Chaos erupted this week in a Connecticut courthouse, where a 21-year-old man was arraigned for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend in East Haven.

Tyreek Black appeared in a New Haven courtroom on Wednesday after being arrested for the Tuesday morning murder of 21-year-old Destiny Rumley. The defendant had allegedly confessed to the killing in ...Read more

Under fire from an array of Jewish and pro-Israel groups, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his decision to revoke an executive order issued by his predecessor under which New York City adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.

Eric Adams, whose term ended at midnight Wednesday, issued the ...Read more

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rescinded all executive orders issued by his predecessor over the last 15 months as part of a flurry of actions as the city’s new leader took office Jan. 1.

The directive revoked all executive orders former mayor Eric Adams had issued since Sept. 26, 2024, the day he was indicted on federal corruption ...Read more

The Trump administration’s latest deadline for Minnesota to change its rule that allows transgender girls to participate in high school girls sports appears to expire Jan. 2, yet exactly what happens next — and when — has not yet been determined.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Sept. 30 declared ...Read more

For the first time in his tenure, Gov. Jared Polis did not end the year by granting clemency to any individuals convicted of crimes in Colorado.

It had become an annual holiday tradition for the governor in late December to fully pardon or commute the sentences for Coloradans convicted of a wide variety of offenses.

But the Christmas and New ...Read more

More oil tankers are turning away from Venezuela as the U.S. threatens to seize vessels transporting oil that helps fund the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.

At least seven ships have reversed course or halted at sea, according to ship movements tracked Friday by Bloomberg. That adds to four others that turned away in the immediate ...Read more

Denver’s homicides fell nearly 50% to an 11-year low in 2025, plunging to levels rarely seen over the last three decades as crime overall largely declined across the city.

Thirty-seven people were killed in Denver in 2025, the third-lowest number on record for any year since 1990, according to records kept by the Denver Police Department. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Several Eastern Shore hospitals have reinstated masking mandates this week, joining a growing number of health care centers in Maryland reporting unusually high numbers of influenza cases.

On Friday, TidalHealth announced that protective masking is required at its locations, which include TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Mayor Kaohly Her launched a new era of leadership in St. Paul with an inaugural pledge to fight both national and local challenges, from what she described as a “hostile” federal administration to a billion dollars in city maintenance needs.

And she plans to do that while keeping residents’ concerns at the forefront.

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CHICAGO — Elizabeth Branske rescheduled her first date with her now-wife, Melissa Nunez, three times before they met up at Emporium Arcade Bar in Logan Square two years ago.

The wait ended up being worth it, though, Branske said. It was the most fun she’d ever had on a first date. Nunez wasn’t intimidated by her competitiveness at games,...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new Office of Mass Engagement Friday to foster community participation as he looks to retain the grassroots momentum that helped him win in November.

The mayor, who was formally sworn in at a chilly New Year's Day ceremony on Thursday, said he wants New Yorkers to help him in advocating for his affordability ...Read more

BOSTON — A Massachusetts commission overseeing law enforcement in the state has suspended the certification of Boston Police Officer Ricardo Alexandre.

Alexandre was arrested by a different police agency on Tuesday, according to a Boston Police Department spokesman. The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission ...Read more

With Connecticut officials speculating more than a dozen people have died out in the cold in the past two months, advocates are calling for more resources to help the rising number of unhoused in the state.

Citing a 45% increase in the unhoused population in the state, a scarcity of resources and an affordable housing crisis, the homeless ...Read more

BRADENTON, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed College Football Hall of Fame coach and sportscaster Urban Meyer to fill a seat on the New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees.

The appointment is one of three that DeSantis announced in a press release on Tuesday. DeSantis also reappointed Mark Bauerlein and Debra Jenks, who currently serves...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

An 18-year-old from Mint Hill planned to use knives and hammers to kill people in a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in an ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve attack, U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said Friday.

FBI agents foiled Christian Sturdivant’s plans and charged him with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist ...Read more

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Ukraine’s head of military intelligence to become his chief of staff, filling one of the country’s most influential positions after Andriy Yermak stepped down amid a corruption scandal.

Zelenskyy offered the post of head of the presidential office to Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian leader said Friday on ...Read more