BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger or Lori Vallow Daybell might one day get a book deal, but they’ll never receive the proceeds if an Idaho lawmaker’s proposal becomes law.

Over the past several years, the state has generated national headlines from a series of high-profile murder cases, and state Sen. Tammy Nichols, R-Middleton, wants to ...Read more

Gerber recalled 21 batches of Gerber Arrowroot Biscuits for babies nationwide because there’s a “potential presence of soft plastic and/or paper pieces that should not be consumed.”

That’s from the recall notice on the Gerber site that Publix reposted to the recall portion of its website. As of Tuesday at 3:15 p.m., none of the other ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In an escalating confrontation between the federal judiciary and immigration authorities, Minnesota’s Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ordered the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear personally in court, accusing the agency of repeatedly defying court orders and declaring that the court�...Read more

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is turning up the heat on federal officials after Border Patrol agents killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Paul, who is chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, called for an investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, in a social media post Tuesday.

Border ...Read more

Despite the daily hourlong blackouts and gasoline rationing in Cuba, the island’s government sold most of the subsidized oil it received from Venezuela last year, a senior U.S. government official told the Miami Herald.

Venezuela provided Cuba with about 70,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined products worth as much as $1.3 billion ...Read more

A Virginia judge has dealt a blow to Democrats efforts to redraw the commonwealth’s 11 congressional districts ahead of this year’s mid-term election in a bid for Democrats to pick up seats.

Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley, Jr. ruled Tuesday that the General Assembly acted illegally when it failed to make a proposed redistricting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California's population stalled in 2024 and growth across the county slowed amid widespread immigration raids in the first year of the new Trump administration, U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

After years of slow growth in the post pandemic era, California's population stayed essentially flat from July 2024 to July 2025, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff visited the California City immigration detention center last week, they were appalled.

“We saw firsthand today at California’s largest detention center the inhumane conditions that detained individuals are facing, violating basic standards for access to health care, food, water, and ...Read more

MIAMI — The leader of an association for Florida criminal defense attorneys urged a panel of state senators on Tuesday to reconsider a bill intended to protect law enforcement officers making arrests while “acting in good faith,” warning that it would also enable bad actors with badges.

At issue: the deletion of a provision in state law ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee heard testimonies Tuesday afternoon on a proposal to redraw the state’s congressional district lines mid-decade. The move could significantly alter Maryland’s political map and deepen an open rift between Democratic leaders in Annapolis.

The committee considered ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said the department ignored all 57 immigration detainer requests issued by federal authorities last year, citing a city law that shields noncitizens from deportation under certain circumstances.

Cox attributed the police department’s non-compliance to the Boston Trust Act, which prohibits BPD ...Read more

Yale University will make tuition free for students whose families make less than $200,000 beginning next academic year, the school announced Tuesday.

Additionally, any student whose family makes less than $100,000 per year will have their full cost of attendance, including housing, meals and course materials, paid for by the school.

“I am ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are searching for the person who shot a bald eagle near Northglenn two weeks ago, violating federal law.

Wildlife officers discovered the injured eagle on Jan. 12 at Croke Reservoir, near West 104th Avenue and Huron Street, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. X-rays ...Read more

NEW YORK — Born into massive wealth and propelled into lives of luxury, the Alexander brothers for years got whichever woman they wanted — employing brute force or date rape drugs when anyone dared tell them no, a federal prosecutor charged Tuesday as opening statements got underway at their sex trafficking trial.

Twins Oren and Alon, 38, ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston University researchers in a groundbreaking study found that those with CTE have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with dementia.

The largest study of its kind from the Boston University CTE Center reveals that the progressive brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy should be recognized as a new cause of dementia. ...Read more

A series of shootings by federal immigration agents, including two deaths in Minneapolis, have galvanized intense local and national protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Federal immigration agents killed Renee Nicole Good, 37 – a mother of three – and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, weeks ...Read more

Authorities in Northern California's Shasta County started out investigating a suspected illegal marijuana farm but ended up making a far more unsettling discovery: a massive stash of illegal firearms and a secret underground bunker at the base of a 100-foot tunnel on a MAGA activist’s property.

Michael Jay Kamfolt, 40, was arrested Jan. 20 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Leadership of the notoriously problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex has officially fallen into federal hands with the anticipated appointment of an independent administrator, officials said on Tuesday.

Nicholas Deml, a former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections from November 2021 until August 2025, will begin...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Saying the Trump administration is using the federal government for “pure evil” in its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, Gov. Josh Shapiro revealed on late-night television Monday that he’s preparing Pennsylvania to respond should the commonwealth face such an incursion.

Shapiro’s wide-ranging remarks on “The Late...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Several of Minnesota’s largest companies are funding $3.5 million in grants for small businesses that are financially struggling during the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in the state.

The Minneapolis Foundation announced the grants Tuesday and will start distributing money in the coming weeks. The nonprofit will ...Read more