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Human-rights groups are pushing back against a proposal by Haiti authorities to enlist members of a rogue force into the fight against a powerful gang alliance carrying out a deadly siege in three of the country’s 10 ...Read more

A federal judge in San Francisco rebuffed the Trump administration again in a major immigration case on Friday, saying he is sticking to his decision to stop the government’s revocation of deportation protections this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department is proposing to shut down its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and cut roughly $9 billion in awards for programs regarding carbon capture, direct air capture, solar and ...Read more

CHICAGO — The U.S. attorney’s office officially has moved to drop the criminal case against high-profile government mole Daniel Solis, the former alderman who played key roles in federal prosecutions that brought down ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson promised Friday to go to court to protect hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money for Chicago schools if President Donald Trump follows through on a threat to revoke the funds ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York State Education Department announced Friday it will not sign a certification against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices as directed by the Trump administration — at the risk of ...Read more

A 14-year-old accused of gunning down a pair of New Jersey police officers, killing one of them, is expected to be tried as an adult in the shooting.

The unidentified teen is facing counts including murder, attempted ...Read more

A selloff in stocks deepened, bonds climbed and oil tumbled to a four-year low as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the damage of a trade war will be bigger than anticipated, with the potential effects including...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus is taking a campaign against Florida’s Cuban American Republicans not to the airwaves, but the highway.

A new billboard, which is going up on the Palmetto Expressway ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Trump administration on Friday and lifted a judge’s order that had blocked the canceling of $148 million in grants for recruiting and training new teachers nationwide.

By ...Read more

CHICAGO — A dying Venezuelan man was reunited with his brother Friday morning in an emotional reunion outside a restaurant near the ICE processing center in Broadview that federal authorities released him from so he ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police arrested a man who stabbed a 57-year-old woman in the face early Friday morning at the World Trade Center Memorial, cops said.

Just before 2 a.m. Amir Thompson walked up to the victim near Liberty St. ...Read more

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “religious liberty” measure Friday, resolving a decade-long debate over a divisive measure that supporters say protects faith-based beliefs from government overreach and critics ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County plans to pay $4 billion to settle nearly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse that allegedly occurred inside its juvenile facilities and foster homes, dwarfing the largest sex abuse ...Read more

Kenan Thompson has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The 46-year-old actor was diagnosed with the disease - which causes stomach acid to repeatedly flow back into the tube that connects his mouth to his...Read more

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing two new charges in his sex trafficking case.

The 55-year-old rap star - who is due to go on trial in the sex trafficking case in May - is now facing one more count each of sex trafficking and ...Read more

Blake Lively's legal team has accused Justin Baldoni of "trying to destroy" the actress.

The 37-year-old movie star recently asked a court to dismiss Baldoni's defamation lawsuit, arguing that the actor should be subject ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office as mayor of Oakland, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory.

Long-established state law ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders on Friday decried the Trump administration’s abrupt firing of a top Pentagon intelligence and cyber officer, the most high-profile dismissal of a senior military official since the ...Read more

A new planeload of migrants deported from the U.S. landed Friday morning in Caracas, as the Trump administration continues to send Venezuelans back to their home country.

The flight with 208 passengers on board, which ...Read more