Federal authorities said they would not comply with California’s new ban on law enforcement agents wearing masks while conducting operations.

Former California state lawmaker and acting Los Angeles U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Monday morning on “Fox & Friends” that the California law would not be enforceable when it comes to federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants, halting for now a nearly two-month funding crisis that UC leaders said threatened the future of the nation's premier public university system.

The opinion by U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on First Amendment protections.

In the last week alone, Trump replaced a U.S. attorney investigating two of his political adversaries with a loyalist and openly ...Read more

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume executions in North Carolina prompted Democrats to walk out.

Senate lawmakers spent hours debating legislation on Monday, and early in the day, ...Read more

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $975,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 31-year-old man killed by police responding to a 911 call from a woman who reported her boyfriend had a knife and was threatening to kill her.

The settlement in the May 8, 2019, shooting death of Ryan Matthew Smith, 31, was reached six months after the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and White House officials announced that the administration will advise against taking acetaminophen, the medicine in Tylenol, during pregnancy, citing widely discredited concerns that it could cause autism, in the latest effort rebuking long-standing public health guidance.

Top medical organizations and ...Read more

Hurricane Gabrielle on Monday rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane while the National Hurricane Center increased the chances that two other Atlantic systems could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

The NHC put out a special 9 a.m. EDT advisory on the sudden growth of Gabrielle, which jumped from 90 ...Read more

Karen Read was back in Massachusetts courtroom Monday for the first time since her criminal trial ended — and her defense declared that this time she won’t be “on the defensive.”

“We’re going to try to get the truth out there,” said Read’s attorney Alan Jackson outside the Plymouth County Superior Court. “Like I said, the ...Read more

Illinois health leaders should part ways with the federal government when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and recommend the shots for all adults and many children, an influential state committee voted Monday.

The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend updated COVID-19 vaccines ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A swirl of letters, demands for oversight hearings and proposed legislation in the face of Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary suspension has brought new scrutiny to the role of the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman.

ABC announced Monday that it would reinstate Kimmel’s show Tuesday night, after less than a week off the...Read more

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has been charged by International Criminal Court prosecutors with three counts of murder for the killings of alleged drug suspects while he was mayor and president.

“Duterte and his co-perpetrators shared a common plan or agreement to ‘neutralize’ alleged criminals in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Local education officials are weighing a challenge to the Trump administration for saying it will revoke New York City’s magnet school grants over its gender policies for bathroom use, as Mayor Adams and his chancellor appear to be at odds over the wedge issue.

In a letter, obtained by the Daily News, city Public Schools General ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado park ranger who agency officials say stabbed himself in an “elaborate hoax” last month previously washed out of police training after a multitude of poor evaluations, including on his ability to accept feedback and interact with the public.

Callum Heskett, 26, resigned in July 2024 when faced with termination from ...Read more

The man accused of opening fire on the lobby of a Sacramento, California-based ABC television station cited the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case as a motive and promised several members of the Trump administration would be "next," according to a federal court filing made public Monday.

Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, is charged ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Denouncing federal immigration raids as a form of “ethnic cleansing,” Rep. Maxine Waters and a group of U.S. citizens announced Monday that they were petitioning the United Nations to investigate the Trump administration sweeps for potential human rights violations.

Sitting beside famed civil rights activist Delores Huerta, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s top doctor issued a standing order Monday allowing pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines without prescriptions to a broader group of patients than federally recommended.

The state Department of Health announced the order and that it was aligning with national medical organizations in encouraging broader use of the ...Read more

President Trump moved Monday to classify the left-wing, anti-fascist movement known loosely as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, opening up a new front in his battle with political foes and raising legal and ethical questions about how the U.S. government can prosecute a movement.

Antifa activism and violence has spread during the ...Read more