BALTIMORE — In Maryland, it’s almost impossible to know how many have been detained or arrested by ICE since January — and immigration and data experts say this time-sensitive data is vital for transparency and accountability.

Despite regular news releases trumpeting arrests and detentions of immigrants, the federal immigration agency —...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter is being held in the custody of U.S. Marshals as he awaits his first court appearance in federal court Monday afternoon.

After being arrested late Sunday in a field in Sibley County, Boelter was booked into Hennepin County jail after being delivered by the Brooklyn Park Police Department just after 1 a.m. Monday. ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – A Malvern man was arrested on firearms charges for bringing a loaded handgun and a bayonet to a “No Kings” protest in West Chester on Saturday, police said.

Kevin Krebs, 31, was charged with carrying a Sig Sauer P320 without a concealed-carry permit, according to the affidavit of probable cause for his arrest. Krebs was ...Read more

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Monday called imprisoned singer R. Kelly a serial and unrepentant child molester and say his recent claims of a plot by prison officials to have him murdered are both “fanciful” and “repugnant.”

The 19-page filing from the U.S. attorney’s office also argued that, regardless of Kelly’s claims, the ...Read more

Israel and Iran exchanged fire for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, stocking fears of an all-out war with the potential to drag in others in the oil-rich region and force the U.S. into a more hands-on stance.

Iran fired several waves of drones and missiles over the last 24 hours, while Israel continued hitting the Islamic Republic’s ...Read more

UPPSALA, Sweden — For Swedish youth, it’s unavoidable.

Enter nearly any restaurant or bar in Sweden, and you’ll see tables with a cluster of plastic packs of nicotine pouches, or snus, in the center. On social media, influencers tout mini-crocheted purses designed to fit a plastic canister and crystal adorned boxes.

Nicotine pouches have...Read more

As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its original epicenter of West Texas may be subsiding as hesitant residents become more concerned and willing to vaccinate, while North Dakota is a new focus with the highest rate of any state.

The reality of measles may be overcoming vaccine ...Read more

A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn about Colorado’s declining butterfly population and how they can do their part to save it.

Shiran Hershcovich, a lepidopterist at the Westminster-based Butterfly Pavilion who’s leading the Saturday morning training, ...Read more

A new kind of mRNA vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University could be cheaper to produce and offer a greater level of immunity across multiple variants of the virus.

The news comes as mRNA vaccines have been targeted by the Trump administration's recent funding cuts, and Health Secretary Robert F...Read more

Veronica Montoya relies on Medicaid for the $15,000 infusions that restrain her immune system from attacking her body, and worries she may lose that access if Congress adopts drastic changes to the health care program.

Provisions of congressional Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would add work requirements for some people covered...Read more

In an age of social media tirades and escalating polarization, Vance Boelter did not strike people who knew him or worked with him as someone motivated by political rage.

Boelter was apprehended by police Sunday night, officials said, and is alleged by law enforcement to have carried out a political assassination. He’s been charged with two ...Read more

The criminal complaint alleging that Vance Luther Boelter killed Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband and attempted to kill state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife was unsealed late Sunday night after he was apprehended in a field in Sibley County.

Boelter, 57 of Green Isle, Minn., stands charged with two counts of second-...Read more