With gun violence still a persistent problem despite recent drops in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of gun control efforts into law Monday — one that requires Illinoisans to more quickly report lost firearms and another mandating law enforcement agencies statewide participate in a federal gun tracing platform.

The two modest measures...Read more

NEW YORK — A police officer and three other people were killed after a gunman opened fire Monday evening at a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses The Blackstone Group and NFL headquarters, police said.

The “lone shooter” was later “neutralized,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police sources said the man shot and ...Read more

The Trump administration is debating whether to allow a planned U.S. stopover by Taiwan’s leader next week as concerns mount that it could derail trade talks with China and a potential summit with President Xi Jinping, according to people familiar with the matter.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was planning to stop in New York on Aug. 4 ...Read more

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said recent midterm elections showed the public’s discontent over issues ranging from poverty to corruption, pledging to roll out more social programs, create jobs and attract investment in the second half of his single six-year term.

“If only data will be the basis, the economy is doing well. ...Read more

SEATTLE — A Lummi Nation police officer was shot multiple times early Monday, according to the Whatcom County sheriff’s office.

The suspected shooter was arrested Monday afternoon, Lummi Nation reported in a news release.

The 37-year-old officer had responded at 12:52 a.m. to a vehicle that had driven off the road into a ditch in the 3200 ...Read more

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will resume trade negotiations with Thailand and Cambodia after they agreed to halt clashes along their disputed border, taking credit for pushing them to peace after threatening punishing tariffs.

The two Southeast Asian nations reached a ceasefire Tuesday after five days of fighting, including airstrikes ...Read more

An appellate court appears poised to side with the federal judge who blocked immigration agents from conducting "roving patrols" and snatching people off the streets of Southern California, likely setting up another Supreme Court showdown.

Arguments in the case were held Monday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...Read more

Close to 140,000 Minnesotans are likely to lose health care coverage under Medicaid cuts that are expected to cost the state $1.4 billion in federal revenue over the next four years, according to a new analysis from state health officials.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services released updated projections Monday of the impact the federal ...Read more

NEW YORK — A police officer and two civilians were shot Monday evening at a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses The Blackstone Group and NFL headquarters by “a lone shooter” who was later “neutralized,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

The shooting happened at 345 Park Ave. and 51st Street around 6:30 p.m., when police ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two brothers detained at Alligator Alcatraz, including a Mexican citizen vacationing in Orlando on a valid tourist visa, are now back home in Mexico City, their father said at a news conference Monday.

The brothers were transported from the center in the Everglades to a detention center in Miami and then to another in ...Read more

BOSTON — An illegal immigrant working as a police officer has been arrested after he tried to buy a gun, according to ICE Boston.

ICE agents in Maine arrested Jon Luke Evans, who’s from Jamaica and was employed as a reserve police officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department.

Officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations ...Read more

NEW YORK — A police officer and three other people were killed after a gunman opened fire Monday evening at a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses The Blackstone Group and NFL headquarters, police said.

The “lone shooter” was later “neutralized,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police sources said the man shot and ...Read more

Storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding across Metro Detroit early Monday evening, delaying flights at Detroit Metro Airport and leaving thousands of electricity customers without power statewide.

The Wayne County Airport Authority reported flooding at "several locations across the Detroit Metro Airport campus, including the Dingell Drive ...Read more

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would work on a new effort to provide food aid to alleviate starvation in Gaza along with other governments and organizations, including the UK and European Union.

Trump laid out his proposal during a Monday meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, amid growing ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump are “not bad” but any attempt to resume dialogue between the two countries should start from recognizing the North as a nuclear power.

In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong —...Read more

NEW YORK — A police officer and two civilians were shot at a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses The Blackstone Group and NFL headquarters in what officials were calling an active shooter investigation.

The shooting happened at 345 Park Ave. and 51st Street around 6:30 p.m., when police sources say a gunman entered the building with...Read more

The University of California admitted a record 100,947 new first-year college students from California for the upcoming school year, a more than 7% bump from last year. The premier higher education system also admitted 22,230 international students, even as the Trump administration has created additional barriers to their attendance.

“We ...Read more

Just 10 minutes after a Delta plane landed at San Francisco International Airport, law enforcement and federal agents entered the cockpit and apprehended a pilot, authorities say.

The arrest Saturday left passengers agape.

The group of officers and agents “were pushing their way up through the aisle” and into the cockpit, where they cuffed...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the U.S. government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a proposal as early as Tuesday to scrap a landmark determination ...Read more