BOSTON – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she never intended to pick a fight with federal officials in the incoming Trump administration while firmly reiterating the city’s intent to resist mass deportation plans.

“When you talk about 10 to 20 million people that is not just those with a criminal warrant; that is uprooting families from ...Read more

A Delaware court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News filed by a Jan. 6 rioter who said the network falsely identified him as an FBI informant.

U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted Fox News' motion to dismiss the suit filed last year by Ray Epps.

The now-Utah-based Epps claimed his life was upended after ...Read more

Three people were killed and another was hospitalized after a Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont, California, on Wednesday, according to authorities.

Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers said that dispatchers got an iPhone alert from a passenger in the Cybertruck around 3:08 a.m. The vehicle had gotten into a collision at King Avenue and ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia had the 10th highest rate of abortions performed in the country in 2022, according to federal data released Wednesday.

Abortions were performed in Georgia at a rate of 17.2 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, according to data shared by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC ...Read more

ATLANTA — Unable to reach a verdict after more than eight hours of deliberations, the Fulton County jury hearing the sprawling “Young Slime Life” gang and racketeering case was sent home Wednesday afternoon for the holiday weekend.

Two defendants remain in the longest trial in Georgia’s history. Shannon Stillwell and Deamonte Kendrick ...Read more

Thought just 17, Donald Trump’s granddaughter appears to relish her role as an aspiring, up-and-coming MAGA influencer, as she shares slickly produced videos on social media about the fun she has hanging out with her beloved, president-elect “grandpa.”

But there’s only so much that Kai Trump can do to soften the image of a man who has ...Read more

ATLANTA — On the night before Thanksgiving for each of the past 30 years, Melba McKnight of Conyers swears she hears her doorbell ring, only to find no one at the door.

McKnight and her daughter, Amber Lett-Hammond, believe the ringing doorbell is a sign from Melba’s sister, Shirley McKnight, who was murdered by her longtime ex-boyfriend ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge who made a controversial decision to release a man on electronic monitoring weeks before he killed his estranged wife is not hearing domestic violence cases due to threats he has received, according to a statement from the chief judge’s office.

Judge Thomas Nowinski on Oct. 9 denied a Cook County prosecutor’s...Read more

ATLANTA — Unable to reach a verdict after more than eight hours of deliberations, the Fulton County jury hearing the sprawling “Young Slime Life” gang and racketeering case was sent home Wednesday afternoon for the holiday weekend.

Two defendants remain in the longest trial in Georgia’s history. Shannon Stillwell and Deamonte Kendrick ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Brooke L. Rollins is posed to tackle foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land if confirmed as Agriculture secretary, but she will face some limitations on the scope of her power to do so.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 23 that he will nominate Rollins to lead the Agriculture Department. Rollins was a senior ...Read more

Several members of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet were hit with swatting calls, bomb threats and other harassing calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, according to the FBI.

The agency issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the bureau was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting ...Read more

China released three Americans as part of a prisoner swap between the Biden administration and the Chinese government, according to a person familiar with the matter, a rare moment of cooperation between the adversaries.

A statement from the National Security Council said the three Americans — Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung — would be ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former Ald. Daniel Solis’ testimony about his extraordinary turn as an FBI mole will continue for an abbreviated fourth day Wednesday before the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan takes an extended Thanksgiving break.

Soils, the longtime 25th Ward alderman and Zoning Committee chairman, has been on the witness ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In Florida, 28 companies have controlled the medical marijuana market.

Now, after months of delay, Florida is allowing another 22 companies to join them.

For years, the marketplace has been dominated and controlled at all levels by a tight cluster of companies — only about two thirds of Florida’s licensed companies ...Read more

BOSTON — As Thanksgiving approaches, white sharks are still trying to have a feast of their own in these local chilly waters.

Shark researchers have seen a higher number of seals with shark bites along the Massachusetts South Shore this fall.

Whale and Dolphin Conservation’s Marine Animal Rescue and Response team has responded to seven ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration issued new sanctions against Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela on Wednesday, marking four months since he refused to cede power after losing the country’s presidential election.

The new measures include sanctions against 21 security and cabinet-level officials in the Maduro government as well as ...Read more