Florida public education advocates claimed a victory Monday in their ongoing effort to stop lawmakers from requiring school districts to hand taxpayer funded property to privately run interests.

State Sen. Keith Truenow, R-Tavares, moved to replace his bill (SB 824) that would require school districts that have lost enrollment over three years ...Read more

When authorities were initially called to Nancy Guthrie’s desert home a few miles north of Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, they immediately found what officials described as suspicious and concerning circumstances.

There was no sign of the 84-year-old mom of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, but essentials she would travel with remained: ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday signed off on a plan to give financial relief to Palisades fire victims who are seeking to rebuild, endorsing it nearly 10 months after Mayor Karen Bass first announced it.

On a 15-0 vote, the council instructed the city's lawyers to draft an ordinance that would spare the owners of homes,...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Senate approved an expansion of Colorado’s red flag law on Tuesday, sending the proposal to the House for consideration.

Senate Bill 4 would build off Colorado’s 2019 extreme risk protection orders law, which allows family members, law enforcement, health care professionals and educators to petition the courts to ...Read more

Melinda French Gates is reacting to the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that mention her ex-husband, Bill Gates.

Last week, documents that showed draft emails Epstein wrote to himself went public, where he claimed the Microsoft co-founder had contracted an STI from “Russian girls.”

In the draft dated back in 2013, Epstein writes...Read more

Just hours before her abduction, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie enjoyed an evening out with her other daughter, according to a report.

“We have a start point,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Us Weekly of their search efforts.

“The family took her home from dinner at about 9:30 to 9:45” ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As he prepares for Tuesday night’s precinct caucuses, Democrat Jason Chavez is issuing an unusual warning to some of his fellow DFLers: stay home.

“I do not recommend folks who are vulnerable to deportation to show up. In fact, I will tell them ‘it is not safe for you to go,’” said Chavez, a Minneapolis City Council ...Read more

WASHINGTON — National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard rebuked Democratic lawmakers and others who expressed alarm over her participation in an FBI raid of a Georgia county election office, saying that President Donald Trump had asked her to be there.

Criticizing what she called “blatantly false and slanderous accusations” by members ...Read more

NEW YORK — State Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday that she will send trained observers to monitor ICE agents to document enforcement and protect New Yorkers’ rights.

“We have seen in Minnesota how quickly and tragically federal operations can escalate in the absence of transparency and accountability,” James said in a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Brentwood couple is suing the city of Los Angeles and Mayor Karen Bass, claiming their constitutional rights were violated when city officials blocked them from demolishing the home where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962.

In a 37-page complaint that accuses the city of collusion and bias, the lawsuit filed by homeowners Brinah ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone headed toward a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, spooking oil markets amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

A U.S. F-35C warplane shot down the drone in self-defense as the unmanned aircraft “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln with “unclear ...Read more

BALTIMORE — In separate party-line votes Tuesday, the Maryland House and Senate passed legislation to end local law enforcement cooperation agreements with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, fast-tracking two identical bills that have ignited heated debate across party lines over immigration policy and public safety.

In the Senate,...Read more

Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in person to a Republican congressional investigation into notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, apparently ending their defiant campaign of resistance.

The former president and ex-secretary of state emailed staffers for the GOP-led House Oversight Committee saying they would accept GOP demands and...Read more

Authorities found blood inside the Tucson-area home of Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement sources said, heightening concerns that the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was the victim of foul play.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Saturday night at her residence, and local authorities say she may have been forcibly taken in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court on Monday overturned a conviction for an ex-UCLA gynecologist serving 11 years in prison on charges of sexually abusing patients after determining that the trial judge failed to inform his lawyers that some of the jurors raised questions about the English proficiency of one of the panel members.

A three-justice ...Read more

A U.S. military warship has arrived off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where two U.S. Coast Guard cutters are also patrolling nearby.

The presence of the USS Southland comes as tensions continue to rise ahead of Saturday, the day marking the end of the mandate of Haiti’s nine-member Transitional Presidential Council. Although the council...Read more