U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators said they had productive discussions about a framework for a peace deal, but there was no final breakthrough as President Donald Trump continues to push for a truce with Russia.

“There’s more work to be done,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Florida after meeting for at least four hours with...Read more

After a brief engagement, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and real estate executive Alexis Lewis celebrated their nuptials Saturday in Washington, after a courthouse wedding last Monday.

The couple, who have been relatively low-key about their relationship, posted the news to Instagram on Sunday, along with a carousel of photos highlighting the ...Read more

Authorities on Sunday released the ages of the four people fatally shot during a child’s birthday party at a Stockton, California, banquet hall, including three children under the age of 15.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said the deceased victims were 8, 9 and 14 years old, along with a 21-year-old adult. In total, 15 people were ...Read more

A deadly shooting at a child’s birthday party in Stockton, California, has prompted online reactions of sorrow and anger.

Gunshots rang out at a banquet hall in the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue just before 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29, resulting in four deaths and at least 10 people injured, The Sacramento Bee reported. Stockton is less than 50 ...Read more

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, unrepentant in a Texas prison, may be angling for a pardon from President Donald Trump.

The convicted fraudster’s account on social media platform X has in recent months repeatedly claimed innocence, and posted a steady stream of comments and content aligned with Trump and his Make America Great Again ...Read more

U.S. authorities believe the man suspected of fatally shooting a National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, D.C., was radicalized while in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Asked on NBC’s "Meet the Press" about the suspect’s motive, Noem said investigators are still collecting information and ...Read more

The immigrant rights group Siembra NC says it has learned that ICE is deploying 50 agents to the Triangle on Sunday or Monday.

The group says ICE has reserved charter flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Jacksonville International Airport in Florida, between Dec. 2 and Dec. 6 — similar to patterns the group observed during ...Read more

Despite more than a third of women reporting moderate to severe menopause symptoms in 2021, few sought treatment, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Women reported being too busy, unaware of effective treatment and concerned about the safety of hormone therapy as reasons why they didn't ...Read more

Most of the attention on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda has focused on one agency: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which signed partnerships with hundreds of regional law enforcement groups and has drawn the ire of protesters nationwide.

But increasingly, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has taken a lead ...Read more

U.S. officials are meeting with a Ukrainian delegation in south Florida as the White House continues its drive toward an agreement on ending the Kremlin’s almost four-year war on Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son in law, are attending the talks at Witkoff’s...Read more

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted a request for a pardon from charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust for which he was indicted six years ago.

The request was submitted to the Legal Department of the Office of the President by the prime minister’s lawyer, Amit Hadad, the president’s office said in a statement...Read more

Satellite operators are looking north. Way north. As the U.S., China and others compete in space, the need for fast and frequent communication links with satellites orbiting near the North Pole is making Arctic ground stations a hot commodity.

That’s turned Deadhorse, Alaska, into an unlikely outpost in the space race. The community on the ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — No floodlights illuminate the night sky when the citizens of Mexico's Gotham need a hand. No hot line summons this super-cop from a hidden redoubt.

But Mexico does indeed have its own "Batman": Omar García Harfuch, security czar in the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum.

He acquired the Batman moniker during his days as...Read more

As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills.

Several businesses and nonprofits have launched AI-powered tools to help patients get their insurance claims paid and navigate byzantine ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Javier Perez, a senior at Benjamin Franklin Senior High School in Highland Park, dreams of studying computer science at Dartmouth College.

"For me, it's really important to be surrounded by the right people," said Perez, who earlier this year spent two days on the New Hampshire campus during a spring college tour and said he ...Read more

Leah Kovitch was pulling invasive plants in the meadow near her home one weekend in late April when a tick latched onto her leg.

She didn’t notice the tiny bug until Monday, when her calf muscle began to feel sore. She made an appointment that morning with a telehealth doctor — one recommended by her health insurance plan — who prescribed...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four people were killed and 10 others were wounded in a mass shooting Saturday evening during a child’s birthday party in Stockton, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. at a banquet hall in the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue, near Thornton Road, the Sheriff’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican-led Senate and House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel suspected to be carrying drugs, The Washington Post reports.

The Post reported earlier that Hegseth had given a spoken order that all ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — “Let’s do the ball toss,” a young woman excitedly said to the young man with her as they walked into the St. Paul RiverCentre auditorium Saturday for the 45th annual Minnesota Hmong New Year celebration.

They were already holding hands, but the ball toss courtship ritual has long been a way to signal a person is single and...Read more