DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis warned Thursday of the effect of potential Medicaid cuts in Colorado, reiterated his support for federal immigration authorities’ efforts in the state and criticized President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Polis, joined by a Canadian diplomat, made the comments at a news conference he called to highlight Colorado’s �...Read more

WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being fired unfairly, including for political reasons.

But the Trump administration’s mass firings have exposed a flaw that has left tens of thousands without protection just when they need it the most.

The ...Read more

A 191-acre wildfire that tore through Franklin Township, Gloucester County, starting Wednesday evening was fully contained as of Thursday, according to New Jersey firefighting officials.

Initially the fire, dubbed the Scotland Run Fire, threatened about 60 buildings, including homes and an elementary school. However, none were damaged, and no ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In 2019, Jeff Meisler started feeling strange at work.

A software engineer nearing 60, Meisler was having trouble thinking clearly. He fell behind on basic tasks, working extra hours to make up the slack. Eventually, his hand was forced. He had to go to the doctor.

The diagnosis: cerebrovascular disease. Clogged arteries in his...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Even in Mexico, where stories of massacres, kidnappings and clandestine graves provide daily news fodder, the recent revelations in western Jalisco state have caused a commotion.

Gruesome online images from a ranch apparently once used as a drug cartel training camp show hundreds of discarded shoes, backpacks, pants, shirts and...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will likely face questions during his confirmation hearing Friday about his past support of expanding the Medicare Advantage program as well as his financial ties to the industry he will be tasked with overseeing.

If confirmed, Mehmet Oz, known...Read more

Someone cut off the head of a sea lion in Northern California and rode off with it in a bag and authorities are now offering $20,000 for information that helps find the perpetrator.

The body of the mutilated animal was found at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay on Christmas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries ...Read more

MIAMI — Damir Ortiz, a 10-year-old with leukemia and a rare genetic disease that has caused a tumor in his left eye, was medevaced Wednesday from Cuba to the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, after overcoming bureaucratic obstacles and the reluctance of the Cuban government.

Last month, 79-year-old Martha Beatriz Roque, a prominent ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — West Ada School District administrators have instructed a teacher that she must remove two signs from her classroom out of concern that they “inadvertently create division or controversy,” the district told the Idaho Statesman.

In doing so, district administrators appear to have inadvertently drummed up division and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Columbia University has expelled some students for occupying Hamilton Hall last spring, school officials announced Thursday.

In a university-wide email, Columbia said that the outcomes of a months-long investigation also included multi-year suspensions and the temporary revoking of other students’ degrees.

“Today, the Columbia...Read more

A Michigan resident in the western part of the Upper Peninsula recently discovered something not seen in Michigan for more than a century — cougar cubs in the wild.

State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the sighting of two spotted cubs, believed to be 7 to 9 weeks old. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a resident, who wished...Read more

BALTIMORE — More than 2,000 positions related to global health are being cut from the Johns Hopkins University after the Baltimore institution saw $800 million in federal grants disappear, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

Hopkins’ medical school; the Bloomberg School of Public Health, including its Center for Communication Programs; and ...Read more