner, but there’s no warm weather in sight.

Temperatures plunged to single digits overnight, forcing New Yorkers to grapple with a brutal frigidity for the commute Friday morning, with wind chills making it feel as cold as 5 below 0 Fahrenheit at times, according to the National Weather ...Read more

Bill Nye let a packed crowd at the Orange Convention Center know that it’s not a good idea to send a human on a one-way trip to Mars.

“Although there’s a few I wouldn’t mind,” he said earning another chuckle during his hour-long, humor-filled speech at SpaceCom, the big event during Commercial Space Week which draws players from ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brooke Nevils, a former NBC News producer who accused Matt Lauer of raping her in 2014, is revisiting the brutal experience in her upcoming memoir, “Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe.”

Years after reporting the “Today” co-host, which led to Lauer being fired in 2017, Nevils reflects on...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, according to an attorney statement posted on Lemon’s social media account Friday morning.

Three others, including another journalist, were also arrested on charges that they violated federal law during a protest earlier this month at a church in St...Read more

The Department of Justice announced that it is releasing 3 million pages of files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Friday – over a month after the deadline for the department to release all documents passed.

In a press conference Friday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the files include 180,000 images and 2,000...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, according to an attorney statement posted on Lemon's social media account Friday morning.

Lemon was taken into custody Thursday night while covering the upcoming Grammy awards on Sunday, the statement said. He was taken into custody for activities ...Read more

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal case Friday against a Detroit judge, her father and two other targets of an FBI investigation focused on wrongdoing within Metro Detroit’s probate court system, a probe first uncovered by The Detroit News last year.

The fraud, conspiracy and money laundering indictment represents a rare ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, according to a post on his Truth Social platform.

“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump wrote. “On top of everything else, he ...Read more