A suspect in the Wednesday fatal shootings of two members of the Israeli Embassy near the Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been identified as a Chicago man.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago was being held for questioning, authorities said Thursday. He was being interviewed early Thursday by D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department as well ...Read more

A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning, sparking intense flames that scorched several homes, mangled dozens of vehicles and forced almost 100 people to evacuate.

Just before 8 a.m., fire officials confirmed that the only known fatalities from the crash were the private plane’s occupants. It still wasn’t ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — The winner of South Korea's upcoming presidential election will be faced with the task of uniting a country riven by political acrimony since the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who sparked national outrage after declaring martial law in December.

But first, they will have to contend with President Donald ...Read more

In the days following missing camper Tiffany Slaton's rescue from the Sierra National Forest, what began as a heartwarming tale of a woman surviving against all odds has been tinged by a chorus of online skeptics questioning the hiker and her family.

While many have praised the tenacity of the 28-year-old Georgia woman, others have expressed ...Read more

As Southern California Edison faces scrutiny over the role its equipment may have played in sparking the deadly Eaton fire, the utility giant is facing some pushback from ratepayers over plans to seek another increase in electricity rates.

The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision this summer on Edison's request ...Read more

NEW YORK — Kid Cudi took the witness stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Manhattan sex trafficking trial Thursday, telling a jury about how his Hollywood Hills home was burgled and his Porsche was blown up in his driveway after the hip-hop mogul learned he was dating Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

On the stand in Manhattan federal court, the �...Read more

The Supreme Court dealt an unexpected blow Thursday to the conservative drive for religious charter schools.

The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett had announced in advance she would not participate in the ...Read more

Two members of the Israeli embassy’s staff were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night by a gunman who chanted “Free, Free Palestine,” officials said, condemning the attack as an antisemitic hate crime.

A single suspect is in custody, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith told reporters, identifying ...Read more

Two members of the Israeli embassy’s staff were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

A single suspect is in custody, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith told reporters, adding that the individual chanted “Free Free Palestine” while in custody. ...Read more

State wildlife agencies have a big job.

While the federal government protects animals listed under the Endangered Species Act, states are tasked with keeping the vast majority of other species out of the “emergency room.” Habitat loss, pollution and climate change are making that job much more difficult.

At the same time, states are ...Read more

On the last day of patient care at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Marquette, Michigan, a port town on the shore of Lake Superior, dozens of people crowded into the parking lot and alley, holding pink homemade signs that read “Thank You!” and “Forever Grateful.”

“Oh my god,” physician assistant Anna Rink gasped, as she and three ...Read more

Brian Rigsby was lying with his right wrist shackled to a hospital bed in Montgomery, Alabama, when he learned he didn’t have long to live.

It was September 2023, and Rigsby, 46, had been brought to Jackson Hospital from an Alabama state prison 10 days earlier after complaining of pain and swelling in his abdomen. Doctors found that untreated...Read more

Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates.

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — When sex offender Mark Chapman left a New York prison in 2022, he was greeted with an arrest warrant and a transport van back to the state of Michigan on new sexual abuse charges stemming from the state's investigation into the Boy Scouts of America.

Chapman, now 55, pleaded guilty to first and second-degree criminal sexual ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him.

It is manifesting on online message boards, where Floyd is called a “drug addict” and “career criminal” who died of an overdose, not by the knee of Derek Chauvin. Social media posts say Chauvin was a ...Read more

OCALA, Fla. — The state wildlife commission on Wednesday endorsed Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade, turning aside fears of animal advocates who worry the plan for a December hunt will lead to a needless slaughter of the state’s largest land mammal.

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ended four hours of public debate and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo went on the offensive Wednesday following news that he’s under criminal investigation by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, rolling out a campaign ad blasting the probe as a nakedly political effort to disrupt his momentum in the race.

The 33-second spot kicks off with a narrator ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn immigrant who plunged to his death as FDNY firefighters worked to save him from a fire in his apartment above a Brooklyn bodega fell after the rescue ladder he stepped onto suddenly retracted, startling video seen by the New York Daily News shows.

Ashiq Hussain turned around backwards in the window of his third-floor ...Read more

SEATTLE — Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client.

Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers — a...Read more

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended proposed cuts to his department’s fiscal 2026 budget before a Senate panel Wednesday as lawmakers questioned an administration suggestion that some parts of the National Park Service could be managed by the states.

Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Chair Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska,...Read more