In central Haiti, where residents take pride in working the land, the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating, the United Nations warned, as escalating attacks by criminal gangs in the Artibonite region leave aid groups facing growing access restrictions.

In just the past two weeks, violence in the region, often to referred to as Haiti�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday morning, roughly three days after allegedly killing his parents — beloved Hollywood figures Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — inside their Brentwood home.

Flanked by his attorney, Alan Jackson, and two other lawyers, Reiner was barely visible ...Read more

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis struck a defiant tone in early questioning before a Georgia Senate committee Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta.

Willis was contemptuous when questioned by Sen. Greg Dolezal, who was filling in as chair of a committee founded to investigate the DA’s handling of the Donald Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Wednesday defended the FCC’s authority to regulate television stations based on whether they serve the public interest, in the face of senators’ questions on free speech and media competition.

He made his defense before the Senate Commerce Committee, where he appeared ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City public schools left tens of millions of dollars on the table last year in penalties from yellow bus companies, as poor service continues to strand students and force parents to miss work, a new comptroller’s audit found Wednesday.

The penalties were for violations related to GPS technology that drivers must log into...Read more

BOSTON — An alleged scheme that fraudulently obtained nearly $7 million in SNAP benefits was cracked open after the feds arrested two men who are accused of operating the “criminal enterprise” out of tiny retail stores in Boston.

Antonio Bonheur, 74, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti living in Mattapan, and Saul Alisme, 21, a Haitian ...Read more

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, released new photos Wednesday of an individual they say they would like to speak to as they search for the person responsible for the deadly shooting at Brown University over the weekend.

“Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is poised to head into the new year facing several political and economic headwinds that could hamstring Republicans in the coming midterm elections.

As his poll numbers sag and a stubborn economy continues to frustrate voters, Trump is expected to depart Washington on Friday to spend Christmas and New Year...Read more

Three weeks after Jamaica was battered by the worst hurricane to hit the island on record, roads were still clogged with debris, thousands remained without electricity, and at Jakes Hotel on the island’s hard-hit Treasure Beach, brother and sister Jason and Justine Henzell were in a quandary.

As they worked to help farmers and fishermen in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, readying the mammoth $900.6 billion measure for a presidential signature.

The final vote on the House-Senate compromise was 77-20. The almost 3,100-page bill calls for spending $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Donald Trump ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jury trials scheduled for next year for the three men accused in the 2024 mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally outside Union Station have been postponed or are facing possible delay, court records show.

A judge has postponed one defendant’s case to 2027; another judge has continued a second defendant’s trial; ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An effort to force a vote on Democrats’ proposal to extend expiring tax subsidies for three years reached the required signatures, after four Republicans signed on to the discharge petition Wednesday morning.

The discharge petition triggers a vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced subsidies under the Affordable ...Read more

NEW YORK — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is reportedly stepping away from the job he started in February.

The former New York City police officer plans to leave his FBI post in Washington, D.C. and resume his career as a media personality, according to the New York Times.

Bongino is said to have told multiple people that this week could be...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The children of Rob and Michele Reiner broke their silence Wednesday, issuing a statement thanking the public for their support in the days since their brother was arrested on suspicion of murdering their parents.

Jake and Romy Reiner asked that speculation about the case “be tempered with compassion and humanity.”

Here is ...Read more

A handful of moderate Republican lawmakers Wednesday joined congressional Democrats to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that could avert skyrocketing insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans, even as GOP leaders bulldozed ahead with a doomed plan of their own that would allow the aid to expire.

Four GOP ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fayette County Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins told families Tuesday he would recommend the school board keep open The Stables for at least another year after parents rallied around the specialty program.

The cash-strapped district has considered closing the program, which offers specialized learning for students in a...Read more

DENVER — The Trump administration plans to shut down and dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, a global leader in climate and Earth systems research — a move that drew sharp rebuke from elected officials in Colorado.

“This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country,” Russ ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday morning, roughly three days after allegedly killing his parents — beloved Hollywood figures Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — inside their Brentwood home.

Flanked by his attorney, Alan Jackson, and two other lawyers, Reiner was barely visible ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The 990-foot SS United States could be making waves as an artificial reef at the bottom of the Florida Panhandle coast as early as March, according to a tentative timeline from its new owners in Florida.

Even so, hope still springs eternal for the most ardent swath of ship enthusiasts who’d rather see it restored to its ...Read more