A 28-year-old man died at Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort on Thursday, marking the third death at the Florida park — and second at that resort — in the past 10 days.

The deceased was identified as Matthew Cohn, with Orlando’s Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office telling the New York Daily News that he’s believed to have ...Read more

MIAMI — The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two victims — species of corals now marked "functionally extinct" from Florida’s reefs.

That finding comes from a newly published scientific paper that reads more like an obituary for two of the most ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Department of Homeland Security defended using tear gas in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood Thursday, saying Friday that its agents were surrounded by protesters who hit Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino in the head with a rock.

Agents deployed tear gas at a crowd near the iconic Discount Mall. Border Patrol released a ...Read more

New York Attorney General Tish James pleaded not guilty Friday in a federal fraud case pursued by Donald Trump’s Justice Department, charges she said were produced by the president’s “vehicle of retribution.”

The attorney general entered a plea of not guilty to counts of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution...Read more

President Donald Trump says he is ending all trade negotiations with Canada over an ad campaign featuring a clip of President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs.

Trump claims the ad is designed to sway the forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court arguments over his sweeping taxes on imports, although it’s not clear how it might have any impact on the ...Read more

Aceco, a Maryland demolition company, finds itself in a public relations nightmare sparked by people offended at its role in tearing down the White House East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom.

So many people posted unflattering messages about the Montgomery County firm — giving it one-star reviews — that Yelp...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least three lives and destroyed one bridge. And more rain is on the way.

The National Hurricane Center doesn’t expect Melissa to pick up the pace for days. Over the weekend, the storm is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directed the world’s largest aircraft carrier into the Caribbean Sea on Friday in a major escalation of his drug war.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, one of a new class of nuclear-powered supercarriers, is being deployed from the Mediterranean to the waters south of the United States along with three additional ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The section of the Florida law prohibiting adults under age 21 from carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional, a Broward County judge ruled Friday.

Effectively dismissing a case against a Fort Lauderdale resident who turns 20 in December, Broward Circuit Judge Frank Ledee said the restriction is inconsistent ...Read more

MIAMI — A U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agent pulled over in the Florida Keys for driving under the influence questioned a Monroe County deputy’s U.S. citizenship and asked whether he was Haitian, according to recently released body camera footage.

As he was being taken to jail on the DUI charge, the intoxicated agent not only ...Read more

Arkansas wildlife officials announced they killed the wrong black bear in pursuit of an animal responsible for a fatal mauling at an Ozark National Forest campground in early October.

The victim, identified as 60-year-old Max Thomas of Springfield, Missouri, was found dead Oct. 2 at Sam’s Throne Campground, according to a Thursday news ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dade College’s board of trustees could end its legal battle with historian Marvin Dunn by holding a new public hearing on giving away prime downtown land to be used for Donald Trump’s high-rise presidential library — but new court filings show the college would rather duke it out in higher court.

The college’s attorneys ...Read more

Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’s heavy rains.

Two people were killed Thursday in Fontamara, a community south of Port-au-Prince, in the West regional ...Read more

New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty in a fraud case brought by one of President Donald Trump’s handpicked Justice Department officials at a hearing in Virginia on Friday.

James entered a plea of not guilty to counts of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution before Federal Judge Jamar Walker in...Read more

Two earthquakes were recorded within hours of each other near Marion, North Carolina, and witnesses report they felt shaking miles away, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quakes registered as a 2.2 around 1:20 a.m. and a 2.1 around 6:35 a.m., and both were centered about two miles north, northwest of the popular tourist town in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's jails are set to be under the watch of thousands of new digital eyes.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department has purchased 4,641 body-worn cameras for deputies to wear in the facilities, which have seen a spike in inmate deaths this year.

The department has also reached an agreement to implement the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $680 million, landing it in the top 10 list of the game's highest jackpots of all time, with millions of people across the country hoping to hit it big on Friday. Lucky for Californians, lotto stores in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the state have a strong record of producing...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Sophia Forchas, the 12-year-old who doctors worried would not survive wounds she sustained during the Annunciation Church and School mass shooting, received back-to-back joyous and boisterous receptions Thursday upon her release from the hospital nearly two months later.

Under escort by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and...Read more

WASHINGTON — Late last month, an immigrant seeking asylum in the U.S. came across social media posts urging her to pay a new fee imposed by the Trump administration before Oct. 1, or else risk her case being dismissed.

Paula, a 40-year-old Los Angeles-area immigrant from Mexico, whose full name The Times is withholding because she fears ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least one life and injured others. And more rain is on the way.

The National Hurricane Center doesn’t expect Melissa to pick up the pace for days. Over the weekend, the storm is expected ...Read more