The Trump administration is offering $1,000 and travel assistance to undocumented immigrants who go back their own countries voluntarily, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

The immigrants who use the CBP Home App — the same mobile platform previously used under the Biden administration to facilitate lawful entry ...Read more

The Trump administration announced a plan Monday to try to ramp up the number of deportations: paying undocumented immigrants $1,000 if they return to their home country voluntarily.

The Department of Homeland Security called the plan a “historic opportunity for illegal aliens,” noting in a news release that it would also pay for travel ...Read more

As Chevron seeks to persuade the Trump administration to allow it to continue producing oil in Venezuela, opposition leader María Corina Machado argues that such a move would be counterproductive, saying it would only serve to rescue strongman Nicolás Maduro from the precarious position he now finds himself in, thanks to sanctions imposed by ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — Two witnesses who say they visited 34 Fairview Road in Canton at around the time Karen Read allegedly struck and killed John O’Keefe testified that they didn’t see the victim in or near the vehicle at the home.

Read, 45, of Mansfield, faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, a Boston police ...Read more

A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Monday to block sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, arguing they are unconstitutional and endanger Americans.

The lawsuit specifically challenges department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s March 27 directive firing 10,000 full-time HHS employees, ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen implores U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to slash funding for naloxone in a letter the Colorado congresswoman sent Monday.

The medication has proven extremely effective in stopping opioid overdoses, a leading cause of death among young people. The Lakewood Democrat personalized her...Read more

The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in early stages, relied on old technology and was just one of more than 200 such efforts.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shifted the money ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A search was underway early Monday after a suspected smuggling boat capsized off Del Mar, killing three people.

Early reports indicated nine people were missing and four survivors were located, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson said.

The overturned boat was discovered just north of Torrey Pines State Beach around 6:30 a.m.

A ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963.

“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group behind a petition drive to expand Medicaid is suing the state over a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that erects even more barriers to getting citizen initiatives on the ballot.

Florida Decides HealthCare said in a press release that the new law is unconstitutional and “significantly undermines Florida’s ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Davis Joint Unified School District has not implemented safety procedures created three years ago to prevent a school shooting, though some progress has been made, according to a report released by the Yolo County Grand Jury.

The report, released last week, comes in the wake of a shooting during UC Davis’ annual ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Temple student was placed on interim suspension over an antisemitic incident at a Barstool Sports bar in Philadelphia.

"In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent," Temple president John Fry said in a statement. "It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is accused of using his stardom and his perch as the powerful co-founder of Bad Boy Records to run an empire of sexual horrors, forcing women into sex trafficking and abuse at drug-fueled parties.

Combs, 55, has been locked up in Brooklyn’s ...Read more

Israel’s security Cabinet voted to intensify military operations in Gaza and call up of tens of thousands of extra reservists, while also deciding on a means of distributing aid in the Palestinian territory.

The vote in the early hours of Monday followed a long discussion and was unanimous regarding the expansion of armed activities in Gaza, ...Read more

Iran said it’s waiting for Oman to confirm when there will be a new round of nuclear talks with the U.S., while also saying it had nothing to do with Houthi missile strikes on Israel.

Iranian and U.S. officials were set to meet in Rome for a fourth round of negotiations last weekend, with Oman continuing its intermediary role. But the ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City parents are getting cut off child care vouchers amid a standoff between Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul over who pays for the hundreds of million dollar program.

On Monday, First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro announced the city was closing enrollment to new applicants who qualify for the subsidies by income. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson tapped a former City Hall official and executive at a design and engineering firm to be the next leader of the Chicago Department of Aviation, the mayor’s office announced Monday.

Michael McMurray, president of transportation and infrastructure at Wight & Company, will be the Aviation commissioner, according ...Read more

A year after the first Citi Bike e-bike charging docks were installed, New York City is expanding the number of bike-share charging hubs to keep pace with growing demand for electric cycles.

“Expanding our network of charging stations means riders will have better access to fully charged bikes, with fewer delays and faster service,” city ...Read more

Iran said it’s waiting for Oman to confirm when there will be a new round of nuclear talks with the U.S., while also saying it had nothing to do with Houthi missile strikes on Israel.

Iranian and U.S. officials were set to meet in Rome for a fourth round of negotiations last weekend, with Oman continuing its intermediary role. But the ...Read more

Israel’s security Cabinet voted to intensify military operations in Gaza and call up of tens of thousands of extra reservists, while also deciding on a means of distributing aid in the Palestinian territory.

The vote in the early hours of Monday followed a long discussion and was unanimous regarding the expansion of armed activities in Gaza, ...Read more