WILSONVILLE, Ga. — South Georgia farmer Drew Walker knew Hurricane Helene was headed for Florida‘s Big Bend region, but couldn’t imagine it would ravage swathes of farm and timberland more than 100 miles inland.

Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 26, the storm‘s rumbling winds woke Walker out of bed at his home in Wilsonville, about 25 miles ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – Leslie and Frank Hall had just rebuilt their home on the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Idalia in 2023 when they watched in horror as Hurricane Helene — a monster of a storm — barreled into their coastal community last September and wiped out their house and business.

It was a staggering one-two punch for the couple and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As hot, dry and disastrous as the last few years have been, it appears that the chaos caused by a warming planet is just getting started.

Though the hottest year in nearly two centuries was recorded only last year, the world will probably shatter that record yet again by 2029, according to a new report from the World ...Read more

MIAMI — Easing herself into the sofa in her Cutler Bay studio apartment, Alida Gonzalez said she’s been trying to relax recently. But, she continued, living in a daily state of “counting pennies,” particularly at the grocery store, takes its toll. And that’s even with the help of the roughly $100 she receives each month from the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration has declared Baltimore City, the state of Maryland and multiple counties and cities within the Old Line State to be “sanctuary” jurisdictions violating federal immigration laws — a move that could lead to grant cuts and other penalties for the city.

The move comes 31 days after Trump issued an ...Read more

NEW YORK — Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos joined immigration advocates on Thursday to demand federal authorities release Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained in an immigration courthouse.

Dylan, 20, an asylum seeker from Venezuela and a student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy, was arrested at a routine court hearing last week ...Read more

Ripple recalls from yet another salmonella outbreak traced to a Florida grower’s cucumbers are washing over Kroger, Walmart, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Weis Markets, Tops and various brands.

Delray Beach’s Bedner Growers did the cucumber growing, Delray’s Fresh Start Produce did the cucumber distributing and, now, multiple companies are doing...Read more

Philadelphia stood among 16 Pennsylvania cities and counties named Thursday night on the Trump administration’s list of sanctuary jurisdictions, places now to receive formal notice of what the president calls non-compliance with federal immigration law.

Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties also were put on the list. So were the cities of...Read more

Bernard “Bernie” Kerik, the city’s police commissioner on 9/11 and a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died at age 69, sources said Thursday.

Kerik had been commissioner for just one year before he was faced with the biggest terroristic attack ever on U.S. soil on Sept. 11, 2001. He heroically led the NYPD through the devastating ...Read more

Just weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump declared a “total reset” with China following a trade truce in Geneva, tensions are rising again between the world’s biggest economies.

Trump’s administration Wednesday announced it would start revoking Chinese student visas, while also introducing new restrictions on the sales of chip design...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In an eleventh-hour shocker, the Philadelphia school board did not sign off on an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice as expected Thursday.

The district is under investigation by federal officials for its asbestos management practices, according to a board document.

The school board had been scheduled Thursday to ...Read more

An official report outlining potential ethics violations by U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., said there was probable cause to believe that she “accepted campaign contributions linked to an official action.”

If proven, the allegation contained in a document released Thursday by the House Ethics Committee could be a violation of ...Read more

Most Americans are skeptical of the government’s stance on the emergence of COVID-19, according to new polling.

In the latest YouGov/Economist survey, 60% of respondents said they have no or little trust in “what the U.S. government says about the origins of COVID-19.” In contrast, 39% said they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust...Read more

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday revised his proposal to overhaul the State Department to include a new undersecretary-level position to oversee foreign aid after his April proposal was panned by Democrats for downgrading the role of international assistance and human rights in the department.

In an official transmittal...Read more

MIAMI — Despite strongly criticizing the state’s top legal officer, a Miami federal judge on Thursday put off deciding whether to hold Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court in a politically fraught immigration case.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams found Uthmeier violated her temporary restraining order to stop ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After losing last month in Orange County Superior Court, the state of California is asking a state appellate court to overturn a Huntington Beach measure that could require voters to present photo identification to cast ballots in local elections.

Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, California's ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is one of hundreds of jurisdictions across the U.S. that the Department of Homeland Security labeled as a so-called “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, a classification the mayor and Nevada’s governor rejects.

“These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to ...Read more

Against an unrelenting chorus of heckling, jeering and chanting from protesters gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday, U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans and Lauren Boebert roundly praised President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill that both Republicans voted for in the U.S. House last week.

“There is a lot of good in this bill, and, ...Read more