The Massachusetts Special Commission on Xylazine will hold preliminary meetings Monday and Tuesday, in efforts to study the increasing presence of the dangerous animal sedative in the state’s illicit drug supply.

The special commission, formed under a law signed by the governor in December 2024, is tasked with forming recommendations to “...Read more

U.S. airlines will be able to resume normal operations starting Monday after more than a week of government-mandated flight reductions.

The U.S. Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration announced late Sunday they would lift cuts across 40 major U.S. airports that were imposed during the government shutdown, starting from 6...Read more

President Donald Trump said proposed Senate legislation to sanction countries conducting business with Russia would be “okay with me,” his strongest indication yet that he would support a monthslong push to strangle Moscow’s funding.

“The Republicans are putting in legislation that is very tough sanctioning, etcetera, on any country ...Read more

Ecuador’s voters were on course Sunday to deliver a sharp and surprising repudiation of President Daniel Noboa’s attempt to consolidate power, defying the polls and rejecting his proposals for constitutional reform.

With just over half the votes compiled in a nationwide referendum, Ecuadorians appeared to have voted against Noboa’s ...Read more

Families, friends and advocates remembered those who have been lost to traffic crashes on the steps of the State House early Sunday, part of events across the state marking the “World Day of Remembrance.”

“2,130 people killed or seriously injured per year is unacceptable,” stated the Massachusetts Families for Safe Streets, an organizer...Read more

Gov. Josh Stein posted a video to social media Sunday evening criticizing Border Patrol’s weekend actions in Charlotte.

“To the CBP: If you know that we have violent criminals in Charlotte who are undocumented, we want them out too,” Stein said. “But the actions of too many federal agents are doing the exact opposite in Charlotte.”

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Over 60 protesters gathered outside the Homeland Security office on Tyvola Road, with a number shouting at Federal Protection Service Police who stood nearby, blocking the entrance.

The group gathered outside the building on Sunday evening around 7 p.m. after a second day of arrests by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Charlotte.

One protester, ...Read more

As terrorizing criminal gangs in Haiti continue their aggressive tactics, U.S. authorities are sending a strong message: Fire on U.S. embassy personnel or property and expect to be fired upon.

That was the action taken on Thursday when suspected gang members fired shots near the U.S. embassy compound, east of Port-au-Prince.

“Marines ...Read more

Ecuadorians head to the polls to determine the fate of a plan to rewrite the constitution pushed by President Daniel Noboa, who’s pitched it as an answer to the country’s acute security crisis.

The four-question Sunday referendum follows an usually short campaign, after the electoral authority called the vote in late September. Voters will ...Read more

The U.S. plans to designate a Venezuelan drug cartel allegedly led by Nicolas Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization, expanding the legal case for more aggressive action as it masses military assets in the Caribbean after months of deadly boat strikes.

The designation will take effect on Nov. 24, the State Department said Sunday. In ...Read more

Chilean communist Jeannette Jara and arch-conservative José Antonio Kast appear to be headed to next month’s presidential runoff that will spotlight starkly divergent views on how to lead one of Latin America’s richest economies.

With 27% of ballots counted in Sunday’s first round, Jara had 26.3% of the vote followed by Kast with 24.7%, ...Read more

“No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state.“

“I like my ICE crushed.”

“Nazis were just following orders, too.”

Those are some of the signs held by the hundreds of people who marched through downtown Raleigh on Sunday, objecting to a federal operation that started Saturday in Charlotte targeting people living in the country illegally. ...Read more

The 400 out-of-state National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Ore., will be sent home in the coming days, according to multiple reports.

In Chicago, 200 Texas National Guard troops were sent to the city in early October but their deployment to the streets was stalled by multiple court rulings. In Portland, 200 California National...Read more

Staff and patrons of an international supermarket in the Charlotte area braced Sunday to see Border Patrol again after agents pinned down and arrested a teenage employee at the store Saturday.

Peter Han’s family has owned Super G Mart for 15 years. He took video Saturday of the teen employee who was pushing carts back to the store being ...Read more

Regina Gamboa still remembers the moment that changed everything: a Muslim woman handing back a can of pork during a pandemic food distribution, and Gamboa’s sudden realization that she didn’t even know what was in the boxes they were giving out.

“I really I felt bad that I may have offended her beliefs,” said Gamboa, executive director...Read more

Andrew Shields doesn’t want to be sleeping next to Interstate 5.

He dislikes that his bed consists of a foam block balanced on a coffee table, both of which are visible to people entering downtown. He knows that living outside makes it difficult for him to kick a drug addiction or take medication for his schizophrenia.

There’s just one ...Read more

Federal officials said Dana Williamson, the Sacramento political powerbroker who was indicted earlier this week, used her position while she was Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff to pressure state attorneys to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit with one of her former clients, gaming company Activision Blizzard.

According to the 23-count ...Read more

Chileans are voting on Sunday to elect a president as one of Latin America’s wealthiest nations faces the unfamiliar challenges of high crime, clandestine migration and a torpid economy.

Voters will choose between eight candidates, with top contenders including ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast, Evelyn Matthei from the center-right and ...Read more

Chileans are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a president as one of Latin America’s wealthiest nations faces the unfamiliar challenges of high crime, clandestine migration and a torpid economy.

Voters will choose between eight candidates, with top contenders including ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast, Evelyn Matthei from the ...Read more

CARSON CITY — Four bills have passed both chambers of the Nevada Legislature and could soon be signed by the governor as a special legislative session enters its fourth day on Sunday.

Lawmakers approved a proposal to establish the Silver State Assistance Program, which sets up the framework for a state-supported system similar to federal ...Read more