BOSTON — U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy — who prosecuted military secrets leaker Jack Teixeira, probed the state investigation into Karen Read and brought charges against Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell — will be stepping down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Levy, who took over after Rachael Rollins resigned in disgrace, ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with pandemic-era surplus dollars to pay for emergency shelter costs through the rest of fiscal year 2025.

Money for the state-run shelter system — which is housing both migrants and local residents — is expected to...Read more

Local environmentalists and offshore drilling opponents are welcoming President Joe Biden’s announcement he is ordering a ban on new oil and gas drilling that includes along the California coastline, arguing the risks far outweigh the benefits.

The move comes as the days tick down on the end of Biden’s term; Biden is using his authority ...Read more

Pope Francis is moving the head of San Diego’s Roman Catholic Diocese to Washington, D.C., placing a prominent ally, as well as a supporter of migrant and LGBTQ communities, in the nation’s capital as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to launch mass deportations and a rollback of transgender rights.

The Vatican on Monday announced that ...Read more

California no longer faces a budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, two months after budget officials projected a $2 billion deficit that had left little room for additional government spending.

Newsom teased his $322.2 billion budget proposal, which includes $228.9 billion in general fund spending and $17 billion in total reserves, at ...Read more

In a sweeping environmental decision during the final days of his presidency, President Joe Biden on Monday banned new offshore oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of America’s oceans, including all federal waters in the Pacific off California, Oregon and Washington.

Biden said the move, which also includes a prohibition on the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom touted higher than expected tax revenues and a "modest surplus" in an unconventional preview of his $322.2 billion spending proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, but his office said he still plans to pull money from the state's rainy day reserves to pay for policy priorities.

The Democratic governor ...Read more

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday bolstered its recommendations for pulse oximeter testing following public uproar over how inaccurate readings led to different medical care for patients of color during the pandemic.

Minnesota medtech companies have said they were working on boosting clinical trial diversity and oximeter accuracy prior...Read more

The union representing state attorneys has concerns about how the California Attorney General’s Office could spend the $25 million it is expected to receive to prepare the state for anticipated legal fights with the incoming Trump administration.

Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately called for a special session to boost the Justice Department’s ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is asking a Las Vegas judge to dismiss the charges accusing him of orchestrating the 1996 killing of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur.

Davis’ attorney, Carl Arnold, filed the motion on Monday alleging that the state delayed prosecuting Davis and is relying on Davis’ own statements to pursue the charges, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy said he competed 13 years ago in a reality TV show with Matthew Livelsberger, the suspected man behind the Cybertruck explosion at Trump Hotel International.

Police said Livelsberger shot himself in the head before the explosion, which injured seven people.

Kennedy wrote in an Instagram post on ...Read more

NEW YORK — A judge on Monday held Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt and granted sanctions against him for blowing off requests for information from the Georgia mother and daughter election workers he defamed, calling out the former New York City mayor for “attempting to run the clock” and thwart the women’s evidence-gathering efforts.

The...Read more

NEW YORK— A Manhattan judge on Monday denied a Hail Mary motion by Donald Trump to stop his sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case from going ahead this week.

In a brief written decision, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan kept in place Trump’s sentencing set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. after the president-elect’s lawyers ...Read more

DETROIT — The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has denied a warrant request relating to an alleged assault by superstar rapper Nicki Minaj during a tour stop in Detroit last spring.

The assault allegedly happened on April 21, 2024 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the office said. Minaj performed April 20 at LCA while on tour.

Kym Worthy's...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — In a case that seeks to invalidate over 60,000 ballots cast in North Carolina’s Supreme Court election, a federal judge ruled that the state’s Republican-dominated high court should decide, instead of him.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Richard Myers, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump, sent GOP candidate ...Read more

SEATTLE — Interim Seattle police Chief Sue Rahr announced Monday that she has fired Kevin Dave, the officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula in a South Lake Union crosswalk while speeding in his cruiser in January 2023.

In an email sent to employees, Rahr said she fired Dave on Monday after the Seattle Office of Police Accountability found he had ...Read more