WASHINGTON — Inaction by government agencies and other systemic failures contributed to a 2025 midair collision that was the worst U.S. civil aviation disaster in more than two decades, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

The NTSB has been investigating what caused a U.S. Army helicopter to slam into an American...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz is facing criticism from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for comparing the experience of Minnesota children living through the state’s chaotic federal immigration enforcement surge with that of Anne Frank’s experience hiding from Nazi Germans.

His comment came during a news conference Sunday following federal agents’ ...Read more

The photo posted on Facebook last week by a Shasta County flight school shows nine smiling students — all of whom appear to be Asian — posing around a small aircraft.

It was meant to celebrate the students, who had recently finished a training program at IASCO Flight Training Inc., on the grounds of the Redding Regional Airport.

But in the...Read more

U.S. population growth cooled significantly last year amid a sharp slowdown in immigration, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

The U.S. population increased just 1.8 million, or 0.5%, in the year through July 1, 2025. to nearly 342 million people, figures released Tuesday showed. That was the slowest pace of growth since 2021 and ...Read more

David Brom, convicted when he was a teenager of killing four members of his family with an ax, has been granted parole by the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ Supervised Release Board.

The transition from his work release status is expected to take one to three months while Brom’s parole plan and conditions of release are established, ...Read more

The two-person crew of a NASA plane is safe after the aircraft’s landing gear failed, leading to a fiery belly landing at a Houston airfield on Tuesday.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident occurred around 11:25 a.m. at Ellington Airport when a Martin WB-57, a high-altitude research plane, experienced the mechanical ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Trump has announced an executive order to allow victims of the Los Angeles wildfires to rebuild without dealing with "unnecessary, duplicative, or obstructive" permitting requirements.

The order, which is likely to be challenged by the city and state, claimed that local governments have failed to adequately process ...Read more

Democratic members of the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted Tuesday, 8-3 along party lines, to advance a bill that would end formal local agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A separate bill also passed by the committee, 7-4, would prevent officers from wearing face coverings while on duty.

“This is a ...Read more

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