Current News

/

ArcaMax

Republicans target public lands protections in a new way

Current News / News & Features /

Over the past year, GOP leaders and the Trump administration have used a law known as the Congressional Review Act to push for coal mining in Montana, oil drilling in Alaska and copper mining in Minnesota, while also attempting to reverse protections for a national monument in Utah.

The rarely used act gives Congress a few months to revoke new ...Read more

(Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News)/KFF Health News/TNS

Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone

Current News / News & Features /

Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal scientist proved untenable under the Trump administration.

Philip Stewart, a Rocky Mountain Laboratories researcher focused on tick-borne diseases, said he retired two years earlier than planned because of hurdles ...Read more

How 1 Washington state county is racing to curb the spread of measles

Current News / News & Features /

EVERETT, Wash. — The first signs felt eerily familiar.

Getting word that out-of-state travelers may have brought in an extremely contagious virus. Scrambling to notify the public. Tracking exposures. Testing residents. Watching three cases become six, then 10, then 12.

The Snohomish County Health Department had again found itself hustling to...Read more

D.A. Varela/The Miami Herald/TNS

Why are Alligator Alcatraz guards wearing a Grim Reaper patch?

Current News / News & Features /

MIAMI — Outside a remote immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz, an activist was handed something unusual by a departing guard: a patch from his uniform.

The patch shows a large alligator skull with its jaws open wide next to a hooded skeleton holding a scythe. The skeleton, depicted with red eyes...Read more

Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS

He spent seven months in ICE detention in Florida. Now, he's a permanent resident

Current News / News & Features /

MIAMI – Rogelio has lived in the United States for nearly half of his 39 years, but the life he and his family have built together was at risk of coming to an end when he was taken into custody last summer as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The Guatemalan immigrant is married to a U.S. citizen and has two children ...Read more

Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS

He has the mind of a child. His mom fears he's dying in the Tarrant County Jail

Current News / News & Features /

FORT WORTH, Texas — A man with intellectual and developmental disabilities has been in the Tarrant County Jail for more than a year, and his mother is growing more worried about his health and well-being with each passing day.

Since December 2024, Shawn Fraraccio, 26, has been held on a charge of continuous violence against a family member. ...Read more

Seattle council passes yearlong ban on new immigration detention centers

Current News / News & Features /

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a moratorium Tuesday on new detention centers in Seattle, an effort to preempt the construction of any new facilities — no matter how hypothetical — intended to hold people picked up by immigration enforcement.

"We know that detention centers are sites of serious harm, and any ...Read more

Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/TNS

'An abuse' of power? Idaho Republicans block Democrats from challenging bill

Current News / News & Features /

Idaho Democrats were gearing up for a quiet, little-known procedural move in the House: Submitting a “minority report.” Over its seven pages, three House Democrats challenged a bill aimed at transgender youth. But Republicans had other plans.

The report would have likely languished in the House Journal, a daily report of activities that few...Read more

File/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS

Nevada ICE detainee gouged out eye after denied antipsychotic drugs, lawsuit alleges

Current News / News & Features /

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee was repeatedly denied his antipsychotic medication, resulting in cascading symptoms that caused him to harm himself and end up blind from one eye, a medical negligence lawsuit alleges.

Jose Braulio Sedano Navarro’s multiple medical episodes occurred at the Nevada Southern Detention Center in ...Read more

Laurie Ochoa/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Celebrity chef René Redzepi resigns from Noma amid past abuse allegations

Current News / News & Features /

Chef René Redzepi announced he will "step away" from Noma, his lauded Copenhagen restaurant, and has resigned from MAD, the community-building nonprofit he founded. The chef's announcement follows dozens of recently resurfaced abuse allegations as well as a protest today outside the gate of Noma's L.A. pop-up in Silver Lake.

The news came ...Read more

Jim Watson/Getty Images North America/TNS

US launches trade probe into China, EU in Trump's tariffs revival

Current News / News & Features /

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration started the first of several sweeping trade investigations that set the stage for new tariffs, the centerpiece of a push to replace levies struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Wednesday that his office would begin a probe into more than...Read more

3 brothers arrested over US Embassy bombing in Norway

Current News / News & Features /

OSLO, Norway — Norwegian police arrested three Norwegian citizens related to the detonation of an explosive device outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo over the weekend.

They are brothers of Iraqi origin who reside in Oslo, prosecutor Christian Hatlo told reporters on Wednesday. One has been arrested on suspicion of placing the bomb, and two are ...Read more

FBI/FBI/TNS

NYPD chief, sergeant acted on instinct to nab IED bombers outside Gracie Mansion

Current News / News & Features /

NEW YORK — The NYPD chief who rocketed to social media stardom after he was recorded vaulting a metal barrier to capture an alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist outside Gracie Mansion said he acted on instinct and that it wasn’t until hours after the arrest that he realized his deadly peril.

Emir Balat, 18, lobbed an improvised explosive device ...Read more

Matthew Hubbard/Baltimore Sun/TNS

Judge blocks construction of Washington County ICE facility

Current News / News & Features /

A federal judge blocked the proposed construction of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Washington County, Maryland, in a ruling Wednesday.

The ruling is the latest update in a lawsuit filed by Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, alleging that ICE had failed to conduct environmental review procedures ...Read more

Dreamstime/Dreamstime/TNS

Concerns rise over spread of measles in Washington ahead of summer, World Cup events

Current News / News & Features /

UW Medicine officials on Wednesday warned of the growing number of measles cases in Washington state ahead of the summer travel season and FIFA World Cup and related events planned in the Puget Sound region.

Measles is considered highly contagious and easily spread. According to information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...Read more

San Diego chamber releases binational roadmap for Tijuana River sewage crisis

Current News / News & Features /

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce released a comprehensive binational report Wednesday outlining a five-pillar strategy to address the Tijuana River contamination crisis, a problem that has plagued South San Diego County communities for decades.

The report, commissioned by the Prebys Foundation, was authored by Doug Liden, a former U.S...Read more

K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS

UC San Diego study detects dementia risk decades before symptoms appear

Current News / News & Features /

A new study led by researchers at UC San Diego shows a certain protein detected in the blood can provide decades of early warning that a person is at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life.

The finding has the potential to provide a longer runway to make the lifestyle changes that can help reduce risk, and could be used to ...Read more

Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images North America/TNS

'Worst person': Trump slams Massie, boosts primary foe during Kentucky stop

Current News / News & Features /

WASHINGTON — Amid an unpopular war with Iran and slumping poll numbers linked to a sluggish economy, President Donald Trump resorted to name-calling Wednesday in a bid to boost Ed Gallrein in his GOP primary against Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.

Trump took a break from overseeing his 12-day-old bombardment of targets inside Iran to make a stop...Read more

Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS

'I was there ... trying to unbury myself': Tornadoes strike Illinois and Indiana, killing 2

Current News / News & Features /

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Mexico rejects electoral bill, Sheinbaum's first defeat in Congress

Current News / News & Features /

MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum’s attempt to overhaul Mexico’s electoral system fell short of the needed support for approval in the lower house of Congress on Wednesday, marking the first legislative setback in her agenda of priority reforms.

The bill garnered 259 votes in favor, 234 against and one abstention, but well short ...Read more