The United States is offering a reward of up to $3 million and possible relocation for information on the financial activities of Haiti’s most powerful gangs.

The Viv Ansanm gang coalition and Gran Grif were designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists by Secretary of State Marco Rubio last year.

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DETROIT — A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County has grown to seven cases, health officials confirmed Wednesday.

The Washtenaw County Health Department on Wednesday confirmed the seventh case of measles in the county was contracted by an unvaccinated child who is a close contact of the first case on March 11.

"Unfortunately, this most recent...Read more

NEW YORK — The remains of the two Air Canada pilots killed in Sunday’s LaGuardia airport crash were expected to be flown back home on Wednesday as National Transportation Safety Board investigators finished up their second full day on their extensive probe into the disastrous accident, sources and officials said.

The bodies of pilot Antoine...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mamdani administration has announced about $246 million in savings from the city budget — a fraction of the $1.7 billion the mayor built into his spending plan for next year — as it struggles to fill a multi-million-dollar budget gap.

The mayor said Wednesday that his administration is working on reviewing and approving the...Read more

HIALEAH, Fla. — Longing for a free homeland, hope for change and a deep love for Cuba drew thousands to the streets of Hialeah, where chants of “Libertad” echoed through the city during a “Cuba Libre” rally Tuesday evening.

The gathering at Milander Field was part protest, part celebration — a vibrant echo of a Cuban fiesta. Hats ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for Somali asylum seekers who have had their hearings fast-tracked filed a lawsuit arguing the Trump administration is singling out a group of immigrants based on their nationality and violating their rights to due process.

Hines Immigration Law of Roseville and the Minneapolis-based Advocates for Human Rights filed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Brookhaven man who once worked for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting a bribe from a purported immigrant while making false promises about what could be done to help the man remain in the country.

Amara Dukuly — who was arrested by federal authorities last year — said little as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works.

In a 9-0 decision, the justices threw out Sony's lawsuit and a $1-billion jury verdict...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and a warship to the region.

The plan presented to Iranian leadership Tuesday broadly included a 30-day ceasefire and sanctions ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Florida woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that she sprayed bullets at Rihanna's West L.A. home earlier this month, and told investigators she "wasn't attempting murder" after her arrest, according to a police report made public this week.

Ivanna Ortiz, 35, of Orlando, was charged with attempted murder and nine ...Read more

A Russian oil tanker carrying hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude is steadily approaching Cuba, setting up a high-stakes test of Washington’s willingness to enforce its tightening energy embargo on the island as it grapples with a deepening fuel crisis.

Jorge Piñón, an energy expert at the University of Texas at Austin, said the ...Read more

Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski resorts got by with snowmaking but shut down their winter operations early. Fire officials and water supply managers are worried about summer.

Where I live in Boise, Idaho, temperatures hit the low 80s Fahrenheit (high-20s Celsius) in mid-...Read more

MIAMI — Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, made a pitch Wednesday for foreign investment in Miami — a city long vilified by her socialist movement — as sweeping political changes following Nicolás Maduro’s capture drive a rapid reopening of the country’s oil sector to U.S. companies.

Rodríguez spoke on video from ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Campbell Law School is reversing course on a decision to take down a student’s flyers that depicted Charlie Kirk and his family, underscored with the message “End Political Violence.”

The school has allowed law student Justin Booker to rehang his posters and confirmed he will not be disciplined, according to the ...Read more

Despite a prediction of a slow hurricane season, up to five tropical systems could still make an impact on the United States this year, according to the forecast released Wednesday by AccuWeather.

One of the first annual prognostications for the season, which officially runs June 1-Nov. 30, calls for 11 to 16 named storms — of which four to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling Wednesday that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works.

In a 9-0 decision, the justices threw out Sony's lawsuit and a $1 billion verdict against...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Members of the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday approved new regulations for data centers building in Pennsylvania, in the first effort by the state General Assembly to shape the booming market.

The Democratic-led House approved a bill with bipartisan support in a vote of 104-95 to require data centers to pay for any increased ...Read more

Iran said it rejected a U.S. ceasefire proposal and maintained attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab states, delivering a blow to Washington’s efforts to end a war that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and global markets.

A move by U.S. President Donald Trump to start indirect talks is illogical and not viable at this stage of the conflict,...Read more