A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining defendants in the “Broadview Six” case, further winnowing a politically charged prosecution that is now down to misdemeanor counts of impeding an immigration agent. “Congratulations, you all are no longer charged with felonies,” U.S. District Judge April Perry told the four defendants in granting a motion from prosecutors to dismiss the lone conspiracy charge in the indictment. The decision comes days after defense attorneys accused the U.S. attorney’s office of reneging on a promise to dismiss the charge, deciding instead to wait until after trial — which prosecutors said was the “usual” protocol for the office. Attorney Christopher Parente, who represents Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw, took it a step further, suggesting the delay in dismissing the charge was part of a “shell game” to avoid having to turn over unredacted grand jury transcripts to the judge. In a motion earlier this week, Parente said that based on what has been turned over so far, it seemed likely the U.S. attorney’s office either misinstructed the grand jury on the law, had “improper or prejudicial” interactions with the panel, or failed to instruct the grand jury at all. Any of those scenarios, he said, would give the Department of Justice “yet another public black eye.”

"I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards,” Ken Martin wrote in an essay on Substack on Thursday.

A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone.

Exclusive: Body-cam footage shared with the Guardian shows agents forced workers out of a van in what a judge has called ‘unlawful’ arrest

Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, took a swing at a smaller developer over open source code. The fallout may have exposed an ancient violation.

The highly produced films offer a glimpse into Cary’s government under a former town manager accused of over-the-top spending.

In the years since his 1996 conviction, the state’s case against Tony Carruthers has collapsed. But he still can't get a new trial.

Images obtained over a two-decade study suggest that a mysterious dog native to the Bolivian Amazon could be more abundant than previously believed.

If a Republican is making it, there is no request that Reed O’Connor won’t grant.

Security guard Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad were killed in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

A British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling US$9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand.

A seagull left a lasting impression Wednesday on King Charles III during his visit to Northern Ireland. The bird dropped a surprise from above, hitting the King’s suit jacket and splattering others around him, including members of the press.

One health provider who works on the ground says that basic medical equipment like masks and hand sanitizers are in short supply due to funding cuts.

A man is in jail after he intentionally drove his Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake. Here's why he did it, according to police Grapevine Police said he faces charges of operating a vehicle in a closed section of the park, but also with boat-related charges including not having a valid boat registration and not having lifejackets or a fire extinguisher on board the truck. Ed note: The boat related charges are "chef's kiss"

Despite medical concerns and no FDA approval, startups are betting big on gray-market peptides. A few years ago, entrepreneur Julius Ritter was a peptide skeptic. Then he started injecting the compounds regularly into his stomach and backside. Ritter, a blond, brown-eyed 24-year-old with a Clavicular jaw, claims they fixed his lagging energy levels and stalled muscle gains in the gym. His current protocol includes two peptides, retatrutide and BPC-157, that are available as “research use only.” On a recent Sunday, Ritter decided to bring his wellness discussions out of the group chats and into the real world. He hosted the inaugural California Peptide Club meeting at AGI House, a multimillion-dollar Twin Peaks mansion where aspiring AI entrepreneurs rent rooms and work. Ritter, who is president of the house, decorated it for the gathering with toga-clad mannequins, their sashes adorned with syringes.

Hayden Panettiere says an Oscar-winning actor and director showed her his testicles, without consent, when she was just a teenager. ... Panettiere says she was leaving a gathering -- having grown uncomfortable while chatting with a group of men near the end of the night -- when a "well-respected" Oscar winner approached her as she was putting on a coat and complained about the gum stuck to his pants. HP writes she looked down ... but, instead of gum, she found herself staring at the star's sack -- a sight at which she instantly recoiled.

When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him. Smoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinner on Saturday for the three people who share his house in Esperance in Western Australia state when he spotted the frog among the leaves inside the sealed plastic bag he’d bought from a supermarket, housemate Laura Jones said on Tuesday. “He’s like, ‘Oh Bro, there’s a frog in the lettuce.’ And we’re like, ‘No, you’re taking the mick, like that’s not real,’” Jones told AP. Taking the mick is a slang term for attempting to fool someone.

The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of funding threats from the federal government last year. The unusual appeal before the Supreme Court stemmed from a trial judge’s rejection of a preliminary injunction for four trans plaintiffs who are minors seeking treatment from Children’s Colorado. The plaintiffs alleged that the cessation of services based on their status violates the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. While multiple considerations inform whether a judge should grant an injunction, the Supreme Court’s majority concluded the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their underlying discrimination claims and that the hypothetical harm to the broader public from withdrawn federal funding could not outweigh the plaintiffs’ rights.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that the historic Kamal Maula mosque is a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess.