KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dominic M. Miller pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday for his role in the 2024 Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting that killed a Kansas City-area mother and injured dozens.

The 20-year-old Kansas City man was accused of firing the fatal shot that killed 43-year-old ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Gracie Mansion counterprotesters accused of throwing homemade bombs came to New York with a powerful powder explosive nicknamed “Mother of Satan,” a notebook filled with handwritten notes — and a plan to go “bigger” than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Ibraham Kayumi, 19, and Emir ...Read more

NEW YORK — One year after the arrest of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist acknowledged he was in denial — almost naive — about what was happening to him at the time.

Khalil, 31, a green-card holder with Algerian citizenship, was returning from an Iftar with his pregnant wife, an American citizen, to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.

The president said that he...Read more

A federal jury on Monday found the Alexander brothers guilty of orchestrating a sex-trafficking conspiracy involving the drugging and raping of dozens of women over decades, from New York City to their hometown of Miami.

The 12-person jury, which deliberated for three days in New York federal court, convicted twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota could soon legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms on a small scale, as lawmakers point to emerging research that suggests the psychedelic drug could help treat intractable mental illnesses.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pushing to create a pilot program allowing for therapeutic use of the drug ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two NYPD officers who played a critical role in preventing the ISIS-inspired mayhem outside Gracie Mansion Saturday from becoming a potentially deadly terror attack deserved special commendation, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Monday.

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

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are set to abandon their long-shot bid to decriminalize sex work across the state at the bill’s first committee hearing this week.

Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat and the measure’s sponsor, announced Monday morning on the Senate floor that he would voluntarily kill Senate Bill 97 at the start of its ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Alexander brothers were found guilty on all counts Monday in one of the largest sex trafficking cases ever tried by the Department of Justice.

The jury found Tal, 39, and twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, guilty of a 10-count indictment alleging they carried out a more than decadelong sex trafficking conspiracy starting around...Read more

Dozens of civilians, including children, wounded by an Iranian drone strike in Bahrain. France deploying warships to secure shipping commerce in the Strait of Hormuz. Australia taking heat from President Donald Trump over its handling of the Iranian women’s soccer team. Markets across Asia plunging as the price of oil surged.

Lebanon ...Read more

A bill to enhance penalties for repeat domestic violence offenders unanimously passed the Florida Legislature and will head to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk for final approval.

The House of Representatives last week unanimously passed HB 277, introduced by Rep. Debra Tendrich, D-Lake Worth Beach, who is herself a survivor of domestic violence. Sen...Read more

A federal judge on Monday ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration had acted “unlawfully” in appointing three new officials to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey — the third time in seven months that judges have concluded the administration violated the Constitution while seeking to shape the leadership of that ...Read more

NEW YORK — Council member Vickie Paladino filed a lawsuit against the New York City Council on Monday in an effort to stop a disciplinary process against her for a series of posts disparaging Muslims.

Paladino argued in the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit that her comments, including a post where she called for the “expulsion of Muslims ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday her office won't appeal the dismissal of felony charges against 15 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

The decision came after what the Democratic attorney general described as a "thorough assessment of the ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — U.S. President Donald Trump has deployed military might to fight drug cartels, blowing up dozens of alleged smugglers at sea and helping Ecuador bomb an apparent criminal training camps.

In recent days he announced the formation of a "brand-new military coalition" of mostly right-wing governments from across the Americas that, ...Read more

DENVER — Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring runoff to just a third of normal, according to federal forecasters.

Modeling released late last week showed the river system on track to deliver a scant 2.3 million acre-feet to Lake Powell, one of the river system’s ...Read more

For the second time in two years, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson has declined to issue an order setting limits on how federal agents carry out immigration enforcement in and around state courthouses, citing a lack of constitutional authority and potential conflict from being “perceived as taking a stand on a political ...Read more

Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill may face an uphill battle in the Nevada governor’s race, but on Wednesday morning, dozens of her supporters packed a wing of a downtown Las Vegas restaurant to hear her economic proposals.

The Democrat vowed that her administration would ask more from big businesses that have benefited from tax cuts. She...Read more

WASHINGTON — As oil prices rise in the wake of U.S. military operations in Iran, Senate Democrats have begun calling for a solution to the increasing costs.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, in a Sunday post on X, called on President Donald Trump to draw down oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to slow rising costs.

“Due to ...Read more