NEW YORK — The NYPD police academy will be renamed after Detective Steven McDonald, a fallen hero of the department who channeled the agony of three devastating gunshot wounds into an enduring message of peace and forgiveness.

“Across the history of the NYPD, there have been countless officers who have exceeded the standards set for them. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Pressure is mounting on Maryland Senate leaders to take up a House-passed midcycle redistricting bill, as advocacy groups and lawmakers escalate a coordinated push for a Senate floor vote. The efforts come as Senate President Bill Ferguson insists the chamber is unified against the measure.

Black Voters Matter, a national voting ...Read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked an appeals court to uphold a teenager’s right to carry a concealed weapon even after a Broward judge last year declared the ban constitutional, dealing another blow to gun-control advocates who have tried to make it harder to buy and carry firearms in the Sunshine State.

Uthmeier also declined to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday struck down a new California law that banned federal immigration agents and other law enforcement officers from wearing masks in the state, but an effort already is underway to revive the statute.

U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder in Los Angeles ruled that the No Secret Police Act does not apply ...Read more

A crucial deadline set by Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers passed without her return Monday evening, with the FBI saying it’s not aware of any communication between the abductors and the Guthrie family and has not identified any suspects in the case.

In a ransom note, the purported kidnappers gave the Guthries a 5 p.m. local time deadline to pay ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday advanced a procedural motion to block a vote on President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, potentially delaying a politically uncomfortable vote on his most prominent economic policy until at least July.

The motion will be voted on by the chamber this week. Republicans have a razor-thin majority, so ...Read more

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Two men accused of being the ringleaders of a signature fraud scheme that kept the names of seven judicial and gubernatorial candidates off the August 2022 primary ballot have been found guilty of forging citizen signatures, and one has been acquitted on all counts.

Shawn Wilmoth and Willie Reed were found guilty Monday...Read more

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s election victory is handing Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dilemma: Engage with Japan’s most popular post-war leader or continue a deep freeze with the United States’ top ally in Asia.

Takaichi emerged Sunday from a snap election with a historic majority that gives her a mandate for a more assertive foreign ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump threatened Monday evening to prevent the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor from opening until Canada treats the United States with, what he described as, "fairness and respect."

The Republican president issued the statement about the $5.7 billion Canadian-financed project,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The kinds of DNA-collecting techniques that fuel crime fiction and courtroom TV dramas could soon come with criminal penalties in California when collected without consent by everyday people.

A new bill proposed by an Orange County assemblymember would make it a crime to steal someone’s DNA — such as collecting ...Read more

Two Florida companies that provide computer code and designs for making 3-D printed guns and ammunition magazines are being sued by the state of California and the city of San Francisco, who say its products are allowing people to create illegal ghost guns.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in San Francisco Superior Court, named the Gatalog Foundation,...Read more

BOSTON — A Venezuelan woman working in Gov. Maura Healey’s office has filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, claiming the Trump administration has “unlawfully” and “unreasonably” delayed her H-1B worker visa renewal, which expires on Feb. 14.

Valentina Amaro ...Read more

Savannah Guthrie recorded a desperate plea for help in finding her 84-year-old mother in this “hour of desperation.”

The NBC host’s message was posted on Instagram as a 5 p.m. deadline from possible kidnappers approached Monday afternoon.

“Hi there everybody, I wanted to come on and just share a few thoughts as we enter into another ...Read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Abington Township neighbors filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Pennsylvania’s first couple, in what is the latest clash over security upgrades to his personal home following an arson attack on the governor’s Harrisburg residence while Shapiro and his family slept inside.

In the suit, filed in U.S. ...Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Armenia on Monday, pledging as much as $9 billion in potential investment as the South Caucasus country seeks to reduce its long-standing reliance on Russia for energy.

The accord, known as a Section 123 agreement, establishes the legal framework for U.S. companies ...Read more

DENVER — Federal and state lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday drafted in response to the Evergreen High School shooting in Colorado, aiming to require social media companies to respond more quickly when investigators are checking out potential warning signs in online posts.

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen unveiled a federal bill that would ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, appearing in Edgewood alongside sheriffs and leaders from several other Maryland jurisdictions Monday afternoon, called on Gov. Wes Moore to reject a bill ending local law enforcement cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE.

The bill, which passed both the...Read more

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has endorsed Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell for California governor, the Swalwell campaign and a Schiff spokesperson said Monday.

Schiff, one of the state’s most prominent Democrats, previously served with Swalwell on the House Intelligence Committee, where they riled Republicans by investigating President Trump ...Read more

LONDON — The Epstein files are threatening to bring down not the U.S. president who was once his buddy but a prime minister who never met the disgraced financier and sex trafficker.

U.K. Premier Keir Starmer’s future hangs in the balance after the release of 3.5 million pages of Epstein-related documents by the U.S. Justice Department.

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