MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sought to quell fears Monday after violence erupted in 20 Mexican states over the killing of the world’s most wanted cartel kingpin: Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.”

“The country is at peace,” Sheinbaum told reporters at her daily news conference in Mexico ...Read more

Long before he had a $15 million bounty on his head as the leader of Mexico's ruthless Jalisco New Generation cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes was a scruffy-haired kid trying to eke out a living on the streets of San Francisco.

He crossed the border illegally sometime before he turned 20, making the migrant's journey north from the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner is scheduled to appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday morning to enter a plea in response to charges that he murdered his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.

Reiner is accused of fatally stabbing his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mother sometime in the early morning hours of Dec. 14 at their Brentwood ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Border czar Tom Homan ended Operation Metro Surge without clear signs of the “significant” cooperation that he said was necessary to draw down thousands of federal agents.

There have been no widespread policy changes at the state or local level to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on shielding energy producers from dozens of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for costs of global climate change.

In the past decade, dozens of cities, counties and states, including California, have joined state-based lawsuits that seek billions of dollars in damages, and they have ...Read more

BOSTON — More than a quarter-million Massachusetts residents are without power this hour! That exact total is 275,202, according to the MEMA database.

Cape Cod is hit the hardest … and I’m hitting save as winds whip just outside my window.

The MEMA outage database now lists Falmouth as the worst in the state at 23,104 in the dark.

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BALTIMORE — An entire Eastern Shore town was without power Monday as widespread outages hit the region after a heavy snowstorm.

A Delmarva Power outage map showed nearly 1,000 outages Monday morning, affecting more than 6% of the utility’s 550,000 customers in Maryland and Delaware. Choptank Electric Cooperative reported nearly 27% of its ...Read more

NEW YORK — The historic blizzard pummeling New York City with a triple wallop of gusting winds, freezing temperatures and more than 15 inches of snow brought the five boroughts to a near standstill Monday.

Central Park had accumulated 15.1 inches of snow by 7 a.m. Monday, with snow forecast to continue through midday.

There were no immediate...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday insulted the “supreme court” by refusing to capitalize the name of the nation’s top court and vowed to resume his global trade war after the justices struck down most of the tariffs he imposed in a politically damaging ruling.

Even as Trump claimed the conservative Supreme Court’s ruling actually boosted ...Read more

Editor’s note: Extreme cold weather can produce unusual phenomena, from so-called sea smoke to slushy ocean waves. As atmospheric scientist Scott Denning explains, these striking events are caused mainly by the behavior of water at very cold temperatures.

There are three phases, or states, of water: solid ice, liquid water and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Airlines flying between the Twin Cities and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, have scrapped flights Monday amid unrest that broke out in Mexico following the killing of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.

Delta Air Lines has canceled two flights from the Twin Cities to the popular tourist destination ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing administrative subpoenas to identify anonymous social media accounts that criticize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google, Meta and Reddit have complied with at least some of those requests, according to The New York Times.

These subpoenas appear alongside other...Read more

What do you envision when you think of meekness?

You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” you might think that those wimps will hand it over without a whimper or word of objection to stronger, more ...Read more

When a coupon suddenly appears on your phone as you approach a store, you might find it convenient and even helpful. But the same AI systems that know where you are and try to influence your purchases can be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe. AI-fueled marketing algorithms are becoming ...Read more

It’s 5:45 p.m. and you’ve just arrived home after a long day at work. You’d like nothing more than a glass of pinot and to binge old episodes of your favorite show. Into the kitchen comes young Sally, your food-adventurous 8-year-old. “I’m hungry, what’s for dinner?”

Sally has never met a food she’s afraid to try. ...Read more