WASHINGTON — President Trump’s friendship and political alliance with Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who fueled Trump’s campaign with record amounts of cash before working at the White House by his side until last week, appears to be over, with both men leveling searing criticism against one another in a sharp public feud.

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LOS ANGELES — Earlier this week, residents in Torrance were scrambling for answers to find out what happened to 9-year-old Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth-grader at Torrance Elementary School.

One day, he simply didn’t show up for school.

Teachers and PTA officials believed he was being held at a federal immigration facility with his father ...Read more

Think it's all right to hold your cellphone while driving in California, as long as you're just looking at a navigation app? Think again.

A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the state law prohibiting drivers from texting or talking on a cellphone while driving also makes it illegal to hold a phone to look at a map on the screen.

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NEW YORK — The last of three alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs at his sex trafficking trial took the stand Thursday, recounting how the disgraced mogul coerced her into having sex with other men in front of him as he masturbated during encounters that have been dubbed “freak offs.”

From the end of 2021 until Combs’ September ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis is winding down bill-signing season with a slew of new laws, including consumer-friendly rules making it easier to cancel services online and measures bolstering the state’s universal school meals program and increasing access to weight-loss drugs.

Polis has until Friday to sign or veto bills that passed during the...Read more

BOSTON — Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a complaint against ICE on Thursday on behalf a Chelsea family after officers smashed through their car window on their way to church to arrest the father on Mother’s Day.

“My children watched as their father was physically attacked, treated like an animal, and ripped away from us,” said Kenia ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday agreed to further trade talks aimed at resolving disputes over tariffs and supplies of rare earth minerals at the heart of tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Trump acknowledged Thursday the trade relationship with China had gotten “a little ...Read more

MIAMI — Taking a selfie at the red, yellow and black Southernmost Point marker is one of those Key West must-do’s for day-trippers and tourists.

But come August or September and for about a year after, you’ll be posing alongside a replica in a different location.

That’s because the landmark buoy will be out of commission.

Don’t ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immigrants detained by federal agents in Southern California are being housed at the Glendale City Jail, making the Los Angeles suburb one of the few, if not the only, known jurisdiction in the “sanctuary” state to sidestep rules prohibiting local law enforcement from assisting in federal immigration enforcement.

It’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed ending Elon Musk’s government contracts and subsidies, escalating the feud between the two former allies.

“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do...Read more

DETROIT — As Canadian wildfire smoke continues to drift south toward the United States, air quality in Michigan worsening, prompting officials to issue warnings.

The Michigan Air Quality Division issued an advisory Thursday for elevated levels of fine particulate (PM2.5) in the eastern Upper Peninsula and all counties in the northern Lower ...Read more

Political insiders are going scorched earth on former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre after she announced the arrival of her new book, which details a “broken” Biden administration and the alleged “betrayal” of the former president by the Democratic Party.

More than two dozen former Joe Biden officials told Axios that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to further trade talks and the American leader said they cleared up disputes surrounding rare earth exports at the heart of tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Trump acknowledged Thursday the trade relationship with China had gotten “a little off ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed state employees to turn over information on sponsors of undocumented children to federal immigration authorities, despite protests that the order violated state laws limiting cooperation, according to a lawsuit filed by a senior official.

Scott Moss, a director within the state Department of Labor ...Read more

An Israel- and U.S.-backed mechanism to distribute food in Gaza suspended operations for a day and a half following a series of deadly incidents near its sites that drew international criticism.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a Swiss-based nonprofit, launched in Gaza last week following a months-long Israeli blockade of the territory, and ...Read more

During her Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi tip-toed around whether she would stand up to President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Justice Department, promising only in a broad sense that “politics has to be taken out of this system.”

Since her confirmation in February, Bondi has earned the praise of ...Read more

MIAMI — Dozens of Cuban detainees being held at the Krome detention center launched a protest Thursday morning inside the immigration facility in southwest Miami-Dade, saying they are fed up with prolonged detention.

Many of the detainees have been stuck in an endless limbo, they told the Miami Herald, because Cuba won’t accept them back ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Republican-led Michigan House on Thursday sued Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in an effort to force her to comply with a House subpoena seeking materials used to train clerks across the state who administer elections.

The lawsuit was filed in the Michigan Court of Claims after the House voted along party ...Read more