A report containing findings by the Office of Congressional Ethics, released Thursday, provides details of multiple campaign transactions and official government office activities by U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick that investigators said may have violated House rules and federal law.

The Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, first elected ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two people were killed and 18 people were injured when a small plane crashed into a commercial warehouse near Fullerton Municipal Airport and started a fire, officials said.

Security camera footage captured a fireball exploding when the plane made impact with the roof of the facility, sending thick clouds of dark smoke and ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new expanded paid family leave law that took effect Jan. 1 will “improve the lives of millions of Californians” and provide a “major boost” for workers taking time off to care for a loved one, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

But it will also mean a tax increase to help pay for the program.

The increases are ...Read more

CHICAGO — Attorneys in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan came to court Thursday expecting a drag-out fight about the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the federal bribery statute, including a dispute over how jurors should define the word “corruptly.”

But toward the end of the five-hour jury ...Read more

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden's Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency's hard-fought and long-debated open internet rules.

The FCC had sought to reinstate a sweeping policy established under President Obama that was designed to treat internet service as an essential public service, ...Read more

NEW YORK — The shooting of 10 young people who were wounded outside a Queens nightclub happened during a “celebration of life” for a teen shot to death three months ago, said cops investigating a possible connection to the New Year’s Day bloodshed and the October murder.

Four gunmen fired nearly 30 shots at a crowd of about 15 people ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of California Native American tribes on Thursday sued dozens of California card rooms, alleging that the non-tribal-owned gambling parlors are in violation of the California Constitution.

The tribes are suing under a law — Senate Bill 549 — that went into effect Wednesday.

That law, called the “Tribal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some U.S. coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections during his final weeks in the White House.

Biden is set within days to issue the executive order barring the sale of new drilling rights in portions of...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a Biden administration rule establishing so-called net neutrality for internet providers following years of litigation over efforts to regulate internet speeds for different content online.

The ruling likely ends a long-running effort by the Biden and Obama administrations to change ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Matthew Livelsberger, identified as the suspect in the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion outside of Trump International, was a registered ‘No Labels’ voter — though a family member described him as a Trump supporter.

Livelsberger registered with the No Labels party beginning in 2020, according to the El Paso County, Colo., ...Read more

The suspect in a New Orleans attack that killed at least 14 people Wednesday appears to have previously been stationed in Anchorage while serving in the U.S. Army.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with police after he rammed a truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers on a packed street in the heart of New Orleans’ tourist ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and 15 people were injured when a small plane crashed into a commercial warehouse near Fullerton Municipal Airport and started a fire, officials said.

The plane crash was reported in the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, prompting the evacuation of more than 100 people from inside the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden presented Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with the Presidential Citizens Medal, honoring the leaders of the congressional committee that probed the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, just weeks before Donald Trump is set to reclaim the presidency.

In a statement Thursday, the White House cited Cheney and ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s eight collared wolves in the wild spread out in the northern and northwestern parts of the state in December, according to a monthly tracking map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

At least one wolf crossed back into a watershed that includes Larimer County for the first time since October, according to the map, ...Read more

Two rare female whales have been documented off the coast of Florida, each with a calf, marine surveyors said.

The 20-year-old whale mothers, named Blackheart and Caterpillar, were seen Dec. 30 near Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Research Institute.

It’s ...Read more

Federal authorities uncovered new details into the suspected terror attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people while probing possible links to a second New Year’s Day incident in which a Tesla Cybertruck blew up outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.

The timing of both acts of violence, just hours apart, has drawn suspicion. Officials revealed ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Abortions increased nearly 16% in Minnesota in 2023, driven by women traveling from states with more abortion restrictions as well as the state’s easier access to medication options.

The 14,124 abortions in Minnesota in 2023 marked the second straight annual increase and reflected the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court decision ...Read more

The number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Last year in Cook County, 1,026 people died from opioid overdoses — a nearly 44% drop from 2023. The medical examiner’s office expects another 200 to 300 of its ...Read more