The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review an application from the biotech company Moderna to approve its mRNA-based flu vaccine.

The agency’s decision, which Moderna announced in a press release on Feb. 10, 2026, is the latest step in efforts by federal health officials under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — One defendant was due in court for what was supposed to be a routine hearing about his federal drug charges. But when proceedings began in the St. Paul courtroom, no one appeared for the prosecution.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota hadn’t assigned a new prosecutor to the case after the previous lawyer for the U.S. ...Read more

In a hearing that highlighted the increasing pressure the federal judiciary is facing in high-stakes immigration cases, a Washington, D.C., judge on Thursday declined to reverse her decision that blocked the Trump administration from ending immigration protections for more than 300,000 Haitians.

“I am denying the government’s motion to stay...Read more

Former Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson and his wife, Julie, released a statement overnight addressing their 22-year-old daughter’s fatal stabbing.

“We are heartbroken beyond words by the tragic and senseless loss of our beloved daughter, Hallie Marie,” they said in a message published by People on Thursday.

“Hallie was a...Read more

TECUMSEH, Mich. — Sorrow emanates from residents’ T-shirts, from frayed purple ribbons around trees, from signs in store windows next to ones exhorting the high school team.

It’s written all over the face of Tecumseh.

Alas, deliverance may be on its way as opening statements were held Thursday in the murder trial of a Tecumseh farmer in ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has announced that he will be bringing an immigrant detained by ICE for a week in May 2025 to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

Moulton, who is running for U.S. Senate, announced Thursday that he has invited Marcelo Gomes da Silva to attend the annual address to the nation to “capture what’s ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Shane Killian’s neighbor heard loud bangs on the night of July 10, 2024, but assumed it was just someone lighting off the last of their fireworks from Independence Day.

Instead, the resident of Kitty Hawk Road in Alameda was hearing five family members being killed next door, gunned down one at a time, allegedly by Killian...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific assertion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change.

The repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding — a conclusion based on decades of science that ...Read more

A retired homicide and cold case sergeant is analyzing the “huge break” in the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie, “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s ailing mother who disappeared from her Tucson home nearly two weeks ago.

Troy Hillman, formerly of the Phoenix Police Department, told Us Weekly that the eerie footage and photos ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a year after the devastating Eaton fire — and following months of mounting pressure from survivors — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has opened a civil rights investigation into fire preparations and response, including how potential disparities may have affected west Altadena.

“My office will be investigating ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The confessed killer in Raleigh’s worst mass shooting has only vague memories of his violent path across Hedingham and may never be able to explain why he killed five people and wounded two more, a psychologist testified Thursday.

Dr. Jennifer Sapia examined Austin Thompson two years after the 2022 shooting, during which he ...Read more

More people are likely to be detained in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as investigators work through thousands of calls and tips in the search for the 84-year-old.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told 13 News that more people are likely to be questioned following the release of video footage showing an armed individual ...Read more

Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your home, the bridges you drive over, the sidewalks and buildings of cities. It is often described as the second-most used material by volume on Earth after water.

But the way concrete is made today also makes it a major contributor to climate change.

Portland cement, the ...Read more

Stephen Miller’s January 2026 announcement to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – telling them that they have “immunity to perform your duties” and that no “illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist” can stop them – may seem like an extreme statement outside the political mainstream.

And ...Read more

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Feb. 11, 2026 to approve the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act – or SAVE America Act. The bill would require individuals to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote and present photo identification when they do vote in federal elections.

This marks the third ...Read more

SEATTLE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be present at the summer FIFA 2026 Men’s World Cup games, including those held in Seattle.

In a hearing before Congress on Tuesday, acting director Todd Lyons told lawmakers immigration enforcement officials are “a key part of the overall security apparatus for the World Cup...Read more

MIAMI — Dozens of people poured into Miami City Hall last summer to urge commissioners to vote against an immigration enforcement agreement with ICE, warning that partnering with the federal agency could jeopardize the wellbeing of residents in Miami, a “city of immigrants.”

Despite public outcry, the commission voted 3-2 in June to sign ...Read more

Border czar Tom Homan on Thursday declared an end to President Donald Trump’s tumultuous Minneapolis immigration crackdown and claimed victory despite the killings of two U.S. citizens by immigration agents in recent weeks.

The tough-talking immigration boss called the unpopular operation a “great success” after arresting at least 4,000 ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — As forecasts called for freezing weather, David Hill planned to run sprinklers overnight, hoping a coating of ice would protect the crops at his Clermont farm.

But Hill, who owns Southern Hill Farms, had never tried freeze protection in temperatures as low as were predicted for the early hours of Feb. 1. So he decided to spray...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration will phase out all federal immigration agents in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday, Feb. 12, bringing an end in sight to what’s been described as the largest immigration enforcement deployment in U.S. history.

Homan said a significant drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota has already ...Read more