Private prison and detention contractor CoreCivic has reached an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to convert its 2,560-bed California City facility into the state's newest and largest migrant detention center. The company received initial funding of $10 million with maximum funding of up to $31.2 million for a six-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The research, led by the Boston University School of Public Health, provides compelling evidence of a profound ...Read more

A proposed tax on the money sent by immigrants in the United States to friends and families back in their home countries could have unintended devastating consequences for US. national security and for receiving countries, especially those in Latin America and the Caribbean that have come to heavily rely on the funds, experts warn.

The 3.5% tax...Read more

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to leave troops in Los Angeles in the hands of the Trump administration while California’s objections are litigated in federal court, finding the president had broad — though not “unreviewable” — authority to deploy the military in American cities.

“We disagree with Defendants�...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, released a statement Thursday evening on the shooting last Saturday at their Champlin home that left them critically injured and hospitalized.

According to the statement, John Hoffman is in “critical but stable condition” and Yvette Hoffman is in “stable condition.”

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The Mesa County sheriff’s deputy who shared information about a Utah college student he pulled over with federal officials, leading to her arrest by immigration agents, is on administrative leave.

Investigator Alexander Zwinck pulled over 19-year-old Caroline Dias Goncalves on June 5 on Interstate 70 near Loma because she was following a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration agents in a line of unmarked white vans and SUVs attempted to enter the parking lots of Dodger Stadium on Thursday morning, sparking a wave of speculation online about potential immigration enforcement at the ballpark.

But, according to Dodgers officials, the agents were denied entry to the grounds.

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Violence against children in Haiti increased by nearly 500% last year, according to a United Nations report, ranking the Caribbean nation as dangerous a place for children as war-torn Gaza, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Nigeria.

The U.N.’s Children in Armed Conflict report, which was released late Thursday, singled out the...Read more

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to leave troops in Los Angeles in the hands of the Trump administration while California’s objections are litigated in federal court, finding the president had broad — though not “unreviewable” — authority to deploy the military in American cities.

“We disagree with Defendants’ ...Read more

DETROIT — Authorities said they have apprehended the "prime suspect" in the shooting of two suburban Southgate police officers at an apartment complex in the Wayne County community.

Southgate police said the suspect, Jeremiah Christian Kemp, 20, was taken into custody without incident after officers found him in one of the apartment buildings...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Authorities have arrested a Minnesota lobbyist suspected of sending a text message that included a “threat of violence” at the state Capitol, Minnesota House Republicans said Thursday.

Jonathan Michael Bohn, 41, of Woodbury, remained in custody at the Carver County Jail in Chaska Thursday awaiting a court hearing for a ...Read more

BOSTON — With the spectacle of the Karen Read trial finally over, attention now turns to the fallout — especially within the Massachusetts State Police.

“The events of the last three years have challenged our Department to thoroughly review our actions and take concrete steps,” MSP Col. Geoffrey Noble wrote Thursday in a statement ...Read more

CHICAGO — As Mayor Brandon Johnson promises to veto the teen curfew ordinance passed by aldermen, the measure’s lead sponsor says he will keep fighting to make it law.

Alderman Brian Hopkins, 2nd, won out over Johnson in the City Council on Wednesday when his plan to give Chicago’s police superintendent power to declare teen curfews ...Read more

DENVER — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is pushing back against a “misleading” statement posted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Denver field office, which sheriff’s officials say faulted them for following Colorado immigration laws by not coordinating with federal agents before releasing a man from jail.

The ...Read more

SYDNEY — Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s moved closer to implementation after a key trial found that checking a user’s age is technologically possible and can be integrated into existing services.

The conclusions are a blow to Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok and Snap Inc., which opposed the controversial ...Read more

BOSTON — Now that Karen Read’s criminal trial for the murder of John O’Keefe has ended — with her acquittal on all charges except drunken driving — the O’Keefe family’s civil case against her can continue.

That’s according to the Oct. 31, 2024, ruling by Plymouth Superior Court Judge William M. White Jr. that paused the civil ...Read more

BANGKOK — The political fate of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra remained uncertain Thursday after mounting opposition calls and street protests for her to resign following a leaked phone call in which she criticized her army.

The government was at risk of collapse after the exit of the second-largest party in the coalition, the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A teenager out for a walk was struck by lightning in a freak occurrence in Central Park, police said on Thursday afternoon.

The 15-year-old boy was strolling through the famed park when a thunderstorm suddenly broke out, with lighting striking him around 3:45 p.m. on the park’s East Drive near E. 100th St. according to police.

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NEW YORK — The NYPD has launched a hate crimes investigation into allegations that a man threatened to blow up mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s car, according to sources and a recording obtained by The New York Daily News.

The unidentified man made the threat in a voicemail left with Assemblyman Mamdani’s office in Queens on Wednesday. ...Read more