Rihem Akkouche

In a major victory for prosecutors, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the chilling 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz — a case that captivated the nation and helped launch the modern missing children movement. By a 6-3 vote, with the three liberal justices dissenting, the Court The Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, overturning a lower court reversal.

In a stunning development that has rocked one of the nation’s largest school districts, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has announced his resignation — just months after the FBI raided his home and office, placing him on administrative leave. The district confirmed Sunday that Carvalho’s resignation is effective June 21, 2026. The LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned months after an FBI raid on his home and office. The move comes amid scrutiny over a failed $6 million AI chatbot deal with a company whose CEO faces fraud charges.

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping plan that would dramatically increase the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship, charging legal immigrants hundreds of dollars more while eliminating key fee waivers and reductions for low-income applicants. Under the proposed regulation from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the fee for citizenship applications would jump from The Trump administration proposes raising U.S. citizenship application fees by up to $570 while eliminating waivers for low-income applicants, sparking debate over access to legal immigration.

A federal judge has delivered a major blow to the Trump administration’s ambitious plan to build a centralized database containing Social Security numbers and sensitive citizenship information on millions of Americans, blocking what critics called a sweeping and potentially unlawful surveillance tool aimed at overhauling federal elections. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled Monday that A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from creating a massive centralized database with Social Security numbers and citizenship data for voters, citing privacy violations and unreliable information.

A federal judge has delivered a blistering rebuke to the Trump administration, quashing six grand jury subpoenas targeting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and other state and local officials — ruling they were retaliatory, unethical, and an abuse of the grand jury process. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found that the Justice A federal judge has blocked Trump administration subpoenas against Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, calling them retaliatory and unlawful.

In a landmark partnership that underscores the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence, Chevron has signed a 20-year agreement to supply natural gas to Microsoft’s enormous new data center in West Texas. The project, dubbed Project Kilby, is expected to consume a staggering 2.7 gigawatts of electricity — enough to power roughly 2 million homes. Chevron has signed a 20-year deal to supply natural gas to Microsoft’s massive 2.7-gigawatt AI data center in West Texas.

In a move that has outraged victims' families, the storied Camp Mystic — the Hill Country girls camp devastated by catastrophic flooding last Fourth of July — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, effectively pausing multiple lawsuits seeking accountability for the deaths of 25 campers and two counselors. The filing, submitted at 1 a.m. Camp Mystic, the site of a catastrophic flood that killed 27 people last year, has filed for bankruptcy to pause lawsuits from grieving families alleging negligence.

In a sweeping and decisive ruling, a federal judge in San Jose has dismantled a controversial Trump administration policy that permitted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to conduct mass arrests inside U.S. immigration courthouses — a practice critics decried as intimidating vulnerable asylum seekers at their most vulnerable moments. U.S. District Court Judge P. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s policy allowing ICE agents to make arrests inside immigration courthouses, ruling it unlawful.

Three employees at a South Carolina Wendy's have been arrested after allegedly taking a customer's complained-about order from the trash, spitting on it, and then serving the contaminated food back to her in a disturbing act of retaliation. Aaliyah Shuntai Sanders, 23, Trinity Lashell Rice, 19, and Shadela Crystal Holley were each charged with tampering Three Wendy's employees in South Carolina were arrested after allegedly pulling a customer's food from the trash, spitting on it, and serving it back following a complaint.

A former Arby's manager in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, is facing serious felony charges after police say surveillance video captured her deliberately spitting into a customer's sandwiches — an act that a subsequent lawsuit claims transmitted a herpes infection to the victim. Amanda Hendricks has been charged with felony poisoning with intent to injure following the An Arby's manager in Oklahoma is facing felony poisoning charges after allegedly spitting in a customer's food, with the victim claiming it caused a herpes infection.