Police in Providence, Rhode Island, released new photos Wednesday of an individual they say they would like to speak to as they search for the person responsible for the deadly shooting at Brown University over the weekend.

“Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is poised to head into the new year facing several political and economic headwinds that could hamstring Republicans in the coming midterm elections.

As his poll numbers sag and a stubborn economy continues to frustrate voters, Trump is expected to depart Washington on Friday to spend Christmas and New Year...Read more

Three weeks after Jamaica was battered by the worst hurricane to hit the island on record, roads were still clogged with debris, thousands remained without electricity, and at Jakes Hotel on the island’s hard-hit Treasure Beach, brother and sister Jason and Justine Henzell were in a quandary.

As they worked to help farmers and fishermen in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, readying the mammoth $900.6 billion measure for a presidential signature.

The final vote on the House-Senate compromise was 77-20. The almost 3,100-page bill calls for spending $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Donald Trump ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jury trials scheduled for next year for the three men accused in the 2024 mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally outside Union Station have been postponed or are facing possible delay, court records show.

A judge has postponed one defendant’s case to 2027; another judge has continued a second defendant’s trial; ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An effort to force a vote on Democrats’ proposal to extend expiring tax subsidies for three years reached the required signatures, after four Republicans signed on to the discharge petition Wednesday morning.

The discharge petition triggers a vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced subsidies under the Affordable ...Read more

NEW YORK — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is reportedly stepping away from the job he started in February.

The former New York City police officer plans to leave his FBI post in Washington, D.C. and resume his career as a media personality, according to the New York Times.

Bongino is said to have told multiple people that this week could be...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The children of Rob and Michele Reiner broke their silence Wednesday, issuing a statement thanking the public for their support in the days since their brother was arrested on suspicion of murdering their parents.

Jake and Romy Reiner asked that speculation about the case “be tempered with compassion and humanity.”

Here is ...Read more

A handful of moderate Republican lawmakers Wednesday joined congressional Democrats to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that could avert skyrocketing insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans, even as GOP leaders bulldozed ahead with a doomed plan of their own that would allow the aid to expire.

Four GOP ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fayette County Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins told families Tuesday he would recommend the school board keep open The Stables for at least another year after parents rallied around the specialty program.

The cash-strapped district has considered closing the program, which offers specialized learning for students in a...Read more

DENVER — The Trump administration plans to shut down and dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, a global leader in climate and Earth systems research — a move that drew sharp rebuke from elected officials in Colorado.

“This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country,” Russ ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday morning, roughly three days after allegedly killing his parents — beloved Hollywood figures Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — inside their Brentwood home.

Flanked by his attorney, Alan Jackson, and two other lawyers, Reiner was barely visible ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The 990-foot SS United States could be making waves as an artificial reef at the bottom of the Florida Panhandle coast as early as March, according to a tentative timeline from its new owners in Florida.

Even so, hope still springs eternal for the most ardent swath of ship enthusiasts who’d rather see it restored to its ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is appointing Jahmila Edwards, a top official in the city’s DC 37 union, as his intergovernmental relations chief, sources familiar with the matter tell the Daily News.

Edwards’ appointment is expected to be announced at a press conference in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning, the sources said. Mamdani, ...Read more

MIAMI — Is your license plate frame illegal in Florida?

That’s the question drivers have been confused about since a revised law took effect Oct. 1.

The law isn’t new. The penalties are.

But drivers are jamming social media wondering whether they should remove their car dealer or sports team frames, or leave them alone. There are plenty...Read more

The U.S. is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. is considering options, such as targeting vessels in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers used to ...Read more

Congressional Republicans bulldozed ahead Wednesday with a doomed health bill that wouldn’t extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that could avert skyrocketing insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans on Jan. 1.

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected efforts by some Republican moderates to win a vote on an amendment that would call...Read more

Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado has left Norway, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

Machado’s whereabouts are currently unknown, and Store provided no further details. Spokesperson Magalli Meda said by text message that Machado “is taking care of her health” and that she needs some time off.

The ...Read more

The U.S. is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. is considering options, such as targeting vessels in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers used to ...Read more