Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison got into a shouting match during a Senate hearing Thursday morning over a federal investigation into fraud in the state. The senator accused Ellison of being complicit in a fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of federal funds allocated for Minnesota social service programs. Federal prosecutors estimate that millions of dollars were stolen during this scheme.
Air Force rescue aircrews assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group conducted a long-range water rescue of a civilian aboard a tanker in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.
The state’s attorney general will examine whether emergency responders failed to adequately warn the residents of West Altadena, a Black middle-class neighborhood that was devastated in a 2025 blaze.
It’s finally warming up, which means the storm will most likely bring rain instead of more dreaded ice. But forecasters warned that there may be a lot of it.