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LOS ANGELES — The man accused of igniting the deadly Palisades fire was back in California on Thursday, making his first appearance in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is charged ...Read more

A federal judge in Seattle this week blocked the Trump administration’s termination of more than $9 million for work in Washington state intended to help adapt to climate change.

The State Board for Community and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Attorneys in an ongoing federal lawsuit Thursday accused Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino who, according to recent testimony is the head official leading “Operation Midway Blitz,” of violating a temporary...Read more

Harvard University reported admissions data showing that the share of Asian American students in its freshman class rose while the percentage of Black students fell for the second straight year.

Asian American students ...Read more

Highly anticipated federal immigration raids in San Francisco were paused after a phone call between Mayor Daniel Lurie and President Donald Trump, the mayor said Thursday.

“Late last night, I received a phone call from...Read more

LAS VEGAS — More than 80 new billboards encouraging the public to report violent crimes went live on Thursday as a result of a partnership between local and federal law enforcement.

FBI Special Agent in Charge ...Read more

A Washington, D.C., man is suing after he says he was wrongfully detained for playing a “Star Wars” song at military troops.

Sam O’Hara, 35, filed the lawsuit against an Ohio National Guard member, several ...Read more

A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator.

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Leading Senate Republicans want to vote within the next month on a package of bills to pressure Russia to compromise in Ukraine peace talks, but it’s not clear if President Donald Trump will back the ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had called off a planned federal “surge” into San Francisco after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and other city leaders — a detente that officials ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Thursday to prevent a lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for Virginians beginning Nov. 1 as a result of the ongoing government ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all U.S. coastal waters to new offshore oil drilling despite opposition from state governors and the president’s previous efforts to close off...Read more

NEW YORK — Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo came under fire Thursday over his role in an exchange during which conservative talk show host Sid Rosenberg said Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — One University of Pennsylvania faculty member was called into a university office to answer for assigning “a pedagogically-relevant reading about conflict in Palestine,” others for political posts on ...Read more

The son of Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey, along with two of Bailey’s grandchildren and daughter-in-law, were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana, the former state senator’s campaign ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to be major hurricane; effect on Florida uncertain

Tropical Storm Melissa continued its slow push north in the Caribbean Thursday and is expected to grow into a major hurricane as it nears ...Read more