WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded highly skeptical Friday of TikTok's free-speech defense, signaling they are not likely to strike down the law that could shut down the popular video site the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office.

The justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress was concerned...Read more

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors say former Sen. Bob Menendez should receive at least 15 years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging corruption case, arguing that his conduct might be “the most serious for which a U.S. Senator has been convicted in the history of the Republic.”

The 71-year-old longtime New Jersey Democrat is set to be ...Read more

PLAINS, Ga. — For most of these last 100 years, Jimmy Carter was Plains and Plains, the town that nourished him and continued to call him back, was Jimmy Carter.

The former president, whose funeral was Thursday, was born in Plains, moved back after he lost the White House and, on Dec. 29, died here.

In between, he and his wife Rosalynn ...Read more

The U.S. on Friday ramped up pressure on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and his regime, including raising a reward for his arrest on narcotics charges and new sanctions on officials in response to his contested election and crackdown on opposition.

The announcement, which includes sanctions on the head of the country’s state oil firm Petró...Read more

SEOUL — They gathered in subzero temperatures, waving banners that read, "Stop the steal."

Some voiced faint hope that President-elect Donald Trump would support their cause; others accused China's Communist Party of infiltrating South Korea's news media.

All of it was in the service of one aim: to save South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for falsifying business records in a scheme to defraud voters in 2016, marking an official end to the explosive case that involved hush money payments to a porn star and formally making Trump a convicted felon 10 days before his return to the White House.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice ...Read more

Special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Trump’s Jan. 6 election interference case could be released as early as Monday after a federal appeals court denied a bid to keep it secret.

Now that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided not to block the report, Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to release it anytime...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As lawmakers regrouped Thursday after fiery devastation across Los Angeles, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas vowed to back legislation to help homeowners expedite insurance claims, while Senate leader Mike McGuire delivered a tearful floor speech addressing California's "hellish week."

"Words cannot explain the absolute shock, ...Read more

Keir Starmer will travel to Ukraine in the coming weeks to discuss the possibility of deploying an international peacekeeping force there after the conflict with Russia has ended, his first visit to the war-torn nation since becoming U.K. prime minister half a year ago.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the plan following a ...Read more

Briana Navarro reached for her cellphone and called her grandmother for a third time, hoping she'd pick up and Navarro would hear her tender voice.

But like each time before, the phone rang, the generic voice greeting kicked in and Navarro would hang up.

"No luck," she said, dismayed. "I wish I could hear her voice on that voicemail."

It has ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — In 911 audio recordings released by police on Thursday, hotel guests and onlookers described the New Year’s Day Cybertruck explosion that happened near the entrance of the Trump International hotel.

“I am staying at the Trump hotel here in Las Vegas, and a really big explosion noise went off,” one caller said during the 34-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A rookie LAPD officer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a bicyclist was struck and killed on Christmas Eve in Ontario, police said.

Aaron Kleibacker, 39, was driving south on Bon View Avenue when his vehicle hit the bicyclist about 7:37 p.m. on Dec. 24, said Corp. Eliseo Guerrero, spokesperson for ...Read more

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security chief resigned Friday, a week after leading a team that blocked an attempt to arrest the impeached president over his short-lived imposition of martial law.

Park Chong-jun offered to resign earlier in the day as he appeared for police questioning over alleged obstruction of duties last week. His...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The confirmed death toll in the Los Angeles wildfires doubled Thursday night — from five fatalities to 10.

The office of the Los Angeles County medical examiner announced it was investigating 10 fire-related deaths as of 9 p.m. Thursday. No information was available on the identity of the deceased or the location of the deaths...Read more

Officials said they are making progress in protecting two key institutions from the Eaton fire.

Don Fregulia, an operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has joined in the Eaton fire response, said that efforts to protect Mt. Wilson had proved successful and he expected that to remain the ...Read more

You don’t have to actually freeze to death in order to die of cold.

And according to the Mayo Clinic, people who are dying of cold usually don’t realize it.

As sleet, snow or cold rainfall is expected in metro Atlanta on Friday amid freezing temperatures, Southerners who aren’t used to these conditions need to be careful to protect their...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born workers in nursing homes and home health settings.

Industry players and experts argue that increasing the long-term care workforce requires more immigration, and Trump’s plans could...Read more