Minnesota officials say the federal government could outright reject more than half a billion dollars in deferred Medicaid payments in a few weeks as the Trump administration continues pressuring the state on fraud.

The Department of Human Services is “bracing for a disallowance” from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A judge late last week dismissed a civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of police scouring images recorded by San Jose’s vast network of automated license plate readers, capping a key legal test for the city’s continued use of the surveillance technology.

The ruling by Santa Clara County Superior Court...Read more

An already expensive visit to the “Most Magical Place on Earth” is about to get even costlier as Walt Disney World raises prices for annual passes and some single-day tickets.

The top-tier Disney Incredi-Pass, which allows entry to all four parks for a year with no block-out dates, now sells for $1,749. Since last October, the pass sold for...Read more

As President Donald Trump zigzags across the country in the final weeks before the midterm elections, he has made California his favorite foil as he tries to fire up his base.

On Monday, he blamed the Golden State for the rising cost of gas prices, claimed without evidence that its elections are rigged, and at a Nebraska rally suggested Iran ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials are reminding residents and their pets to be safe around wild animals, after finding what may be the first rabid raccoon case in more than 50 years.

A sick raccoon was discovered in a Westlake Village backyard but was not aggressive toward people, which is commonly associated with rabies-...Read more

Students at Fort Worth ISD wrote an open letter to Superintendent Peter Licata and district leadership this week, sharing their concerns about what they have experienced during the Texas Education Agency’s takeover of the district — specifically critiquing scripted lesson plans.

The official letter was sent to the Star-Telegram Tuesday, and...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The number of absentee ballots returned in Michigan rose 30% from the same point before the 2022 midterm election as of the morning of Oct. 6, according to data released by the Secretary of State's office.

As of 7 a.m. Oct. 6 — four weeks before Election Day on Nov. 3 — Michigan voters had submitted 201,909 absentee ...Read more

A Minnesota law banning nudification technology has been paused by a federal appeals court that sided with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in its request to temporarily block the statute.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a temporary ban on the law as requested by the company, xAI, in a ...Read more

A new study by the Medical University of Vienna found that a specialized form of imaging could identify 91% of prostate cancer cases without the need for a biopsy.

Traditionally, a blood test can indicate the possibility of prostate cancer, but a diagnosis has long depended on a tissue sample through an outpatient procedure.

The imaging ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Investigators with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control visited the Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights that burned down this summer as part of a criminal probe on Tuesday, authorities said.

Officers were seen going through the warehouse offices before noon. One told a Times reporter they were there as part of a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to increase the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 a.m. tropical outlook, the surface trough of low pressure, now dubbed Invest 92L and producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms,...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A state-focused crackdown on Medicaid fraud has uncovered “bad actors” and saved Florida as much as $230 million, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.

DeSantis said his administration has attacked Medicaid fraud by expanding the state’s use of data analytics, claims monitoring, background screening, site visits, and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is actively pursuing her own criminal investigation of the Hope Florida scandal, after a Tallahassee-area grand jury found that $10 million of Medicaid settlement funds were improperly diverted for political purposes but stopped short of seeking charges.

Worrell said she decided to...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A system that has formed in the Gulf could become the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, some forecasters predict, potentially ending the longest stretch without any named storms since satellite tracking began 60 years ago.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there was a 100% chance the system will develop into the...Read more

On Sept. 30, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike, the first woman to face the death penalty in the state in almost 200 years.

From our previous reporting, each of us had an inkling that the lethal injection process might not go according to plan. Pike’s attorneys had ...Read more

President Donald Trump said fresh threats of terror attacks prompted the U.S. to move its B-1 bombers from their base in the UK, contradicting his top diplomat who had earlier described the move as part of a regular rotation.

“They didn’t fly out by accident,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “There were some threats, and rather than ...Read more

Hundreds of French high schools were shut on Tuesday as teacher unions joined a student-led movement demanding more money for education that has spread across the country and sometimes turned violent.

Around 256,000 people were taking part in demonstrations, including 56,000 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry, with police using tear ...Read more

Hayden Panettiere’s ex Wladimir Klitschko is calling for an investigation into the disappearance of some of her jewelry following her sudden death, including the engagement ring he gave her, which has an estimated value of $500,000.

Klitschko believes “a non-family member previously connected to Hayden” recently took and sold off some of ...Read more