A top cartel leader was killed during a raid carried out by Mexican authorities in the western state of Jalisco, fueling violent clashes across the country but winning praise from the US.

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as “El Mencho,” was slain in a federal operation against the ...Read more

U.S. citizens in Puerto Vallarta and elsewhere in Jalisco and other states were urged by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico to shelter in place on Sunday as chaos erupted after the Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes – known as “El Mencho”.

The killing set off hours of ...Read more

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated this weekend after Islamabad launched a series of cross-border air strikes on Afghanistan’s eastern border.

“Last night, they bombed our civilian compatriots in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, martyring and wounding dozens of people, including women and children,” Zabihullah Mujahid, ...Read more

In a swift reversal of fortunes, countries that had been hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have emerged as the biggest winners from the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his emergency levies.

China, India and Brazil are among those now seeing lower tariff rates for shipments to the U.S. after the court ruled on ...Read more

Operation Metro Surge, the monthslong campaign of aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, is over, according to Trump administration border czar Tom Homan.

A dearth of official data about the surge led to skepticism from residents, driving Minnesotans to look for answers elsewhere. People Over Papers is a popular crowdsourced database ...Read more

Following The Baltimore Sun’s reporting on the state’s handgun roster board, two bills are set to be introduced in the Maryland legislature that would revamp the way the board works, adding what advocates of the bills say are structure and guidance to the process of deciding which guns can be bought and sold in the state.

A Second Amendment...Read more

With his move to impose new global tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t just trying to repair a trade policy dismantled by a Supreme Court rebuke. He’s also declaring the world’s largest economy is facing a profound balance-of-payments crisis.

The potential problem for Trump and his administration with that argument: Many economists...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced New York City’s first full school snow day — with no remote learning — in years for Monday in anticipation of a major blizzard.

The mayor made the announcement on social media Sunday, posting a video of a FaceTime call between him and an eighth-grade girl named Victoria who attends public school in ...Read more

A top cartel leader was killed during a raid carried out by Mexican authorities in the western state of Jalisco, fueling violent clashes across the country but winning praise from the U.S.

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as “El Mencho,” was slain in a federal operation against the ...Read more

Reynel Bautista-Anzola, Angel Marquez-Perez and Francisco Delgado-Garcia entered the courtroom shackled on Feb. 9 and, walking in a line, were ushered in by federal officers to wait for their cases to be heard.

The hearing in federal court in Orlando, Florida, was to determine whether the three men, all migrants who’d been in ICE custody for ...Read more

An incoming blizzard is expected to become a potentially historic storm across areas of Massachusetts, bringing over a foot of heavy snow, massively destructive wind gusts, whiteout conditions, power outages and more, public officials warned Sunday.

“Unlike the last storm, which was a ton of snow that came down fast but was light fluffy and ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran are set to resume talks Thursday in Geneva, Omani mediators said, extending the search for a diplomatic solution to the latest standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he expects to meet U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for the talks and reiterated that Iran won’t be pressured ...Read more

A top cartel leader was killed during a raid carried out by Mexican authorities in the western state of Jalisco, fueling clashes and roadblocks across the country.

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as “El Mencho,” was slain in a federal operation against the group on Sunday morning, ...Read more

Not much beyond artistic talent and where he lived is known about Austin Tucker Martin, the suspect fatally shot after authorities said he pointed a shotgun at law enforcement officers on the grounds of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.

Martin died after being shot about 700 miles from his North Carolina home. He was ...Read more

A judge has struck down the latest effort by the city of Los Angeles to tow and destroy broken down recreational vehicles, handing a legal victory to a group of Westside homeless advocates.

In a two-page ruling, Superior Court Judge Curtis A. Kin said Los Angeles officials lack the legal authority to carry out a state law that permits the ...Read more

A Sacramento man once described by a judge as "the monster parents fear the most" seemed destined to spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation in 1999.

Instead he is now set to go free after being granted elderly parole — much to the anger and horror of some of his victims, as...Read more

Gov. Ned Lamont declared a state of emergency in Connecticut in advance of the major winter storm on Sunday.

The state of emergency begins on Sunday at 5 p.m. and will continue through the day on Monday.

Lamont also signed an emergency order that prohibits all commercial vehicles from traveling on all limited access highways statewide in ...Read more

Philadelphia and its suburbs are forecast to receive 16 to 22 inches of snow and face blizzard conditions beginning Sunday and continuing into Monday, with weather prediction models sharpening their focus as the storm approaches.

“Mother Nature has spoken again and made it clear that winter is not over,” said Mayor Cherelle L. Parker during...Read more