The holdout juror responsible for the mistrial in Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial released a video the night before the defendant returned to court.

Michael Desronvil’s 80-second statement aired on Fox News, where pundits have largely defended his position.

“I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel ...Read more

CHICAGO — The City Hall fight between Mayor Brandon Johnson and opponents has again stalled two ordinances aimed at overhauling Chicago renters’ rights as the sides try to strike a deal.

Aldermen pushing the respective packages announced Monday evening they would continue negotiations and cancel votes on both of them that had been scheduled...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A bomb threat was reported at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday inside Building 510 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, according to the shipyard.

Shipyard law enforcement was immediately notified and detained a suspect, the shipyard said in a Facebook post. Employees working inside Building 510 were evacuated following the threat.

Other ...Read more

In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 years.

But those who wanted the Hyde Amendment included won the battle in the end. Three months later, the U.S. Supreme ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a raft of bills designed to push back on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement in California, including bans on electric shock gloves and a revamped ban on law enforcement face coverings after a previous law was blocked by a federal judge.

The more than 20 bills approved by the ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new report from Alaska-based organizations and researchers shows that a far greater share of the state’s families and residents are financially struggling than official government statistics suggest.

The United Way of Anchorage released its “ALICE in Alaska” report Monday, with “ALICE” standing for “Asset ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court for now let the Trump administration resume deporting undocumented people to countries other than their own with little if any notice. The court will hear arguments on the issue in December.

Granting an administration request Tuesday over the dissents of the three liberal justices, the high court put on ...Read more

BOSTON — The district attorney who charged Lindsay Clancy with three counts of first-degree murder for the strangling deaths of her children won’t say whether his office plans on prosecuting her again.

“We’re gonna see what happens with the motions,” Plymouth County DA Timothy Cruz told reporters Tuesday after Clancy’s first hearing...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Twin brothers who ran a controversial business that reserved and resold thousands of tee times at Southern California golf courses pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal tax crimes, admitting they failed to report income from the operation.

At a court hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Se Youn "Steve" Kim pleaded guilty to filing a ...Read more

MIAMI — A new report by a congressional accountability watchdog found the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement squandered taxpayer dollars on “unsuccessful detention initiatives,” including the Everglades detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. The report revealed that the DeSantis administration operated the facility without ...Read more

Last week, as senior government officials from across the region met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss Haiti, Jamaica’s top diplomat, Kamina Johnson Smith, offered a blunt assessment of some bottlenecks hampering efforts to root out armed gangs.

Some countries have personnel able to provide intelligence ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six Flags Magic Mountain’s famous X2 roller-coaster ride is permanently closed, following a history of injuries, including some that led to deaths, park officials announced Tuesday.

The ride was first closed temporarily in July following reports of back-to-back brain injuries.

“While X2 consistently passed a multitude of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith, who supervised two prosecutions of President Donald Trump over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and retention of classified documents, defended his work before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

The hearing, which became heated at times and included an extended tangent about ...Read more

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband, months after it was revealed that he was a part of the “bimbofication” fetish community.

The 54-year-old former Trump administration Cabinet member formally asked for a divorce from Bryon Noem in a South Dakota court on Monday, according to local ...Read more

Oil fell Tuesday as top exporter Saudi Arabia boosted flows through a key pipeline, overshadowing concerns over a U.S.-Iran stalemate.

Brent futures slid near $104 a barrel. The kingdom was said to have restored about half the capacity of its East-West pipeline following drone attacks. The conduit has been a crucial route bypassing the Strait ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After adding more than a million acres in the last year, California is on track to meet its goal of conserving 30% of its land by 2030, officials announced Tuesday.

However, the state lags in its efforts to conserve 30% of its coastal waters in the same time frame. Since Gov. Gavin Newsom established the “30x30” initiative ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of two homeowner insurance-related bills have renewed tensions with the wildfire survivor advocacy groups who fought his recent bid for sweeping reforms to how much liability electric utility companies face after their equipment starts destructive infernos.

Senate Bills 877 and 878 would have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With a strong El Niño increasing the odds of big storms this fall and winter, California is on alert for possible flooding. But if it delivers a wet punch, it will also bring an upside: a bonanza of water.

How prepared is the state to capitalize on El Niño? And what more can it do to take advantage of an extremely wet year?

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LOS ANGELES -- With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from falling into the sea.

But there is growing concern this defensive strategy will end up harming California’s famed sandy ...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is pausing its proposed pilot program that would "cover" first-semester grades of freshmen in the university's College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts, the Ann Arbor university said.

"The first-semester grade covering pilot program in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has been paused," ...Read more