Minnesota advocacy groups and lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban with condemnation and concern as they work to assess its impact.

Trump has imposed a travel ban on 12 countries and put harsh restrictions on seven others. The new executive order forbids citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man described by law enforcement as one of Southern California’s most prominent street racing influencers has been charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with 16 counts of conspiracy for organizing a number of so-called “street takeovers.”

Erick Romero Quintana, 22, pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance ...Read more

The North Carolina Senate Health Committee passed two bills Thursday that would expand Medicaid access for inmates and postpartum mothers, redefine child welfare regulations, and implement steps biological fathers can take in a child’s adoption process.

The former of the two bills received no public comment the previous day, when the ...Read more

DENVER — At least eight people — six adults and two children — have been detained at Denver’s federal immigration court since last Thursday as authorities have stepped up their presence, advocates say.

Volunteers at the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker social justice organization, tallied at least eight people who were ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk said he would end use of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Dragon spacecraft and called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, as a disagreement between the former allies exploded into an all-out public feud.

Musk’s Thursday ultimatum came after Trump proposed cutting the billionaire’s government ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As efforts to clean thousands of gallons of oil from waters near Baltimore’s Harbor East continue, officials are working to rescue turtles and other wildlife from the affected areas. Officials say that the leak originated from diesel tanks that supplied fuel to the Johns Hopkins Hospital care facilities.

A.J. Metcalf, a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Since he took the helm this year at UCLA, Chancellor Julio Frenk has found himself in a vortex of unprecedented obstacles not only to his campus, but also to the nation's institutions of higher education.

"Higher education in the United States faces its moment of greatest challenge in living memory," Frenk said Thursday to more ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court revived a job-bias lawsuit by a woman who says she suffered so-called reverse discrimination because she’s straight, in a ruling that makes it easier to bring similar cases to trial in parts of the country.

The justices unanimously said a federal appeals court was wrong to require workers in majority ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald 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 row.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez has been charged with racketeering and suspended from office for involvement in a “massive” illegal gambling operation that generated more than $20 million in proceeds and spanned Central Florida, state and federal officials announced Thursday.

A charging document released by Florida ...Read more

WENATCHEE, Wash. — As a search continued this week for a former U.S. Army soldier suspected of killing his three young daughters, the girls’ mother is focused on improving the state’s Amber Alert system and providing adequate mental health care to veterans, her attorney said.

“The more attention we can bring to these issues, the more it...Read more

DENVER — Boulder County’s district attorney on Thursday formally charged the suspect in the Pearl Street Mall terror attack with more than 100 counts related to the antisemitic firebombing that injured 15 people and a dog.

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian immigrant who officials say was living in the U.S. illegally after ...Read more

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.

Musk ...Read more

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.

The ...Read more

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