Tropical Storm Melissa is on track to threaten Haiti as a hurricane over the weekend, bringing heavy rains and life-threatening flooding to the island nation. Jamaica and Cuba also could feel the effects as the storm meanders slowly north in the Caribbean.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday put Haiti’s southern peninsula under a ...Read more

NEW YORK — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped down on Canal Street in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon in a surprise raid and detained a number of individuals, police sources said.

ICE agents rounded up people along several blocks of Canal St., from Church St. to Lafayette St., on the borders of Soho, Tribeca and ...Read more

ATLANTA — He calmly walked into the Atlanta airport, watching the crowd of travelers hurrying to make their flights. Billy Joe Cagle wasn’t carrying luggage or anything else, and didn’t look rushed.

It was 9:31 on a Monday morning. Minutes later, one of Cagle’s relatives walked into the Cartersville police station after being alarmed by...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia called new evidence presented by President Donald Trump’s administration weak and untrustworthy in a blistering legal response to federal efforts to investigate its doctors providing gender-affirming care.

CHOP’s response, filed late Monday in federal court in Philadelphia, came in ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — With a new state budget already four months overdue, leaders in the North Carolina House and Senate, both controlled by Republicans, have agreed on a small spending bill they approved on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, there was still a chance the deal — even as minor as it was — could have fallen apart, according to a top ...Read more

ATLANTA — He calmly walked into the Atlanta airport, watching the crowd of travelers hurrying to make their flights. Billy Joe Cagle wasn’t carrying luggage or anything else, and didn’t look rushed.

It was 9:31 on a Monday morning. Minutes later, one of Cagle’s relatives called police.

Then, two police agencies 55 miles apart worked ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, who is serving life in prison for killing four University of Idaho students, are protesting a request to tack on additional restitution paid by their client to cover expenses for two of the victims’ families and will make arguments in court in two weeks.

Prosecutors submitted financial ...Read more

Alaskans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits cut off next month due to the ongoing government shutdown, state officials said Monday.

The shutdown, now entering its third week, stems from disagreements between Democrats and Republicans in Congress on how to fund the federal government, leaving thousands of federal ...Read more

As hundreds of people gathered at the legislature on Tuesday to protest a new redistricting bill, several hundred others met across the street at the state’s natural science museum to call for more Medicaid funding — warning that cuts to provider payment rates will ripple down to patients.

After convening at the museum, the group, which ...Read more

A $152.3 million judgment accepted by Baltimore City in an opioid lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies McKesson and Cencora could be overturned after McKesson filed an appeal.

The appeal was filed on Oct. 1, according to court documents.

The judgment, which the city accepted in August, has not been finalized and the money has not been ...Read more

State lawmakers are moving to increase funding for the legislative police department that is tasked with protecting legislators, staff and visitors to the North Carolina General Assembly.

Republican leaders unveiled a limited, small-scale spending bill on Tuesday, amid stalled negotiations on a full two-year state budget, that they said would ...Read more

LONDON — European nations are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia’s war along current battle lines, pushing back against Vladimir Putin’s renewed demands to the U.S. for Kyiv to surrender territory in return for a peace deal.

A peace board chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump would oversee implementation of the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Republican Michigan lawmaker criticized a Democratic-backed resolution to condemn political violence, labeling the proposal "complete bulls---" during a speech Tuesday on the Senate floor.

The remarks from Sen. Joe Bellino of Monroe eventually spurred Sen. Erika Geiss, D-Taylor, who was leading the Senate at the time, to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump potentially closed the door to another reconciliation bill Tuesday, telling Republican senators at the White House that this summer’s “big beautiful bill” contained “everything” he desired and that no additional legislation is necessary.

Soon after the reconciliation package became law in July, ...Read more

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population has ticked up again, according to local researchers who say they’re “cautiously optimistic” about the species.

The updated population estimate for 2024 is 384 — which is a 2.1% increase from the 2023 estimate of 376.

Scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson ...Read more

Former President Joe Biden completed a round of radiation therapy at a Penn Medicine cancer center in Philadelphia Monday as part of his treatment for prostate cancer, according to a family representative.

Biden, 82, announced in May that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease that had spread to his bones.

A spokesperson ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has joined fellow Senate Republicans in signing on to a letter urging top health officials in the Trump administration to rescind approval for a drug used in one of the most common methods of abortion.

In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary ...Read more

President Trump has reportedly demanded the Justice Department pay him $230 million in compensation for past investigations against him — and he just may get his wish.

Trump’s claims against the department, which he’s staffed with allies including his former personal attorney, is without precedent, according to The New York Times.

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MIAMI — Attorneys for one of the Alexander brothers is asking the judge to sanction the lead prosecutor because new witness testimony indicates the victim wanted to drop the case, according to court documents filed Monday night.

In the 95-page motion filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, attorneys Edward O’Donnell and Joel Denaro — who are ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jean-Michel Basquiat, the lauded artist whose legacy has endured decades after his passing, now has a small stretch of downtown Manhattan named in his honor.

On Tuesday, officials with the New York City Council joined the Basquiat estate, members of the artist’s family, cultural leaders and local community members to unveil Jean-...Read more