Washington — President Biden will still leave for Japan as scheduled on Wednesday but skip stops in Australia and Papua New Guinea to return to the U.S. early to work on the debt ceiling, the White House said. That news came as the president met with the top four congressional …

Washington — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate floor on Wednesday, appearing in public for the first time in nearly three months after health issues prompted even some members of her own party to call for her resignation. Feinstein, 89, was helped from a car outside the Capitol …

Former President Donald Trump has endured a string of costly legal setbacks that stand to drain his bank account.  On Monday, his attorneys said he’s unlikely to secure a bond for the nearly half-billion he and other defendants need to pause a judge’s February ruling in a New York civil fraud case. …

A Nashville hotel guest was sleeping soundly when at 5 a.m., he woke up to find a man licking his toes. Now, the hotel’s night manager has been arrested, is being accused of sexual assault and is being sued, along with the hotel.  The hotel guest, Peter Brennan, says when …

Security camera footage from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has come under further scrutiny by federal investigators in special counsel Jack Smith’s office in recent months, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  Prosecutors have asked witnesses testifying before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., about the …

New York City is adding a new weapon to its crime-fighting arsenal: Apple AirTags.  At least some people are eligible to receive the free bluetooth-powered tracking devices to combat a spike in car thefts in the five boroughs, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday. The city will distribute 500 of …

An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold 20 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000. The April 5 indictment, unsealed Friday in federal court in Little Rock, accuses Candace Chapman Scott, 36, a former mortuary worker, …

A group of U.S. tech companies have been accused of trying to game the immigration system by colluding to file multiple applications for individuals in the H-1B visa program that allows companies to hire skilled foreign workers.  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it saw a large increase in the number …

A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 was released from prison on Monday, CBS Minnesota confirmed. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Kim Potter, the former officer, was released at 4 …

Comcast announced Sunday that NBCUniversal Chief Executive Officer Jeff Shell would be departing the company following an investigation into a complaint of an “inappropriate relationship.” “The Company and Jeff Shell, Chief Executive Officer of NBCUniversal, have mutually agreed that Mr. Shell will depart effective immediately following the Company’s investigation led …