Iran said it agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation, with Tehran describing the first day as positive.

Negotiations, mediated by Oman in its capital Muscat, had a “good start,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after the talks concluded for the day. He ...Read more

BOSTON — It could be a double weather whammy for Bay Staters this weekend.

Ahead of some downright brutal temps and wind chills, parts of the region may see several inches of snow.

The National Weather Service’s Boston office has issued a “Winter Weather Advisory” for much of Massachusetts — where widespread amounts of 2 to 4 inches ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former Brevard County school principal accused of allowing a raucous, alcohol-fueled party for minors at her home last year accepted a plea deal Monday that allows her to avoid jail time.

Prosecutors said the party at the home of Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan, the former principal of Roosevelt Elementary School in Cocoa Beach, on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is capping off another week in which he had to qualify many of his bold statements, while keeping his actual policy intentions masked or vague over a tidal wave of presidential words.

The former reality television host has become something of a narrator for his own second term — think a tough-talking, ...Read more

The Trump administration on Friday filed a doubled-barreled appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s order terminating deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians.

Justice Department lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes in Washington, D.C., to lift her stay of the DHS ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return three recently deported families to the U.S., finding the administration unlawfully removed those families through “lies, deception, and coercion.”

The order issued late Thursday by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw came in litigation over the first Trump ...Read more

BOSTON — A Methuen man has pleaded guilty to shipping narcotics to federal prisoners.

Tuere Barnes, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to one count of providing contraband in prison. According to a plea agreement, Barnes faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A skier died at Mammoth Mountain on Thursday following a fatal accident in full view of other skiers riding a nearby lift. It was the fourth death at the resort this season.

The skier, who has not been identified, was attempting a run called Dropout 2 — among the steepest marked trails in California — which descends from the...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge was expected Friday to issue a ruling on a request for a temporary restraining order that would require the Trump administration to let federal funding resume for the construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project.

In arguments Friday, the New Jersey attorney general’s office said thousands of construction ...Read more

NEW YORK — An NYPD sergeant who killed a fleeing suspect by hurling a cooler that struck the man as he rode past on a scooter was convicted of manslaughter on Friday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced.

Bronx Justice Guy Mitchell found Sgt. Erik Duran guilty at a bench trial. He is the first NYPD officer to be taken to trial ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Friday sped up the schedule in Luigi Mangione’s state case, setting trial for June 8 after criticizing the feds for backtracking on their promise to let local prosecutors try him first for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“It appears that the federal government has reneged on their ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Students and teachers from two Philly area private schools joined up with activists and protesters Friday morning at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park to demand that the site’s slavery exhibit be restored after it was abruptly dismantled last month.

“Whitewashing history is a totalitarian ...Read more

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday unveiled a gilded statue of former President Ronald Reagan at Florida International University, marking the late conservative leader’s birthday and continuing a statewide series of commemorations tied to the United States’ upcoming 250th anniversary.

The ceremony took place Friday morning outside FIU’...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday sounded off against ICE and issued an executive order aimed at putting an exclamation on point on the city’s existing sanctuary policies.

The order, which the mayor inked onstage at the annual Interfaith Breakfast, directs city agencies to audit their policies on dealing with federal immigration ...Read more

NEW YORK — A NYPD civilian supervisor illegally used her access to private police databases to supply attorneys with names of car accident victims in exchange for thousands in cash and gifts, federal officials said Friday.

Authorities said Pamela Dillard, 48, a department communication technician, made ambulance chasing easy for the lawyers ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Virginia voters are poised to weigh in on a proposed congressional map that would give Democrats an advantage in 10 of the commonwealth’s 11 House seats after Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Friday signed a bill setting up a spring referendum.

Democratic leaders in the Virginia General Assembly unveiled their proposed map Thursday ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump’s call to nationalize election processes on Monday prompted a bipartisan response from Nevada political leaders this week.

Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in multiple states during a podcast interview — a contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, which gives ...Read more