DETROIT — Oakland County officials have chosen the New York-based risk management firm Guidepost Solutions to conduct an independent review of the emergency response to the Oxford High School shooting.

Oakland County executive Dave Coulter on Monday announced the decision to ask the firm to conduct a comprehensive after-action review of the ...Read more

Despite mostly partisan concern over an apparent closeness to ousted-Syrian President Bashar Assad and what critics say is a tendency to repeat Kremlin propaganda, it seems former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has found a warm reception on Capitol Hill.

Gabbard, a former Democratic representative from Hawaii, has been nominated to serve as Director ...Read more

CHICAGO — The frigid wind and single-digit morning air did not deter Dan O’Conor as he prepared Thursday for his daily plunge into Lake Michigan. Before stripping off his many layers, he tossed a thermometer into the water near Montrose Harbor, like he often does before a jump.

O’Conor — dubbed the “Great Lake Jumper” — peeked ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former congressman and Air National Guard pilot Adam Kinzinger says there’s a reason so many photos of drones being reported along the East Coast are blurry.

“People with long telephoto lenses that are out there — trust me, they’re all out there right now — and they zoom on this thing they can see in their long telephoto ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nathan Barankin, a former longtime adviser to Kamala Harris, has taken over as chief of staff to Gov. Gavin Newsom, the governor’s office announced Monday.

He replaces Dana Williamson, who has served as Newsom’s top deputy since January 2023.

“I greatly appreciate Dana’s counsel and her service to the state and ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado air-quality regulators this week will tackle one of the more complicated rules the state has drafted, ordering about 40 natural gas companies to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions or pay into a system designed to help businesses lower their carbon output.

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission is set to create the ...Read more

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has started reviewing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment case, while investigators reportedly plan to question him this week over his shock martial law declaration.

Judges began their deliberations on Monday and the first preparatory hearing will be held on Dec. 27, according to court officials. ...Read more

Daily threats to fire the attorney general. Stopping the scheduled appointment of a chief justice because he’s a liberal. Replacing legal overseers in government ministries. Restricting who runs for office in a way more likely to affect Arabs.

Fresh off a series of military victories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is returning to his pre-...Read more

Russia’s army recruited more than 430,000 new troops this year amid its war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said.

“This stream of volunteers doesn’t stop,” Putin told a meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow on Monday. “A turning point on the frontlines has been reached and we have completely taken the strategic ...Read more

NEW YORK — Twenty years after it was eliminated in a cloud of scandal, and after two years of delay, a New York City commission empowered to release people early from jail sentences has been resurrected, the Daily News has learned.

The renewed Local Conditional Release Commission has been meeting every two weeks since early September and so ...Read more

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.

Rubio, who if confirmed by the Senate will also be the first Latino to hold the...Read more

Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one key finding from our new study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

When we examined the data further, however, we ...Read more

Lightning struck deep in the central Idaho mountains on July 24, 2024, igniting the Wapiti Fire that burned across 129,063 acres around Stanley, Idaho – a place known for its scenic vistas and idyllic rural landscape.

Local communities evacuated, then returned home when the danger had passed. But for ranchers who graze livestock ...Read more

The holiday season, often considered a time of joy and togetherness, can also be one of the most challenging periods for those who are grieving a loss.

Nearly 95% of people who have experienced loss report dealing with at least one symptom of physical or mental distress. Approximately 10% of them develop prolonged grief disorder, a ...Read more

Colorado prosecutors want to increase the total number of beds in the state’s youth detention centers by 50% amid rising juvenile-related violent crime — a dramatic upswing in youth incarceration that has been met with fierce pushback from juvenile justice advocates.

The Colorado District Attorneys’ Council is working with a bipartisan ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After years of culture war battles in school and public libraries, the campaign by conservative-leaning “parent rights” groups has succeeded in casting a nationwide chill over the market for children’s books they deem inappropriate, greatly diminishing sales and opportunities for authors to promote their work.

During the ...Read more