US judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residents

A federal judge in California has barred Border Patrol agents from arresting someone suspected of living in the U.S. illegally unless they have a warrant or a reason to believe the person might flee before a warrant
At little-known US research lab, Bondi meets with scientists studying illicit drugs to stop the flow

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key player in the U.S. government’s battle to combat the flow of deadly fentanyl is a team at a little-known research lab in northern Virginia that’s working to analyze seized narcotics and gather
Starbucks’ new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant’s first 3D printed store in the US

There’s a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S. The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening this week in
Iraq detains Islamic State suspect accused of helping to incite New Orleans truck ramming attack

An official with the Islamic State group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025,
Bob Filner, a former U.S. congressman who also had an embattled term as San Diego mayor, dies at 82

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bob Filner, a 10-term U.S. congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct allegations, has died. He was 82.
Hegseth boasts about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump had signed into law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting women on security teams — and may not have realized the program he tried to break was not
Impaired driver who struck and killed a Connecticut trooper is sentenced to 18 years

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A man who was high on drugs when he struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper on a highway last year was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison, punishment not considered
Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife, died from hantavirus, autopsy confirms

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday that said that her lungs were heavy and
Wisconsin clerk who failed to count November votes violated multiple policies, investigators say

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former clerk who somehow failed to count nearly 200 ballots in Wisconsin’s capital city didn’t break any laws but did violate multiple policies and her contractual duty to supervise elections and maintain
Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump’s US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world’s