LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, according to an attorney statement posted on Lemon's social media account Friday morning.

Lemon was taken into custody Thursday night while covering the upcoming Grammy awards on Sunday, the statement said. He was taken into custody for activities ...Read more

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal case Friday against a Detroit judge, her father and two other targets of an FBI investigation focused on wrongdoing within Metro Detroit’s probate court system, a probe first uncovered by The Detroit News last year.

The fraud, conspiracy and money laundering indictment represents a rare ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, according to a post on his Truth Social platform.

“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump wrote. “On top of everything else, he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council has again increased what it will pay Gibson Dunn to represent it in a contentious homelessness case, bringing the law firm's contract to nearly $7.5 million.

In mid-May, the council approved a three-year contract capped at $900,000. The law firm then billed the city $1.8 million for two weeks of ...Read more

MIAMI — Religious leaders and interfaith advocates from across the state are sounding the alarm on a bill aimed at protecting religious freedom and expression in Florida public schools, arguing that it could lead to special protections for the dominant religious groups — such as Christianity — and weaken the lines between church and state....Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — DeSantis administration officials knew about aviation safety issues and budget overruns by the Florida State Guard almost a year before those accusations became public this month, but fired the informant who warned them, records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel show.

James Ethridge, a retired Navy commander, was hired in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee leaders are split on President Donald Trump’s choice of Kevin Warsh to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, while a key Republican on the panel is standing firm on his plans to oppose any nomination until a legal action against the Fed is resolved.

Trump announced his decision to tap Warsh, a ...Read more

Bill Nye let a packed crowd at the Orange Convention Center know that it’s not a good idea to send a human on a one-way trip to Mars.

“Although there’s a few I wouldn’t mind,” he said earning another chuckle during his hour-long, humor-filled speech at SpaceCom, the big event during Commercial Space Week which draws players from ...Read more

Iran said it was prepared for talks with the U.S. if President Donald Trump ends his threats against the Islamic Republic and warned military strikes could trigger a wide conflagration in the Middle East.

Addressing reporters after meeting his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Istanbul on Friday, Araghchi accused Israel of encouraging Trump...Read more

The Kremlin confirmed that Donald Trump asked Vladimir Putin to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, though it said the agreement is set to expire on Sunday.

“Indeed, President Trump made a personal request to President Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week, until Feb. 1, in order to create favorable conditions for ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, according to a post on his Truth Social platform.

“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump wrote. “On top of everything else, he ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — He has called Colombian President Gustavo Petro "a sick man" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator." He once slammed French President Emmanuel Macron as "publicity-seeking," and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "dishonest and weak."

President Donald Trump is known for hurling scathing insults ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a clip that became instant fodder for memes and late-night TV shows, a federal agent charges toward a Minneapolis protester, slips on a patch of ice and slams onto his backside as cheers and laughter erupt from onlookers.

In another video, Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino pulls a canister from his tactical vest as his agents ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The rollout of so-called virtual nurses in hospitals remains a mixed bag, University of Pennsylvania researchers have found in the largest survey to date on nursing care delivered remotely through a screen.

One hospital staffer said virtual nurses are a huge help getting patients checked in.

Another said they worry hospitals ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Every day in Minnesota, on average, one or two hospital employees are violently injured at work so severely that they need to take time off to heal, or they change jobs entirely, new federal data shows.

An estimated 1,070 workers in privately operated hospitals suffered these violent injuries in 2023 and 2024, giving Minnesota ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after Oz posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread health care fraud in Los Angeles.

The video shows Oz being driven around a section of Van Nuys...Read more

The New York City Council Thursday overturned a record 17 vetoes left over from the final days on the Adams administration, including measures that would lift the cap on street vending licenses, prohibit ICE from having an office on Rikers Island and extend the lookback window for lawsuits filed under the city’s gender-motivated violence law. ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday threatening tariffs on countries providing oil to Cuba, in an effort to press the island’s communist government to engage in negotiations that could lead to regime change.

The executive order declares a national emergency with relation to Cuba, calling the island’s government “an ...Read more