KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — With just a month left to go before stepping down as head of NASA, Bill Nelson warns his stance on conflicts of interest might not be the same as his likely successor, billionaire Jared Isaacman.

“If I had a whiff of a conflict, I had to — under the rules set out by the Biden administration — I had to extinguish ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sources say Sean “Diddy” Combs is “trying to stay positive” as he gears up for his first Christmas in federal lockup, having been behind bars at Brooklyn MDC since mid-September.

The fallen hip-hop mogul, 55, will also miss out on the 18th birthday of twin daughters D’Lila and Jessie, who will celebrate the milestone on ...Read more

Kash Patel has taken his perceived adversaries to court for years. Now that he’s President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the FBI, critics are concerned he’ll use the bureau’s vast resources for revenge.

Most of the cases didn’t go far. Nearly all were dismissed by judges or withdrawn by Patel. But his earlier promises to “come...Read more

ATLANTA — Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a smaller, more comfortable device.

“It’s exciting to see innovation is still happening,” said Dr. Mani Daneshmand, an Emory ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's not unusual to fight for a good bargain during the holiday shopping season. It's a whole different story when the fighting starts in the parking lot outside the store.

That's what authorities say happened this week at the Cidatel Outlets in Commerce about 5 p.m. when a group of people attacked a 19-year-old woman over a ...Read more

MIAMI — After a week in state custody on rape charges, Alon and Oren Alexander made their first appearances in Miami federal court on Friday afternoon to face charges of sex-trafficking dozens of women over a decade in New York, South Florida and elsewhere.

The 37-year-old Miami Beach twins appeared before a magistrate judge, who set a bond ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of California has resolved nine federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism and bias against Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestinian students stemming from Israel-Hamas war protests at five UC campuses, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday.

The complaints alleged that UCLA, Santa Barbara, San Diego, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County prosecutors on Friday said they will seek the death penalty for a second time against Adel Ramos, who in August pleaded guilty to the 2019 ambush murder of Sacramento police officer Tara O’Sullivan.

The decision comes after a jury in November deadlocked on the question of whether Ramos, 51, should be ...Read more

It was the height of the ‘80s crack cocaine epidemic, and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was breaking the law to enforce it.

Law enforcement cooked crack cocaine on the seventh floor of the county courthouse. Deputies posed as drug dealers. And the people who purchased it were swiftly locked behind bars. Ultimately, the Florida Supreme...Read more

WASHINGTON — In the span of 24 hours this week, Thomas Massie plotted legislative strategy with un-elected outsider Vivek Ramaswamy, outlined his opposition to Mike Johnson remaining speaker of the House and issued a warning against a pursuit of tax cuts by President-elect Donald Trump.

For those familiar with the rebellious conservative ...Read more

As you stare at that long list of toys your little one wants for Christmas, be aware there are some things kids shouldn’t receive this holiday, no matter how much they want it.

In 2023, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released its report on deaths and injuries related to toys, and found there were approximately 231,700 emergency ...Read more

Donald Trump’s first term was all about the fight — with Democrats, the media and, at times, even fellow Republicans.

But notwithstanding his role in torpedoing a recent stopgap spending deal, the times appear to be changing, according to the president-elect.

“I did have dinner with Tim Cook. I had dinner with almost all of them, and the...Read more

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp and state legislative leaders are headed to the U.S. border with Mexico on Friday to visit the roughly 85 Georgia National Guard troops stationed there to curb illegal crossings.

Kemp will be joined by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, House Speaker Jon Burns and several legislators to thank the troops who have maintained “the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Citing Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption indictment, the city’s election finance watchdog agency is weighing a possible finding that the mayor’s political campaign in “breach of certification” — the panel’s most severe penalty that has the potential to cost his team as much as $10 million, the Daily News has learned...Read more

ATLANTA — One defendant in the long-running “Young Slime Life” case was acquitted of all charges by a jury earlier this month. However, he’s going to be stuck in jail for the holidays due to a legal technicality.

A Fulton County judge ruled Wednesday that, due to an outstanding warrant against Deamonte Kendrick, also known as rapper Yak...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At Los Angeles International Airport last spring, a dispatcher received an anonymous call suggesting that a Spirit Airlines flight to Las Vegas was "going to blow up."

In April, an employee at a legal clinic received a phone call from someone threatening to bring a grenade to the office if they didn't receive a callback from an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In 1976, as the city of Rolling Hills Estates considered plans for a new development on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, officials debated how water should drain through a nearby canyon.

The development would cause increased runoff, city officials noted at the time, which would ideally be maintained by the Los Angeles County Flood ...Read more

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked. Squirt had notoriously accurate aim.

As a comparative psychologist, I’m used to assaults from my experimental subjects. I’ve been ...Read more

Ukraine’s capital faced a Russian missile attack for the first time in almost a month, a day after Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin offered to hold talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

The strikes targeting Kyiv killed one person and injured at least nine others, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Friday on his Telegram channel. Buildings in ...Read more