After a trouble-plagued application overhaul, U.S. Department of Education officials have released next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, more than a week before its Dec. 1 target date.

After last year’s rollout disaster, Education Department officials claim to have improved the application process following feedback from ...Read more

Nearly half a million Floridians could lose their health insurance if Republicans in Congress do not extend subsidies that lower insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act, two new reports warn.

An analysis by the Urban Institute estimates that 453,000 Floridians — including 32,000 children — would become uninsured if tax credits ...Read more

The fourth time wasn’t the charm.

Sean “Diddy” Combs won’t be home for Thanksgiving after yet another request for bail was denied, at least for the time being, UsWeekly reports.

On Friday, the embattled rapper appeared in court, with his legal team attempting to put up $50 million with his Star Island mansion, which was raided by feds ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is readying an announcement of Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greer’s selection highlights the central role tariffs will play in Trump’s economic agenda with the incoming president vowing to use trade policy to raise ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars have been seized through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex as part of a multiagency law enforcement investigation, making it the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, authorities announced Tuesday.

Africa Bell, port director for the Los Angeles-Long Beach ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Vince Haley to head the White House Domestic Policy Council, an influential post responsible for coordinating his agenda across major federal agencies.

“I am proud to announce that Vince Haley, who served as Director of Policy and Speechwriting on my Winning Campaign, will lead my ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 31-year-old man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after trying to check two suitcases filled with clothing caked in methamphetamine — including a cow pajama onesie, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Authorities say Raj Matharu of Northridge checked two bags before his Nov. 6 flight to Sydney. But ...Read more

BOSTON — The newest member of Karen Read’s defense team is a New York City-based attorney who typically represents businesses in environmental and financial fights and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone has accepted Read’s request for Robert Alessi to be added to her defense team, which ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams argued Tuesday that last week’s horrific stabbing spree in Manhattan was the “byproduct” of efforts to reduce the inmate population on Rikers Island.

Ramon Rivera, the homeless man accused of killing three strangers during the Nov. 18 attacks, was released early from Rikers in mid-October after getting credit...Read more

State oil and gas regulators are investigating reports that environmental consultants falsified results of tests on soil, groundwater and contamination at about 350 locations in Weld County between 2021 and this summer.

The information was submitted on behalf of some of Colorado’s largest oil and gas producers and was intended to determine ...Read more

MIAMI — Eric Trump, the son of the president-elect, has joined the fight against Miami-Dade County building a new incinerator in Doral.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reportedly told him that she’s requesting a delay in next week’s planned vote by the County Commission on whether to put the $1.5 billion facility in the city.

President-elect ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Embattled rock icon Marilyn Manson has dropped his lawsuit against former fiancée Evan Rachel Wood and will pay her $327,000 in attorney fees, her lawyers confirmed Tuesday afternoon.

Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued the "Westworld" actor in March 2022 for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress...Read more

In 2019, unionized construction workers raised alarms about a company building luxury apartments in Oakland, California, that appeared to be skirting its financial obligations, both to the state and its employees.

That tip would set off a yearslong investigation by the California Department of Justice, which accused the Kentucky-based company, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — If President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term playbook is any guide, his latest threat to slap tariffs on major U.S. trading partners is the start of negotiations rather than the end.

In a gambit familiar to adversaries and allies alike, Trump said in a social media post Monday evening he would slap 25% tariffs on imports from ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani lashed out at a Manhattan federal court judge Tuesday — claiming he didn’t have enough money to pay his bills amid collection efforts from the Georgia mother and daughter election workers he baselessly accused of ballot fraud.

The outburst came when Judge Lewis Liman expressed skepticism over the former mayor’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave qualified approval Tuesday to a proposal to study the creation of a new county department to manage billions of dollars in homeless services funds.

The 4-0 vote calls for the county chief executive to report in 60 days on creating the department that would consolidate the homeless...Read more

AMMAN, Jordan — Israel and Lebanon agreed Tuesday to a ceasefire aimed at ending a nearly 14-month conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has left more than 3,000 people dead and threatened to ignite a wider regional war.

President Joe Biden announced the agreement from the White House on Tuesday afternoon.

“Effective 4 a....Read more

NEW YORK — Federal investigators have raided the Queens home of the Rev. Alfred Cockfield II, an influential pastor who runs a political action committee he formed to support Eric Adams’ 2021 run for mayor, the Daily News has learned.

The Far Rockaway home of the pastor was raided about two weeks ago as part of an investigation led by the ...Read more

The world’s leading digital dictionary has named “demure” its Word of the Year — a very mindful choice that came after lexicographers analyzed a massive amount of data to determine what word would best capture the cultural zeitgeist of 2024.

After identifying six words or phrases that shaped the social discourse over the past 11 months,...Read more