NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are opposing Mayor Eric Adams’ request for an early start to his criminal trial on corruption charges, citing a shift in his stance on whether he should be able to review classified material gathered by investigators as part of his case.

Adams, who’s under indictment on charges alleging he took bribes and ...Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has credited heroin with previously helping him improve his performance in school, according to a resurfaced clip that’s been circulating on social media.

The clip, from a June episode of the “Shawn Ryan Show,” features the 70-year-old polarizing politician — who’s been tapped by Trump to lead the Department of ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The “Egg Lady” won’t take “no” for an answer.

After the South Carolina Supreme Court’s most recent rejection of her request to release a still-secret transcript from the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh — on Halloween, no less — the Egg Lady’s lawyer has filed a motion asking the high court to reconsider its ...Read more

Earl Holliman, whose prolific acting career included a Golden Globe-winning role in “The Rainmaker” and TV series such as “Police Woman,” has died. He was 96.

Holliman died Monday afternoon at his home in Studio City, his husband, Craig Curtis, told The Times. No cause of death was given.

The actor, square-jawed and with a unique high ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has interviewed Paul Atkins, a veteran financial regulator and eminence grise of conservative financial circles, as a candidate to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.

Atkins is a top contender for the job to replace outgoing SEC Chair ...Read more

A 22-year-old found dead in the front seat of his car had taken protonitazene pills, a drug “more powerful than fentanyl,” before his death, California prosecutors said.

The man, identified by his mother as Bryce Jacquet, met up with a 21-year-old Santa Clarita man to buy the pills before getting in his car and driving to his mother’s ...Read more

Coronavirus cases have been flat locally, likely due to the outsized surge that occurred this past summer, but the flu appears to be ramping up on its traditional trajectory, indicating that the latest spike of cases will be seen in late December and early January.

The latest weekly respiratory virus report from the county health department ...Read more

Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail once again Wednesday after a third contentious hearing on his possible pre-trial release.

Judge Arun Subramanian became the third Manhattan federal judge to trash the hip-hop mogul’s various attempts to be released from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.

While behind bars, Combs, 55, has ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump this week signed onto an agreement that will help create a smooth transition of power between administrations.

The agreement — known as a memorandum of understanding — was announced by Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, in a Tuesday statement.

“After completing the selection process of his ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Assemblyman Kevin McCarty has declared victory in the race to become Sacramento’s next mayor, but his opponent Flojaune Cofer, says she’s not conceding in the election until every vote is counted.

In a late Tuesday night post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Cofer urged Sacramento voters to check their ...Read more

The first Thanksgiving?

We are accustomed to thinking of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the neighboring Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts as the first to celebrate Thanksgiving, but some scholars say that isn’t accurate. Here’s the case for other possibilities.

The Thanksgiving traditions started by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in 1621 are ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s high court dismissed a final state appeal from Thomas Creech on Wednesday, leaving the federal courts to decide whether Idaho can try again to execute its longest-serving death row prisoner after a failed attempt earlier this year.

The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously rejected Creech’s arguments that a second ...Read more

Trying to limit widespread pollution and violent threats to their employees, board members of Silicon Valley’s largest water agency late Tuesday approved a new ordinance to ban camping along 295 miles of creeks in San Jose and other parts of Santa Clara County.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s board voted 6-1 to enact the rules, ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan's top elected official, spent about one in every four days outside the state's borders over the first nine months of the year, according to data released by her office and an analysis by The Detroit News.

Multiple former state leaders said the rate of trips totaling at least eight weeks ...Read more

Several members of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet were hit with swatting calls, bomb threats and other harassing calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, according to the FBI.

The agency issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the bureau was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Several Kentucky counties are eligible for federal funds to help recover from Hurricane Helene, which hit the state at the end of September.

Almost 15% of Kentucky households lost power due to the heavy wind and rain brought on by the hurricane. High water impacted several Kentucky roadways, and wind gusts of up to 65 mph hit...Read more