Nearly half of all Venezuelans are still considering leaving their homeland, desperate to escape a country ravaged by economic collapse, political persecution and relentless violence under the rule of strongman Nicolás Maduro, according to a recent poll.

According to the poll by Venezuelan market research firm Meganalisis, 44% of respondents ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Campus police at the universities of Florida and South Florida are among those that have signed on as law enforcement partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

UF spokesperson Steve Orlando confirmed that the school’s police department, like hundreds of other agencies, has signed a 287(g) agreement which allows ...Read more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — In an action cheered by state environmentalists, the California Coastal Commission has voted to fine a Texas-based oil firm $18 million for failing to obtain necessary permits and reviews in its controversial push to revive oil production off the Gaviota Coast.

After hours of public comment Thursday, the commission ...Read more

Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleges he was arrested in 2019 and accused of affiliation with the notorious MS-13 gang based on two pieces of evidence.

First: a tip from an unidentified informant that Abrego Garcia vehemently denied.

Second: the fact he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and hoodie.

That wasn’t enough evidence to detain or charge ...Read more

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Three people are dead after a small plane crashed and burned when trying to return to the Boca Raton Airport on Friday morning after reporting mechanical issues, officials say.

The plane crashed short of the airport a little after 10 a.m., hitting a car and pushing it into a tree and onto the railroad tracks near Military ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you see bright pink pro-Jewish billboards while driving around Kansas City highways, then a national nonprofit has accomplished its mission of spreading awareness.

JewBelong, an online platform that combats antisemitism and spreads information about Judaism, has posted seven billboards along I-70 and I-29 with what they ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors dropped attempted homicide charges against a retired Pittsburgh police officer who had been accused of shooting her grandson during an argument earlier this year.

Virginia Beck, 64, had also been facing charges of aggravated assault, child endangerment and reckless endangerment in connection with a Feb. 11 incident at...Read more

GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge in Maryland chided the Trump administration for not being able to answer basic questions in court Friday about a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and how officials are working, if at all, to bring him back.

A day after the Supreme Court upheld her order for the government to “...Read more

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, and other services, former staff said.

The small team, with ...Read more

PONTIAC, Mich. — An Oakland County judge has again asserted that she believes prosecutors improperly failed to disclose agreements made with two Oxford High School officials shortly after a 2021 mass shooting, but she has not made a decision on what that means for the shooter's parents.

Both James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Oxford High...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly $300 million in federal aid meant to help protect Florida communities from flooding, hurricanes and other natural disasters has been frozen since President Donald Trump took office in January.

Now the state will never get the money, leaving dozens of projects in limbo, from a plan to raise roads in St. Augustine to ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado state officials attacked the legal basis for new executive orders by the Trump administration to boost the nation’s coal industry and pledged to fight efforts to block state goals of phasing out coal for cleaner energy sources.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to “reinvigorate” what he called ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is planning to travel to the Dominican Republic early next week to mourn the tragic Santo Domingo nightclub roof collapse that killed 221 people and left over 150 injured.

The city’s Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who is Dominican, will also go on the two-day trip. New York is the city with the ...Read more

ATLANTA — Nearly every Saturday, Laura Gordon shows up outside of one of metro Atlanta’s Tesla dealerships and spends a couple of hours protesting the company’s leader, Elon Musk, and President Donald Trump.

The “Takedown Tesla” demonstrations have grown since they began in mid-February and are now commonplace at some of the electric ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade’s mayor on Friday vetoed legislation that would strip fluoride from county drinking water, setting up a showdown override vote by county commissioners over a public health practice that began in the 1950s.

Citing recommendations from doctors, dentists and national medical groups, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts state Rep. Chris Flanagan of Dennis Port was arrested Friday morning on charges that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a trade association he worked for, covered up the thefts, and then used the money to pay personal bills and fund his campaign for elected office.

Federal prosecutors indicted Flanagan, a ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small plane crashed and burned on approach to the Boca Raton Airport on Friday morning.

Initial unconfirmed reports indicate at least three people may be dead after the plane crashed short of the runway shortly after 10 a.m., hitting a car and pushing it onto the railroad tracks near Military Trail and Glades Road, ...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta pharmacist Ira Katz thinks everyone in Georgia needs to know how to save the life of a stranger or loved one who has overdosed on opioids.

He has done it himself.

“It was 8:30 in the morning and people thought this kid was sleeping in a car outside of the pharmacy,” said Katz, who runs Little Five Points Pharmacy on ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion violated the chamber’s rules when he helped steer state funds to a former legal client, Senate GOP lawmakers allege in an ethics complaint filed Friday.

Champion, who also works as a private attorney, has been under scrutiny for advocating that a violence prevention nonprofit ...Read more

CHICAGO — Hoping to reduce gun violence in Chicago, the Sue Ling Gin Foundation announced a $15 million gift Friday to develop a leadership and management education program for police supervisors.

The gift, which will be made to the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, will fund the new five-year program, working with the ...Read more