NEW YORK — Broadway’s long-standing tradition of dimming marquee lights to memorialize the deaths of theater greats is getting a revamp following recent backlash.

The newly formed Broadway In Memoriam Committee announced Friday that departed theater members will now be honored quarterly as a group, while solo dimmings will continue for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the U.S. government.

The action eliminates non-statutory functions and reduces others for these entities called “unnecessary” in a White House fact sheet.

Groups affected are ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A suspect arrested earlier this month in connection with a fatal shooting during a catalytic converter theft in Inglewood is now facing federal charges for allegedly illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

Jose Cristian Saravia-Sanchez, 30, of El Salvador, was charged this week with being in the U.S. ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 surged up through blue skies Friday to send a crew on its way to International Space Station where the pair of NASA astronauts who flew up last summer on Boeing’s Starliner have been waiting for a ride home.

The Crew-10 mission lifted off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A at 7:03 p.m. shortly before ...Read more

Facing a threat of imminent government shutdown, nine Democrats joined GOP Senate colleagues to defeat a filibuster, moving a six-month government funding bill to final passage in a late-day vote on March 14, 2025.

Since January 2025, Republicans in Washington have enjoyed what’s commonly known as a governing “trifecta”: control...Read more

BOSTON — House Republican Anna Paulina Luna formally recommended that the Department of Justice open an investigation into Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, saying that her enforcement of the city’s sanctuary policies may violate federal immigration law.

Luna, a Florida congresswoman, announced at last week’s hearing of the House Committee on ...Read more

Nine Haitians, a powerful labor union and a Protestant group are suing President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over their decision to cut short more than a half-million Haitians’ legal immigration protections in the United States by six months.

The lawsuit alleges that the end of the deportation protection, known ...Read more

NEW YORK — The White House sought real-time updates on the status of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil after his arrest by Homeland Security agents who stonewalled his lawyers until he was on the way to rural Louisiana, the Columbia University graduate student’s legal team said in new court filings.

In an amended complaint filed in ...Read more

A fire at the New Jersey home of a Bayer pharmaceutical executive, sparked exactly three months after the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is actively being investigated as arson.

The blaze broke out around 7:30 a.m. on March 4 at an “occupied residence on East Lane in Madison,” the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office ...Read more

NEW YORK — A video released on Friday afternoon reveals the moment Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was taken into custody in front of his eight-months pregnant wife.

The eight-minute clip, released by his attorneys, shows plainclothes immigration authorities confronting the married couple in the lobby of their university-owned ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. “is no longer welcome” in the country after the top envoy made comments about President Donald Trump, escalating a running feud between Washington and Pretoria.

Rubio made the announcement in a post on X, linking to a Breitbart News article on a ...Read more

DENVER — A Denver jury on Thursday awarded millions of dollars to former tenants of an apartment complex over systematic neglect and habitability concerns.

More than 2,000 residents of the Mint Urban Infinity apartment complex at 1251 S. Bellaire St. near Glendale will receive rent credits for the months they lived in the building as well as ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Employees previously given permission to work from home because of special needs can be exempted from the governor’s four-day return-to-office mandate, according to new guidance released by the state on Friday.

That includes state workers living more than 50 miles from home and covered by previously established telework...Read more

The Arlington National Cemetery website has removed links to information on prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to eliminate references to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Among the internal links that no longer appear on the website are those directing users to pages ...Read more

Celebrity doctor and former Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz told senators he has the experience and reform ideas necessary to bring down the cost of health care and make Americans healthier in a hearing on Capitol Hill that showcased the former TV host’s penchant for charismatic salesmanship.

“My TV audience has heard me say this ...Read more

DENVER — At least seven people were critically injured in an explosion and fire at Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus in southeast Denver on Wednesday, including broken bones, burns and smoke inhalation, hospital officials said Friday.

The explosion and fire sent 10 people to the hospital and displaced 87 residents from the community’s ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A prominent north Minneapolis pastor who made threatening statements to Minneapolis City Council members could get a new, $643,632 one-year city contract to interrupt violence.

The Rev. Jerry McAfee — whose nonprofit has done violence prevention work for years — interrupted a February council committee meeting and went on a ...Read more

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age 93 while recovering from a broken hip he sustained in December.

The three-term Republican senator stood out for his candor, humor and willingness to work across party lines — not to mention his height.

At 6-foot-7, he ...Read more