The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is the subject of a sprawling investigation involving local and federal agents.

But there is a second, shadow effort occurring on podcasts and social media platforms.

Psychics are on the case. Livestreamers are camped out in front of Guthrie’s Tucson-area home, waiting for another detail to share.

Online, ...Read more

Pastors, people of faith and advocates gathered in downtown Miami for a peaceful protest against immigration policies they believe are inhumane and, for some, against their religious beliefs.

Led by pastors from First Church Miami, a United Methodist congregation, a few dozen people marched from the downtown church to the immigration courthouse...Read more

The Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would set new parameters for agreements between federal immigration enforcement and local law enforcement agencies.

During a back and forth on the Senate floor, Republicans pushed back on the bill as “extreme,” while Democrats argued that the bill’s primary purpose is to require ICE to abide ...Read more

On paper, it reads like the blueprint of a government. Ministries. Intelligence agencies. Military commands. Diplomatic missions.

But in a sweeping federal indictment filed in New York, U.S. prosecutors describe something else entirely — a system they say was repurposed into one of the most sophisticated drug trafficking enterprises in the ...Read more

On the heels of the Baltimore County Council approving protections for noncitizens and a ban on private detention facilities, one Democratic councilman is seeking to prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing masks in most circumstances and require them to clearly display their identity and agency.

Councilman Izzy Patoka, a Pikesville ...Read more

Mark Zuckerberg testified that it’s “very difficult” to enforce Instagram’s age limits as he sought to defend the platform during a landmark trial over social media addiction.

The chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. was sharply questioned on the witness stand Wednesday about the company’s efforts to attract and engage ...Read more

At Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the country, detainees go without medicine for serious health conditions, endure miscarriages while shackled and are dying in record numbers, a group of U.S. senators said.

In a letter sent Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE senior official Todd Lyons, 22 ...Read more

Florida lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a sweeping artificial intelligence package, attaching new measures regulating AI usage in schools before sending one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities to the Senate floor.

Florida’s broader push for an “AI Bill of Rights” already extends well beyond K-12 classrooms. The Senate bill ...Read more

The state will invest over $140 million in the creation of more than a thousand homes across the state, the Healey administration announced Wednesday — funding another round of affordable residences and transforming vacant commercial buildings through two state programs.

“Too many downtown buildings across Massachusetts are sitting dark and...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday announced he’s releasing a book in September.

The book, titled “Go and Do Likewise,” will go on sale Sept. 22. It is described as a “compelling and insightful” story about the Kentucky governor’s faith, and how he uses it to shape his family and public life.

The book will also share...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration now has a hard deadline to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House.

The Department of Interior and National Park Service must restore the President’s House to its condition before the exhibits were removed by 5 p.m. Friday, according to a new order from District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe. In a...Read more

Enrique Fuentes counted on the $250 he received monthly in federal nutrition assistance to cover the cost of groceries. That changed last month.

Fuentes works three days a week as a technician assisting therapists who help autistic children and adults, ages 3 to 22. He is one of an estimated 3 million able-bodied Americans who do not work ...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is having conversations with Raúl Castro’s grandson in Cuba, an overture amid Trump administration efforts to push for changes on the communist island.

Col. Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, 41, known as “El Cangrejo,” the Crab, was the head of personal security when his grandfather Raúl Castro was ...Read more

A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and guides near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada as an intense storm brought heavy, wet snow to the region on Feb. 17, 2026. Six of the skiers were rescued, but eight others didn’t survive and another was missing. The region had been under an avalanche warning that was rated ...Read more

Mark Zuckerberg was sharply questioned on the witness stand about whether he and other leaders at Meta Platforms Inc. are aware of the volume of children under age 13 who use Instagram.

During a landmark trial over social media addiction, Zuckerberg described the “very difficult” task of enforcing the platform’s age requirement. He said ...Read more

Another ransom note demanding $6 million in cryptocurrency in exchange for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie was sent to TMZ on Wednesday.

This note, the latest in a series, demanded the money in a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, which the previous notes had requested, according to the outlet.

The latest ransom note includes “a highly ...Read more

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made an extended, pugnacious appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, defending his company from the witness stand against a lawsuit that alleges social media harms children.

The Meta boss appeared in a dark suit and gray tie, his signature chestnut curls slightly mussed, darting occasional ...Read more