BOSTON — FBI Director Kash Patel is applauding authorities for tracking down and arresting two Massachusetts men in connection with an explosion at Harvard University’s Boston medical campus, which investigators determined was intentional over the weekend.

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley is set to announce details about the two ...Read more

CHICAGO — Three weeks after former House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to federal prison, his lawyers have filed a long-awaited appeal to overturn his corruption conviction, arguing the prosecution flaunted recent Supreme Court rulings reining in the use of the bribery and fraud statutes and instead stretched the laws “past their breaking...Read more

Scott Adams, the creator of the iconic “Dilbert” comic strip, was able to call on a friend in a very high place — President Donald Trump — to intervene on his behalf get his health care provider, Kaiser of Northern California, to finally schedule an appointment so that he can receive life-extending treatment for metastasized prostate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the administration won’t pay food stamp benefits until after the partial government shutdown ends, in potential defiance of a federal court order and in conflict with what his administration told a judge Monday.

His post on the social media site Truth Social came even as the Agriculture ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani voted Tuesday to approve three controversial housing development-related ballot questions after refusing for weeks to take a position on the measures.

As he went in to cast his ballot Tuesday morning at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Mamdani said he would vote yes on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives face a test of their own making this week as they decide whether President Donald Trump had the legal authority to impose tariffs on imports from nations across the globe.

At issue are import taxes that are paid by American businesses and consumers.

Small-business owners had sued, including a ...Read more

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar underscored his government’s commitment to religious freedom and the rule of law, pushing back against Donald Trump’s claim about the alleged killing of Christians in the West African nation.

Asked about the U.S. president’s comments at a news conference Tuesday with his German counterpart in Berlin,...Read more

Global efforts to slash emissions are set to pick up significantly in the years to come.

That’s according to an analysis of the Group of 20 countries by London Stock Exchange Group Plc. The findings, which point to “a material acceleration in global emission cuts post 2030,” are based on official submissions to the United Nations, as well...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin’s heavy lift New Glenn became the first commercial rocket to make it to orbit on its first try back in January. Jeff Bezos’ company is looking to repeat the feat while also nailing a return landing of its booster, something that didn’t come to fruition the first go-around.

The NG-2 mission carrying a pair of ...Read more

CHICAGO — The rate of 911 calls made in Chicago has dropped precipitously in the two months since the start of Operation Midway Blitz, a Tribune review of city data found.

And nowhere is the decrease more pronounced than in Little Village, home to Chicago’s largest Mexican American population, where calls to 911 have fallen by more than 21%...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Bonners Ferry, a small town on Idaho’s northern border, has long had strong bonds with Canada. When the city installed flag poles at its town entrance in the 1980s, it designated one of the three to permanently hold a Canadian flag, Mayor Rick Alonzo told the Idaho Statesman.

And when the Idaho Legislature this year passed a ...Read more

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.

States cannot lower drug prices directly, but they can go after different parts of the drug supply chain to try to lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs and ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle has a unique resource for understanding the public's concerns and perceptions about crime, safety and policing.

Over the past decade, Seattle University’s annual Seattle Public Safety Survey has offered an unusually detailed view of how residents perceive safety and policing in their neighborhoods.

Ten years' worth of ...Read more

In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid.

“People don’t realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they’re gone,” said ...Read more

On an overcast morning in September, Hector Alessandro Negrete left his beloved Los Angeles — the city he was brought to at 3 months old — and headed down Interstate 5 to Mexico, the only country where he held a passport.

It was a place that, to him, had "always felt like both a wound and a possibility."

Negrete, 43, sat in the passenger ...Read more

In the parking lot at the San Jose Flea Market on Monday morning where Hunger at Home feeds the needy, the line of cars waiting for boxes of food increased 40% to nearly 250 — a need they haven’t seen since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The line stretched so long that it doubled back, and volunteers needed an extra hour to load every car. They ...Read more

The United States Air Force has issued new grooming mandates for enlistees wanting to wear facial hair.

Among the matters it addressed are the length of an airmen’s mustaches and sideburns, according to Task & Purpose.

“The new guidance mandates that sideburns must be above the ear opening and that mustaches are prohibited from going ...Read more