The Justice Department says it inadvertently named WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a court filing in a child pornography case in August, touching off widespread speculation that prosecutors have prepared charges against him.
Read moreLooking for more time to negotiate “a potential resolution” to her case, attorneys for both the government and accused Russian spy Maria Butina asked a federal judge on Friday to delay a hearing scheduled for early December.
Read moreA federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration wrongly denied CNN’s Jim Acosta due process in revoking his White House press pass and must give it back.
Read moreFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that the trade dispute between the United States and China could escalate into a fresh Cold War.
Read moreIn a historic vote, nations unanimously approved Friday a ground-breaking overhaul to the international system of measurements, coming together in a way that they fail to do on so many other issues behind new definitions for the kilogram and other key units vital for trade and science.
Read moreShinzo Abe became the first prime minister of Japan to visit Darwin since the northern Australian city was bombed by Japanese forces in World War II, as he and his Australian counterpart spoke Friday of strengthening defense and other ties between their countries.
Read moreThe rescue of 33 lions from South American circuses and their 2016 transfer to a South African refuge was billed as a compassionate gesture, a return “home” after years of abuse and living in cages. Things didn’t turn out as planned.
Read moreThe majority of Americans are happy with the results of the midterm elections, but more pessimistic about the future of partisan relations than they were after the last three midterms, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreDemocrat Katie Porter captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat Thursday in the heart of what once was Southern California’s Reagan country, extending a rout of the state’s GOP House delegation that might not be over.
Read moreA trove of documents implicating junk food companies in disease and linking them to the tobacco industry unveiled at the University of California, San Francisco, on Thursday could drive new legislation and litigation limiting the availability of unhealthy foods, some experts say.
Read moreThe California agency in charge of regulating pesticides handed down new regulations on a chemical found to cause brain damage in children, but public health and environmental advocates say the regulations don’t go far enough.
Read moreCalling it “a remarkable piece of work,” a federal judge Thursday formally approved a settlement by the government and attorneys for families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border to redo their asylum interviews.
Read moreAmid reports of White House pressure to expel the Turkish president’s top foe Fethullah Gulen, experts noted that evidence in any extradition case opened against the cleric would be thin.
Read moreThe California State Auditor rebuked the agency in charge of implementing the state’s high-speed rail project Thursday, finding lack of planning and poor oversight has led to cost overruns plaguing the Golden State’s efforts.
Read moreA Democrat who trailed a Republican incumbent in a costly U.S. House race came from behind to emerge as the victor Thursday following extra rounds of tabulations under Maine’s new voting system that’s facing a legal challenge.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the family of a 32-year-old woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier might get a second chance to hold the city liable for not helping immigration police deport her suspected killer.
Read moreFlorida’s secretary of state has ordered a manual recount in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
Read moreA coalition of civil rights groups brought a complaint Thursday demanding information on how immigration authorities use the Boston Police Department’s gang database to target black and Latino residents.
Read moreVirginia’s largest power provider has moved closer to meeting a federal deadline to close pools of power-plant waste sitting in coal ash ponds across the state, but environmentalists say one proposed method of dealing with the problem risks the safety of nearby residents.
Read moreThe Justice Department said Thursday that its has settled a 2016 lawsuit against Atrium Health in which it accused the health care giant of colluding with insurers to boost is profits through higher prices.
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