FBI analysts conducted improper searches on a U.S. senator and two state officials using a foreign intelligence database, according to a declassified court opinion released Friday, despite wide-ranging procedural and accountability reforms the bureau recently instituted to curb possible misuse.   According to an April 2023 opinion of the Foreign …

A human skeleton found near the University of California, Berkeley campus earlier this year was identified as the remains of a man who was killed several years ago, police said. The man was identified from DNA evidence as Steven Lawrence McCreary of Texas, who wasn’t affiliated with the university, UC …

In a few short years, China-based apps Shein and Temu have surged within the U.S. consumer landscape, offering a seemingly endless variety of clothes, makeup and household goods at rock-bottom prices.  Now the two are locked in a legal battle with each accusing the other of illegal conduct in their …

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is facing widespread criticism from political leaders and civil rights organizations after a video surfaced of him making false claims that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to attack certain ethnic groups while sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people — a conspiracy theory that drew accusations of antisemitism …

Medicare last week agreed to cover the new drug Leqembi, the first medication proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s green light of the pricey drug. The decision was cheered by the Alzheimer’s Association and others who advocate for the 6.7 million U.S. …

A man found dead in a freezer in Minnesota last month was hiding from police, investigators said in a preliminary report. The body of 34-year-old Brandon Lee Buschman of Babbitt, Minnesota, was found in a chest freezer in the basement of an unoccupied home in the town of Biwabik on …

Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate PRIME, a beverage brand founded by the YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, and to warn parents about the drink and the high amount of caffeine it contains. The brand has become very popular among teens and pre-teens, …

“Sopranos” and “White Lotus” actor Michael Imperioli says he’s not allowing “bigots and homophobes” from watching any of the work he’s been in after the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado designer opposed to making same-sex wedding websites. Imperioli, 57, wrote an Instagram post condemning the high court’s decision over the …

Receiving an acceptance letter from Harvard University is seen as the American golden ticket — official entry into a college that has produced eight U.S. presidents, more billionaires and millionaires than most any other schools, and some of the world’s most lauded thinkers. Harvard is also notoriously hard to get into, with …

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday rejected death row inmate Rodney Reed’s latest innocence claims. The rejection came four years after the state’s highest court issued a stay days before Reed’s scheduled execution for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Lee Stites.  Reed was arrested after his sperm …