BOSTON — During the largest winter storm of the season, which saw up to 2 feet of snow blanket New England as a deep freeze sent temperatures plummeting into the single-digits, the regional grid reported that oil was heavily relied on while renewable energy sources provided negligible electrical power.

Oil-fired power plants have been the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday kicked off his midterm campaign schedule in Iowa with a pair of messaging gambles, touting an economy on which many voters have soured and urging farmers to give his global tariffs more time.

Standing behind signage that read “Lower Prices” and “Bigger Paychecks,” Trump didn’t begin the...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Actor and filmmaker Edward Norton visited the California Capitol on Tuesday to promote his company’s clean air technology that captures ship emissions.

Speaking with senators during a break in their regular session, Norton said Stax Engineering, where he is a founding partner, developed a system that captures ship ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A major HIV/AIDS health care organization is trying to stop Florida’s planned cuts to the state AIDS Drug Assistance Program, accusing the state of creating a rule without going through the required process.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a petition Tuesday in the Division of Administrative Hearings, challenging ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amid a national uproar over the recent killing of a Minnesota man by immigration agents, the California Senate on Tuesday approved proposed legislation that would make it easier to sue law enforcement officials suspected of violating an individual’s constitutional rights.

Senate Bill 747 by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San ...Read more

Marylanders could see lower electric bills this year under Gov. Wes Moore’s latest energy measure, which seeks to lower costs by funding clean energy projects, upgrading the state electric grid, and giving residents one-time $40 refunds on their utility bills.

Funding for the bill is slated to come from the remainder of Maryland’s Strategic...Read more

WASHINGTON — While Republicans split over Second Amendment protections after the fatal Saturday shooting of a citizen by federal immigration officers, Democrats are increasingly uniting to call for the ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

And on Tuesday, one Republican — retiring Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina — called ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An online fundraising campaign on behalf of the family of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot in Minneapolis during a confrontation with federal immigration officers on Jan. 24, has raised more than $1.6 million and drew a big donation from an activist investor who gave to a fundraising effort for the officer who killed Renee Good ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen advanced a package Tuesday to grant Police Department oversight officials the power to investigate alleged cooperation between Chicago officers and federal immigration agents.

The effort to address concerns that police may have violated city rules by acting in ways that supported President Donald Trump’s Operation Midway ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Measure ULA, L.A.’s so-called mansion tax, has been an object of scorn within the real estate industry, with developers saying it has put a major chill on the construction of desperately needed apartments.

Mayor Karen Bass, expressing sympathy for those arguments, sponsored a state bill last fall to overhaul the tax, but that ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida leaders urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to extend immigration protections for Haitians, warning that the loss of protections from deportations would be devastating not only for affected families but for the communities where they live and work.

The appeal comes just days before Haiti’s temporary protected ...Read more

Illinois could soon opt into the first federal school voucher program — an initiative long-championed by private school advocates and religious conservatives — but Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to weigh in.

Under the program, part of the Republican “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” donors can get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The abrupt change in oversight of Operation Metro Surge in the aftermath of the killing of Alex Pretti has local leaders and activists hoping for a drawdown in federal forces, but on the ground in Minneapolis, it was hard Tuesday, Jan. 27, to see if it’s happening.

At the federal Whipple Building near Fort Snelling, the ...Read more

MIAMI — A DJ who played an antisemitic song requested by right-wing influencers at a Miami Beach nightclub has apologized in a statement on Instagram, saying he didn’t understand what the song was before he played it.

The DJ, who goes by DJ Vybz, wrote that he was sent a song file titled “HH” — masking the song’s true name, “Heil ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Virginia judge sided Tuesday with Republican state lawmakers who challenged the commonwealth’s mid-decade redistricting process, in a ruling that voids a resolution Democrats passed in a push for a new congressional map for November’s elections.

Judge Jack Hurley Jr. of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County found that the ...Read more

Eighty-nine new cases of measles have been reported in the Upstate since Friday, according to the South Carolina Department of Health.

That brings the total number of cases to 789 across the state, leaving 557 people in quarantine and 20 in isolation, according to a news release.

The department identified new cases at Dorman High, Inman ...Read more

The “Melania” documentary purchased by Amazon for $40 million is on track to recover as little as $1 million on its opening weekend, according to at least one projection.

But optimists say the movie following Melania Trump in the weeks leading up to her husband’s second inauguration will do a little better than that when it opens around ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was looking to “de-escalate” in Minnesota with a reshuffle of the leadership running his deportation effort in the state following widespread outcry over the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents.

Still, the president denied he was pulling back his immigration crackdown and said that ...Read more