MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge denied an effort by Minnesota and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Saturday to swiftly halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents to the state, saying officials have not cleared the legal threshold to bring an immediate pause to the operation.

The highly anticipated decision comes ...Read more

Possible risk of autism in children. Dormant cancer cells awakening. Accelerating aging of the brain.

Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national COVID pandemic. But more than two years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infections ...Read more

On a tree-lined street in north London, known as “Billionaire’s Row,” a clutch of mostly empty mansions sit behind tall hedges and blacked-out gates. As school children wander by, private guards in dark SUVs patrol outside.

Behind the facades of these luxury homes on The Bishops Avenue lies a network stretching from Tehran to Dubai and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The ICE officers descended on Compton, targeting immigrants convicted of theft, child abuse and selling drugs.

There were no protesters. No whistles alerting targets to the officers’ presence. No face masks. In some cases, residents opened their doors to let the officers inside their homes. One man thanked them for not ...Read more

MIAMI — For Emma, the heartrending decision became clear came the night the police descended on her North Miami neighborhood.

Her 14-year-old son heard police sirens, and the fear that had kept him awake at night and distracted him in school finally spilled into panic.

“He was worried about me. He’s like, ‘Oh, Mom, do you think they’...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — On a recent morning, a Fridley middle schooler stopped a school social worker at lunch to ask why he never sees her anymore. “I really miss you,” he said, his voice dipping to a whisper.

“I know. I’ve been busy,” she responded. “I’ve been helping out the families who can’t leave their homes right now.”

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After hours of peaceful protests in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, tensions escalated outside the Metropolitan Detention Center with law enforcement pushing into a crowd of about 200 people and spraying a chemical agent on demonstrators.

Amid the unrest, the city went on tactical alert shortly after 5 p.m., according to the Los...Read more

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Department of Energy violated federal law when it formed a secretive group of researchers to produce a report downplaying the effects of climate change.

The “Climate Working Group” was composed of five scientists hand-picked by Energy Secretary Chris Wright shortly after the White House ...Read more

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced Friday that El Helicoide, one of the country’s most notorious detention centers, which became emblematic for abuse and torture, will be shut down and converted into a social and sports services center, while also confirming that a bill for a general amnesty for political prisoners ...Read more

Some 3 million pages of documents involving sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, including thousands of videos and photographs, were released Friday by the Department of Justice.

The trove of files included an FBI document, compiled by the agency’s child exploitation division, that listed a number of graphic sexual assault allegations against ...Read more

NEW YORK — For years at CNN, Don Lemon had been a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump, frequently taking him to task during his first term over his comments about immigrants and other matters.

On Friday, the former CNN anchor — now an independent journalist who hosts his own YouTube show — was in a Los Angeles federal courtroom ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — For more than two years, thousands of drivers traveling along Avenida Internacional in Tijuana, one of the city’s busiest corridors running parallel to a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, have witnessed the construction of a large-scale elevated highway.

On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was in Tijuana to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The afternoon sun beat down on Los Angeles City Hall as Xavi Moreno watched the crowd around him swell, struck by the momentum of it all.

It was a scene of collective anger over the families, fruit vendors, gardeners, day laborers and others who have been targeted for deportation under the Trump administration and a protest ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday unanimously affirmed a San Diego judge’s previous ruling that California’s ban on switchblades does not violate the Second Amendment and can remain in place.

California is one of the last remaining states in the country that still bans individuals from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Friday in Los Angeles by federal agents on charges that he violated federal law during a protest last week at a church in Minnesota.

Lemon, an independent journalist who hosts his own YouTube show, was taken into federal custody in Beverly Hills while covering the upcoming Grammy Awards ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has approved the sales of about $6.7 billion of armaments to Israel, including AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, and $9 billion for Patriot missiles to be purchased by Saudi Arabia.

The sales, which remain subject to congressional review and negotiations between the buyers and the manufacturers, was ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A jury on Friday convicted “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse in a sexual assault trial in which he was accused of targeting fellow Native Americans.

Prosecutors had charged Chasing Horse, 49, with 21 counts, including sexual assault with a minor under 16, sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping of a minor, open ...Read more