Vanessa Romo

Civil rights lawyers won a ruling that Orleans Parish judges cannot impose fines on defendants without holding a "neutral forum" to learn about their ability to pay.

It's the third federal court to rule that the government had failed to justify its decision to end the program. The administration has 20 days to appeal, before immigrant protections are reinstated.

Police investigating the October 2017 attack said they've been able to answer the "who, what, when, where and how" of the massacre, but as the probe ends, officials cannot explain the "why."

The complaint, filed Thursday, alleges the Trump administration is "waging a relentless campaign to sabotage and, ultimately, to nullify the law." They say that violates the Constitution.

The agency was ordered to continue payments for Puerto Rico disaster survivors living in hotels after their homes were destroyed nearly 11 months ago. The extension expires on Aug. 31.

The judge said the untraceable weapons could end up in the wrong hands. But it's unclear how effective the order is since some gun plans have already been online for four days.

The lawsuit is seeking a temporary restraining order to bar the government from lifting export control restrictions and stop a company from posting downloadable gun plans online later this week.

The company's board of directors decided not to take further action against the CEO and chairman as it conducts an independent investigation into sexual assault allegations against him.

A timeline based on video and audio recovered from the vessel indicate tourists were given safety instructions about 10 minutes before the weather turned. The boat capsized and 17 people died.

As of Thursday morning officials reported 711 children had yet to be reunited with their parents or an approved sponsor. Some 1,800 children have been handed over to their parents or sponsors.

Kaitlan Collins said she was told not to attend a later White House press event because Trump communications officials didn't like the questions she had asked earlier in the day.

Eleven boys swapped their lay clothes for saffron-colored robes in a religious rite Wednesday. They'll spend nine days following Buddhist precepts in honor of the diver who died during their rescue.

Officials said 1,012 parents and children separated at the border have already been reunited. But up to 463 parents may have been deported or have voluntarily left without their children.

Nicole Maines, the transgender activist who brought a landmark case on allowing trans people to use the restroom of their choice, is marking another historic first as Nia Nal.

Park Geun-hye was already serving 24 years in jail. On Friday a court convicted the disgraced leader of illegally receiving funds from a state agency and breaking election laws.

Officials said the allegations of inappropriate touching and harassment date from 1979 to 1997. They include students who were varsity players in 14 sports and patients of Student Health Services.

The homeowners were fined thousands of dollars by Mount Dora officials for making their two-story house and surrounding wall look like Van Gogh's famous painting. On Tuesday, the mayor apologized.

Walter Carr's car broke down. He set out to make a grueling 20-mile walk to his first assignment. It turned into an odyssey of kind gestures and generosity.

Current and former tenants say the company exposed them to toxic dust, noise and rats, forcing them out of their rent-stabilized apartments and making way for luxury-condo buyers.

A basketball-sized lava bomb slammed through the roof of a tour boat near an active fissure of the Hawaiian volcano early Monday morning, showering the vessel with debris.