SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and other prominent California Democrats called for an end to the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents in U.S. cities after an immigration officer fatally shot a man Saturday morning in Minneapolis.

The elected officials also condemned the Trump administration for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said U.S. military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the U.S. operation in Caracas to remove former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power earlier this month.

“The discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said in an interview with ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Trump administration on Friday gave its approval for plans to build Sites Reservoir, a vast 13-mile-long off-stream lake north of Sacramento that would provide water to 500,000 acres of Central Valley farmland and 24 million people, including residents of Santa Clara County, parts of the East Bay and Los Angeles.

The U....Read more

NEW YORK — Streamer Neo Langston, a friend of singer D4vd, has been arrested on a felony charge for failing to appear as a witness.

It’s unclear whether Langston was taken into custody in connection with the suspected murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposing and dismembered remains were found in D4vd’s Tesla last year.

In ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Bystanders captured on video the moments leading up to when federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 and the immediate aftermath.

The videos show several agents wrestling with Pretti on the ground moments before the shooting.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti “...Read more

NEW YORK — One person died and more than a dozen others, including a firefighter, were hospitalized after a massive fire, sparked by a gas explosion, tore through the top of a Bronx high-rise early Saturday, officials said.

The four-alarm blaze broke out on the top floors of the 17-story Bivona Street building near Reeds Mill Lane in the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The man fatally shot by federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

The killing of Pretti, 37, of south Minneapolis, follows the shooting death of Renee Good by an agent on Jan. 7 on Portland Avenue,...Read more

A massive U.S. winter storm stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England is straining power systems, causing cascading travel disruptions, while threatening large amounts of snow and ice in some of the country’s most densely populated corridors.

The travel disturbance is shaping up to be the worst since the U.S. government ...Read more

NEW YORK — As New York City braces for a potentially crippling storm, travel in and around the city will be difficult.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the city, advising travelers to stay off the roads as much as possible Sunday. Up to a foot is expected, along with bitter cold.

City crews are out treating ...Read more

President Donald Trump appeared to hope that last week would amount to an extended victory lap marking the first anniversary of his return to the White House, starting with a celebratory press conference capped by a demonstration of his global muscle at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Things didn’t turn out as planned, either at home or ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Five refugees and a consortium of legal groups that work on advancing the rights of immigrants have filed a class action lawsuit against federal officials over Operation PARRIS, a sweeping effort by the Department of Homeland Security to detain and “re-examine” refugees admitted to the United States legally, but have not yet ...Read more

BOSTON — Greater Boston is being warned to brace for up to 2 feet of snow. That’s sure to bring out the odd space savers in Southie for days.

The National Weather Service morning update (posted at 3 a.m.) states the city could see 18 to 24 inches of snow from this storm heading our way. That’s a significant adjustment from Friday. They ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened Canada with 100% tariffs against all its exports to the U.S. if it makes a trade deal with China, escalating tensions between the U.S. and its northern neighbor.

Trump, referring to Prime Minister Mark Carney as “Governor Carney,” said the Canadian leader was “sorely mistaken” for opening up his country...Read more

U.S. officials said Saturday that discussions were constructive, even though no peace deal was finalized during the first trilateral meeting between the U.S., Ukraine and Russia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago.

The parties all agreed to meet again next Sunday to continue negotiations, added the officials, who spoke on...Read more

A massive U.S. storm stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England triggered a grid emergency in the country’s midsection, prompted cascading travel disruptions and is expected to dump heavy snow on New York and Boston.

Early Saturday, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator — which runs an electric grid across parts of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hunkered underneath a heavy hat, hood, warm winter coat and snow boots, Bob Peterson quietly rode a No. 5 train to Harlem on Saturday, relishing a moment of calm before the storm.

“I did everything yesterday,” Peterson, 47, told the Daily News as he enjoyed his ride through the city, looking forward to a meet-up with friends. �...Read more

Mexico is quietly reviewing whether to continue shipping oil to Cuba, amid rising concern inside President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration that the policy could provoke retaliation from the United States at a moment of intense geopolitical strain in the hemisphere, according to a Reuters report citing three people familiar with the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A man was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning in the Whittier neighborhood of south Minneapolis, setting off hours of confrontation between protesters and law enforcement.

Sources familiar with the investigation told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the man killed was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, who attended the ...Read more

A massive winter storm forced thousands of flight cancellations that continue to ramp up as a system that may be the most expansive in years rips across the U.S. from Texas up to New England.

So far, more than 13,000 U.S. flights have been canceled from Saturday through Monday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. It’s the worst...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It may not approach their magnitudes, but Sunday’s snow-and-ice cold brew is expected to bear eerie similarities to some of Philly’s historic winter storms and perhaps rival them for disruption.

After the coldest morning of the season so far, snow forecast amounts were backing off slightly, but on Saturday forecasters were ...Read more