The Epstein files are still being released by the thousands after the deadline for the Department of Justice to disclose them passed on Friday.

On Tuesday another 10,000 files were uploaded to a government website – much of which covered the Federal Bureau of Investigations inquiry into the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in 2019. The ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday not to pardon Durham billionaire and major GOP campaign donor Greg Lindberg, who was convicted in a federal case connected to an attempted bribe of the commissioner.

Lindberg was twice convicted in connection with a bribery scheme in ...Read more

NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday ordered the NYPD to reinstate 31 rookie cops the department had attempted to fire over allegations they were unqualified to serve and therefore illegally hired.

State Supreme Court Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond directed the affected probationary officers be returned to active duty after the NYPD in July told the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The rainbow crosswalk in the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach was vandalized with homophobic slurs written in spray paint early Tuesday morning, according to a Facebook post from the district’s official page.

The spray paint was discovered at the intersection of 19th Street and Cypress Avenue Tuesday morning by city ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — At least two people were killed and multiple people injured after a possible gas explosion rocked a Bucks County, Pa., nursing home Tuesday, triggering a widespread emergency response and dramatic rescues and causing destruction that Gov. Josh Shapiro described as “quite catastrophic.”

Just before 2:20 p.m., an explosion ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Chinese military is in the midst of a “historic military buildup” that has made the U.S. homeland “increasingly vulnerable,” according to the latest edition of a Pentagon report on the capabilities of the Chinese military, presenting a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plans for new limitations on U.S., Chinese ...Read more

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Elected officials, religious leaders and community activists gathered Tuesday in City Hall to condemn recent “aggressive” and “appalling” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the resort town.

“The reason I’m here is because just last week, our community was attacked,” said Alexander Mendoza,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tips provided to federal investigators about Donald Trump's alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's schemes with young women and girls are "sensationalist" and "untrue," the Justice Department said on Tuesday, after a new tranche of files released from the probe featured multiple references to the president.

The documents ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Sentinel sued the Florida Department of Transportation on Tuesday, seeking to compel the release of public records related to the state’s decision to remove a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub where 49 people were gunned down almost a decade ago.

The Sentinel requested a variety of documents in late ...Read more

A Delaware State Police trooper was shot and killed while responding to a report of an active shooter on Tuesday in Wilmington.

“One Delaware State Trooper has been confirmed killed during this incident,” Delaware State Police said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We are continuing to assess additional injuries.”

The suspected shooter...Read more

DENVER — Twenty-four hours after she was released from immigration detention, Jeanette Vizguerra stood on the steps of a federal courthouse in downtown Denver on Tuesday and pledged to keep fighting the crackdown that still threatens to remove her from the country.

Her attempts to regain her freedom, even temporarily, had galvanized ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein’s August 2019 death in federal custody put an end to a criminal investigation into his sex crimes that had been brought a month earlier by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.

It might have also put an end to a nascent financial investigation into the deceased financier by the U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other people for trying to make American tech companies police political speech on their platforms.

“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The families of seven people killed in the July 1 fireworks explosion in Esparto have filed a $35 million claim against Yolo County, state fireworks regulators and several public officials, alleging widespread negligence that allowed an illegal and unsafe fireworks operation to continue.

The claim is a precursor to any ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, 9, was found dead in a rural part of Utah's Wayne County from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said. Her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder.

Cartridge cases found at the Utah crime scene in December were linked to a cartridge case that was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump on Tuesday and said he did not have legal authority to deploy the National Guard in Chicago to protect federal immigration agents.

Acting on a 6-3 vote, the justices denied Trump's appeal and upheld orders from a federal district judge and the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of ...Read more