The duties of top Adams administration aides investigated by the FBI have not been changed since the raids last week, the mayor said Tuesday.

“No one has been accused of any wrongdoing, and I expect everyone to keep doing their jobs,” Mayor Eric Adams said.

The probe has seen five of Adams’ top aides have their electronics seized and ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 19-year-old Kansas City man accused of firing the fatal shot during a mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally earlier this year will stand trial in January 2026.

On Monday, Jackson County Judge Kevin Duane Harrell scheduled a jury trial for Dominic M. Miller to begin on Jan. 12, 2026. The trial is expected to last ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was removed from all committee and board appointments by his colleagues Tuesday, as the embattled politician faces growing calls for him to resign amid a looming federal probe.

The five-member board of supervisors can't remove Do from his elected seat, but it was able to remove him from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than three years after a firefighter was shot and killed by a co-worker at a remote station in Agua Dulce, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay his family $7.2 million.

Tory Carlon was fatally shot while on duty at L.A. County Fire Station 81 on June 1, 2021. The following year, Carlon's widow, ...Read more

NEW YORK — A City Council bill set to be introduced this week would direct the Department of Investigation to use its oversight powers to obtain records detailing what the city knew about toxic air conditions in Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks — opening up a new front in a long-running effort to unearth the records.

Several ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to grow into a hurricane Tuesday and shift toward a landfall on the north Gulf Coast in Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. advisory, the center of Francine was located about 135 miles east of the mouth of the Rio Grande River and 360 miles ...Read more

An attorney for a campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the amendment should stay on the Nov. 5 ballot, arguing against a Cole County judge’s ruling.

The court is weighing whether to remove the amendment, called Amendment 3, from the ballot, a major decision that will decide ...Read more

With less than two months to go before November’s elections, Republicans on the House Administration Committee are keeping up a drumbeat: Are we ready?

That’s what they plan to ask six secretaries of state at a hearing Wednesday, including those from the battleground states of Arizona and Michigan.

Since Chairman Bryan Steil took the reins...Read more

NEW YORK — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was slapped with a $100 million default judgment after he failed to respond to a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him by Michigan inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith.

Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Anna Marie Anzalone issued the award on Monday, when 54-year-old Combs failed to show up for...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS — A 15-year-old Menchville High School student was shot to death Tuesday morning as he waited at a school bus stop in Southeast Newport News, Virginia.

According to police, an alert from ShotSpotter — which traces sound waves to determine where gunshots are coming from — prompted officers to go to the 1200 block of 16th ...Read more

BOSTON — Top elected leaders from the northeastern parts of Canada and the United States urged their colleagues Tuesday morning to embrace renewable energy initiatives just as Massachusetts is attempting to spearhead a new round of offshore wind energy procurements without a key player.

At the outset of a regional conference hosted in Boston,...Read more

NEW YORK — Melania Trump questioned the official narrative of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump this summer in a video posted on social media.

In the video, Melania Trump suggests that the July 13 assassination attempt which left a bystander dead may be part of a conspiracy.

“The attempt to end my husband’s life ...Read more

MIAMI — A 12-year-old girl is accused of making online threats to several Broward County schools, authorities say.

The girl was arrested late Monday night after the Broward Sheriff’s Office caught wind of social media threats to schools in Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Fort Lauderdale and Sunrise, according to Carey Codd, spokesman for BSO....Read more

SAN DIEGO — When San Diego Unified School District hired out-of-state prosecutor Farshad Talebi almost two years ago to lead its internal investigations office, he came across a problem: The district didn’t really have a department dedicated to dealing with — or staffed and trained to deal with — complaints of serious and potentially ...Read more

NEW YORK — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was slapped with a $100 million default judgment after he failed to respond to a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him by Michigan inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith.

Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Anna Marie Anzalone issued the award on Monday, when 54-year-old Combs failed to show up for...Read more

SEATTLE — A plan to boost homelessness funding while lowering public health care spending has fallen short of expectations.

In 2018, Washington became one of the first states to pay for homelessness services with Medicaid, a federal health care program for low-income people. It's part of a newer concept gaining momentum nationally that ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The trial for a Baltimore County officer accused of assaulting a handcuffed suspect when he pepper-sprayed him in the face last year began Tuesday in city court.

Cpl. Zachary Small, 52, is charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, violating public safety and misconduct related to the Sept. 27 arrest of a man ...Read more

CHICAGO — It’s been eight weeks since Tsering “Dolma” Wangyal, of Skokie, has gone missing, but her family, friends, and the larger Tibetan community in Evanston are continuing the search for their beloved elder.

About 100 people participated in a candlelight vigil in James Park in Evanston on Monday evening to motivate the group in ...Read more

Suspicions that U.S. consumers’ personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly bar two large private sector enrollment websites from accessing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in August.

New details about the suspensions come in legal filings made late Friday stemming from an effort by the two to regain access...Read more