WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened a sweeping 50% tariff on the European Union and a 25% levy on Apple Inc. if the tech giant failed to move iPhone manufacturing to the U.S., reigniting investor fears about his trade agenda.

Trump said Friday in a social media post that the higher charge on the E.U. would start on June 1 because �...Read more

YUCAIPA, Calif. — Sandra Ruiz thought nothing of it when a man and his 8-year-old daughter walked into her intro to computer science course.

After all, working parents were nothing new at Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa.

"I thought, 'Here comes a dad — the student — and his daughter,'" the veteran assistant professor said. "I thought he...Read more

Motivational speaker and former Marine Brandon Rumbaugh, who lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan, has been accused of repeatedly raping a teen at his Pittsburgh-area home.

Authorities launched an investigation into Rumbaugh earlier this month, after a 13-year-old girl came forward with the allegations against him. She described ...Read more

A federal judge Friday quickly moved to block President Donald Trump’s effort to ban Harvard University from enrolling international students and revoking their visas.

District Court Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that Harvard made a “sufficient showing” that it would be hurt by the administration’s effort to revoke its certification to ...Read more

SpaceX’s last two efforts to make progress on its Starship and Super Heavy rocket ended with streaks of debris hurtling across the sky. The Federal Aviation Administration, though, is now satisfied it’s safe for SpaceX to try again.

The FAA on Thursday announced the in-development rocket that launches from Starbase, SpaceX’s Texas site, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore and Democratic lawmakers left Annapolis this week with a pin in the 2025 session and — more than ever in their time together at the helm of Maryland politics — some hard feelings.

In a high-pressure year that featured what many lawmakers are publicly and privately referring to as a “communications breakdown”...Read more

MIAMI — Get ready, South Florida. The most dreaded time of the year starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

Forecasters expect this to be another above average hurricane season with warmer than usual ocean temperatures. But before you make jokes about hosting a hurricane party or dusting off your favorite storm memes, its time for some real ...Read more

COMPTON, Calif. — Students from among the poorest families in California are about to get the newest, most up-to-date public high school in the state as the rebuilt Compton High prepares to open.

The brand-new $225-million, 31-acre campus is strikingly innovative — even experimental in some ways: The library has no books; it's all digital. ...Read more

A pregnant mother in Ohio facing deportation to El Salvador hopes that a federal lawsuit can keep her in the country.

The lawsuit against United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is filed on behalf of the woman’s 9-year-old child, an American citizen, and her unborn child who is due in October, ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal probe found Columbia University violated the rights of Jewish students since campus protests took hold following the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terror attack on Israel, the government announced this week.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that Columbia had shown “deliberate indifference towards ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had carried out a “major” prisoner swap, lauding the move as a sign of progress as his efforts to broker an agreement to end the war have faltered.

“Congratulations to both sides on this negotiation,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday, adding that the swap will go into ...Read more

DETROIT — A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal...Read more

Another suspect has been arrested in connection with a massive New Orleans jailbreak involving 10 inmates, who pulled off their daring escape earlier this week by slipping out a hole carved behind a prison toilet.

Connie Weeden is accused of helping the fugitives, specifically Jermaine Donald, one of five escapees who remained at large as of ...Read more

Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting COVID-19 could be dangerous for him — his underlying illness puts him at high risk of serious complications and death. To avoid getting sick, he stays away from large gatherings, and he’s comforted knowing healthy people who get boosters protect him by ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The murder heard around the world marks its fifth anniversary Sunday.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on the neck of George Floyd and held it there for nearly 90 seconds. The incident was filmed by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier and went viral. Chauvin was eventually found guilty of second-...Read more

President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization.

The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and ...Read more

Iran said it’s “time to decide” ahead of Friday’s nuclear talks with the U.S., with the main sticking point being whether Tehran will be able to continue enriching uranium.

The first four rounds of talks, mediated by Oman, have broadly gone well, according to both U.S. and Iranian officials. But Iran insists that any deal must enable it...Read more

NEW YORK — After the first week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial was full of graphic and shocking testimony from Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the second week saw prosecutors call several witnesses who backed up her accounts.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The feds are attempting to ...Read more