CHICAGO — Lawyers in the politically charged “Broadview Six” conspiracy case filed a motion Friday demanding any communications from top Trump administration officials — including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles — that could show an effort to influence the bringing of charges in Chicago.

The explosive filing alleges the Trump ...Read more

Embattled actor and director Tim Busfield is accused of abusing several women in addition to the two children he’s been charged with touching inappropriately.

At least four adults have reportedly spoken to Albuquerque investigators about encounters they claim to have had with the 68-year-old Emmy-award winner between 1993 to 2000. Those women...Read more

In remarks that are likely to stoke concerns through the corridors of CNN, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday he is looking forward to Paramount's ownership of the network.

"The sooner David Ellison takes over that network the better," Hegseth said during a morning briefing.

Hegseth's invoking the name of the Paramount Skydance ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Planned Parenthood clinics in the Philadelphia area expect to lose $3.1 million in Medicaid revenue this year due to funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s signature spending plan.

The deficit puts thousands of low-income people who rely on Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania’s clinics at risk of losing access...Read more

Inside the bathroom on the 26th floor of a Manhattan federal courthouse, Lindsey Acree was throwing up into a gold trash can.

A defense attorney had just grilled her for an hour about her rape some 15 years ago. She ran to the bathroom during the lunch break, and then continued answering questions in front of a courtroom that included her ...Read more

The Trump administration on Friday moved to roll back Biden-era limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer causing chemical, often used in the sterilization of medical devices.

The Environmental Protection agency said repealing the rules, which fall under the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, would “safeguard the...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge rejected as improper Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve Board seeking records relating to its renovations of its headquarters and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments to Congress about the project.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said the government had advanced no evidence to justify the ...Read more

DETROIT — A Dearborn Heights man whose relatives were recently killed in a military strike in Lebanon is the accused assailant in Thursday's attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, two sources apprised of the investigation told The Detroit News.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, a restaurant worker in Dearborn Heights, is accused ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that he’s ordered a “pothole blitz” to repair city streets — just four days after a 46-year-old was thrown from his electric scooter and killed when hitting a massive road crater in Queens, officials said.

Over 80 city Department of Transportation crews will be sent out starting ...Read more

President Donald Trump mocked Iran’s new leader on Friday as “damaged” and shrugged off the historic threat to the world’s oil supply as the Middle East war shows few signs of winding down.

With the conflict set to enter a third week, Trump dismissed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as only “alive in some form” after the newly ...Read more

MIAMI — As news spread Friday that Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel had confirmed that Havana is in the midst of talks with the Trump administration, the mood among many Cubans in South Florida ranged from cautious hope to anger and skepticism.

Cuba’s confirmation the of the talks come as the country faces a profound economic and energy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Dan Sohail, the man facing federal charges for ramming his car into Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn, has refused to come to court three times in the last two weeks — ever since he got into an “altercation” with a fellow detainee, sources said.

Sohail, 36, was a no-show at a scheduled bail hearing in Brooklyn federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Jeanine Pirro vowed to continue her investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after a judge rejected subpoenas issued to the central bank, threatening to delay the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Powell’s successor.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said the government had advanced no evidence to justify the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The silence from the Kentucky crowd, many wearing “Make America Great Again” gear, was deafening.

The friendly audience in the commonwealth’s 4th District already had booed loudly at President Donald Trump’s mention of “Barack Hussein Obama,” with emphasis on the 44th president’s middle name. It would later howl as ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Amid diplomatic talks between the United States and Cuba, state lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that contains a free trade provision with the island nation should the regime fall.

The amendment had first appeared in February in the Florida House, where Cuban-American House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami Republican, ...Read more

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday his government is engaged in talks with the United States and that the two countries are moving away from confrontation, confirming earlier reporting by the Miami Herald about the high-level contacts.

In footage of a government meeting aired on state television early morning, he said Cuban officials ...Read more

DETROIT — The suspected gunman who attacked a West Bloomfield Township synagogue on Thursday has been identified as a Dearborn Heights man.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, a restaurant worker, allegedly crashed his truck into the Temple Israel synagogue just after noon on Thursday and opened fire with a rifle. Authorities said he was killed by security ...Read more

MIAMI — As the Cuban government engages in negotiations with the Trump administration, the city of Miami said it anticipates potential “mass migration” and is prepared for large-scale celebrations “in the event of a significant change in the government of Cuba.”

On Thursday, Miami City Manager James Reyes told city commissioners that ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, the man who on Thursday opened fire into an Old Dominion University classroom and killed its instructor while wounding two others, was a student enrolled at the university at the time of attack.

University spokesman Jonah Grinkewitz said Jalloh studied geography at ODU. He was a student from fall 2007 to ...Read more