PHILADELPHIA — When President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that he was nominating David Metcalf to be Philadelphia’s U.S. attorney, it initially seemed as if the move was in line with Trump’s chaotic and contentious attempt to upend the nation’s justice system.

The decision was abrupt, apparently made without advanced input ...Read more

DENVER — The Trump administration, in its ongoing push to boost fossil fuels, issued an emergency order Tuesday to keep an aging coal-fired power plant in Craig, Colorado, operating even though it was scheduled to be retired this week.

The move was criticized by Colorado environmentalists, who said it will cost utility ratepayers and harm ...Read more

DENVER — A Ferris State University marketing professor arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers last month was fired, the university confirmed Tuesday.

The university declined to expand on the firing of the former professor, Sumith Gunasekera.

Dave Murray, associate vice president for marketing and communications at ...Read more

The Trump administration is freezing child care payments to Minnesota and demanding a comprehensive audit to identify any illicit activity in government programs, escalating a fight with the state over alleged fraud.

“We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota,” Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary for the Department of...Read more

NEW YORK — Shortly after the ball drops in Times Square, the curtain will rise on Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral administration, when Mamdani is sworn in as the city’s 112th mayor.

Mamdani, 34, is planning two inauguration ceremonies on Thursday: a private swearing-in at the old City Hall subway station just after midnight, followed by a ...Read more

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes, and suicide bombings marking much of 2025, as relations with neighboring Afghanistan deteriorated.

The number of deaths from insurgent attacks climbed to 3,967 nationwide, the highest since 2015, according to the latest data from the South Asian Terrorism...Read more

The Palestinian Authority has for years taken care of the families of any West Bank or Gaza Palestinian killed, hurt or imprisoned by Israelis — whether a murderer or an innocent shepherd. The monthly stipends embodied the belief that such individuals were part of the national struggle.

Under international pressure to stop the practice — ...Read more

India’s capital recorded its worst pollution in nearly a decade this winter, sparking rare public protests and criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party over its handling of the air quality emergency.

In November and December, when pollution in New Delhi typically peaks, the air quality index was above 300 on 88% of days, according ...Read more

Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Germans to ignore “scaremongers and doomsayers” and trust in the country’s ability to overcome its numerous challenges, including mounting Russian aggression and geopolitical upheaval.

The conservative leader, whose coalition with the Social Democrats has been in power for about eight months, said he’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The acting director of the National Park Service believes 2025 was a “kick-ass year.” Advocates for what polls say is the most popular federal agency might use the same term, but with a far different meaning than Jessica Bowron intended in a year-end email to Park Service managers.

“The past 11 months have been devastating ...Read more

The Los Angeles Police Department has placed a security hold on information relating to the grisly double murder of Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, for which their son Nick stands charged.

The department confirmed to NBC4 that though the Reiners’ causes of death “have already been made public,” LAPD wanted “to ensure ...Read more

The wife of former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband was found dead in the couple’s living room by police responding to a domestic dispute call, authorities in Delaware said Tuesday.

Police found Linda Stevenson, 64, “unresponsive in the living room” around 11:16 p.m. Sunday and “immediately administered life-saving measures,” the ...Read more

WASHINGTON – The president vetoed measures that were seen as largely noncontroversial, with both easily passing the Senate before the Christmas holiday break. But in one case, the president made clear that the veto was related to opposition to his agenda.

The bill in question pertains to land use rights for a Native American tribe in South ...Read more

Iranians staged protests against worsening economic and living standards for a fourth day, with clashes between security forces and civilians erupting in cities across the Islamic Republic.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran and outside the capital on Wednesday, extending unrest that began after the national currency plunged to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three men were found dead on Mount Baldy on Monday, days after a winter storm blanketed the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains with snow.

At around 11:30 a.m., search and rescue teams responded to a request to find an injured man, 19, who had fallen 500 feet while hiking near Devil's Backbone, a sharp ridge flanked by steep ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who first came to Congress as a Democrat but later switched to the GOP, has died at age 92.

Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Colorado Democrat, said the former senator died Tuesday afternoon.

“He was a master jeweler with a reputation far beyond the boundaries of Colorado. He was always generous ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed.

“That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece suits, donated his allowance, and graduated high school at 16 with an academic scholarship and ...Read more

DENVER — Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it’s even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over hundreds of thousands of years that allow them to weather the storms, including hibernation, thicker coats, food storage and migration.

Some of the most interesting – and least understood – adaptations, ...Read more