Robert Pratt, a federal judge in Iowa who served more than two decades on the bench, died Wednesday after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 78. His son, Michael Pratt, told The New York Times that his father died of a heart attack while at a gym. Pratt was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa by former President Bill Clinton in 1997 and...

Police arrested an illegal immigrant in Florida on charges of arson and felony criminal mischief, Florida police announced Sunday. Authorities say Marcelino Gillen-Hernandez attempted to start two fires on a property in Wahneta, Florida. Authorities first received reports from the property’s owner, who said she was able to extinguish the latest blaze with a garden hose after she saw it glowing under a mobile home on the property....

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday said federal agents have arrested two more individuals in connection with the storming of a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Bondi identified the suspects as Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson and said the arrests stem from a “coordinated attack on Cities Church” on Jan. 18. A total of nine individuals have now been charged in connection with the protest at...