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Saudis urge UAE to withdraw from Yemen after port strikes
Saudi Arabia told the United Arab Emirates to withdraw its forces from Yemen and halt support for armed groups there, ... Read More
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Inside the organized resistance to ICE in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS – Just before Friday prayer in south Minneapolis, Flannery Clark steered her family’s station wagon down congested E. Lake Street, seeking signs of federal agents.
Suddenly a full-size SUV with heavily ...Read more
Senior Atlanta Housing official accused of defrauding Section 8 program
ATLANTA — A senior executive at the Atlanta Housing Authority who oversaw one of the country’s largest Section 8 housing assistance programs allegedly used a fake name and a shell company to collect funds for a rental ...Read more
Search underway for Camila Mendoza Olmos, Texas teen missing since Christmas Eve
A search was underway in Texas on Tuesday for a teenage girl who has been missing since Christmas Eve, police said.
Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen leaving her house in northwest Bexar County on Wednesday just before 7...Read more
European leaders discuss Ukraine as Russia 'toughens' stance
European leaders held a call to discuss Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country’s negotiating position, claiming Ukrainian drones targeted a residence of his.
“Our work to ...Read more
Saudis urge UAE to withdraw forces from Yemen after arms strikes
Saudi Arabia said the United Arab Emirates must withdraw its forces from Yemen and halt support for armed groups operating in the war-torn country, issuing its strongest public rebuke yet of its Gulf ally’s role in the ...Read more
Thailand delays POW return, accuses Cambodia of ceasefire breach
Thailand is still considering when to release 18 Cambodian soldiers captured in July, delaying a decision originally expected by midday Tuesday over accusations Cambodia breached the terms of a recent ceasefire.
As part ...Read more
'No-brainer': St. Cloud, Florida's new drone program joins nationwide trend as city, population grows
ORLANDO, Fla. — When a mental health call came in to St. Cloud police last fall of a man digging into the street with a fixed-blade knife, officers weren’t the only ones to respond.
A drone, deployed and piloted from ...Read more
As Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps
After Missouri lawmakers passed a gerrymandered congressional map this fall, opponents submitted more than 300,000 signatures seeking to force a statewide vote on whether to overturn the map. But Republican state officials...Read more
California has lost more than a quarter of its immigration judges this year
LOS ANGELES — More than a quarter of federal immigration judges in California have been fired, retired or quit since the start of the Trump administration.
The reduction follows a trend in immigration courts nationwide ...Read more
Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes
CHICAGO — When it comes to Chicago and crime, perception isn’t always reality.
At times, 2025 brought deadly chaos to Chicago’s shimmering downtown: An 18-victim mass shooting in River North, the worst the city’s ...Read more
'I'll bring 'em to you': Georgia police teamed with ICE at traffic stops
ATLANTA — Earlier this fall, local police pulled over a silver work van in Hoschton, a small city northeast of Gwinnett County, over a malfunctioning brake light.
Just three minutes later, the officer was speaking to an...Read more
China holds more Taiwan military drills as Trump downplays worry
President Donald Trump downplayed China’s latest maneuvers around Taiwan, while the People’s Liberation Army started a second day of drills that included live-fire practice in response to a major American weapons sale....Read more
Trump claims US destroyed Venezuelan dock used for drug shipments
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States has destroyed a docking area used by suspected drug traffickers in Venezuela, marking what would be the first publicly acknowledged U.S. ground strike inside the ...Read more
Chicago nonprofit sues Department of Education over alleged 'unlawful' grant program cuts
A Chicago nonprofit, in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over funding cuts to a program that has long provided wraparound services to students in high-poverty ...Read more
A couple told patients they'd created a breakthrough medical device. In a Philadelphia courtroom, they admitted it was all a lie.
She went by Dr. Mary, and her promise was a tantalizing medical breakthrough.
At clinics operated in Arizona and several other states, Mary Blakley and her husband, Fred, told patients that for just $300, they could ...Read more
Federal court sides with Nevada, states over FEMA grants release
State Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a court order Monday that blocks the Trump administration from imposing unlawful conditions on two federal emergency grants following a lawsuit filed by Nevada and 11 other ...Read more
NC Education Lottery sales soar as schools' share continues to fall, audit says
North Carolina Education Lottery ticket sales surged to a record $6.6 billion last year, but the percentage of revenue transferred to public schools continued to decline, according to a new state audit released Monday.
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House fire kills NASCAR star Denny Hamlin's dad, badly injures mom: report
A North Carolina house fire reportedly killed the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and critically injured his mother.
The Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services said on Facebook that multiple ...Read more
DOJ ends monitoring of Orange County district attorney's use of informants
More than a decade after a jailhouse snitch scandal rocked the Orange County district attorney's office and nearly upended the prosecution of the deadliest mass shooting in county history, federal officials announced they ...Read more
Reputed Mexican Mafia 'shot caller' wins California Supreme Court fight over fines and fees
California civil liberties groups cheered a decision by the state Supreme Court that wipes out hundreds of dollars in fines for a reputed Mexican Mafia member — a move advocates say strengthens protections for indigent...Read more
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