BOSTON — Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to two charges of corruption tied to a kickback scheme in which she took a cash handoff in a city hall bathroom.

Fernandes Anderson, 46, pleaded guilty to to one count of wire fraud and one count of theft involving public funds related to a scheme ...Read more

The Trump administration is offering $1,000 and a free flight home to undocumented immigrants who go back their own countries voluntarily, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

The immigrants who use the CBP Home App — the same mobile platform previously used under the Biden administration to facilitate lawful entry ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Police officers in Rochester were called to the Kwik Trip parking lot because Eloisa Plancarte had her shirt pulled up, revealing her breasts in July 2021.

Plancarte was known to officers; they had already charged her twice that week with indecent exposure, once for exposing her underwear, once for exposing her breasts and ...Read more

MIAMI — The 65-foot yacht that sank near Miami Beach Saturday with more than 30 social media influencers on board was woefully over capacity, according to the specifications on a for-sale listing for the vessel.

The Tecnomar Lamborghini 63 — named TNT — went down in shallow water near Monument Island shortly after 5 p.m.

All 32 ...Read more

TAYLOR, Mich. — Vowing "no one in this department will be getting arrested for subverting federal law," Taylor Police Chief John Blair said Monday his agency signed an agreement last week with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows local officers to question people about their immigration status.

The April 28 agreement made ...Read more

NEW YORK — An anxious Sean “Diddy” Combs sat for the first day of jury selection in his federal sex trafficking case Monday, asking the judge for a two-minute bathroom break after hearing from a half-dozen prospective jurors.

“I’m sorry, your honor. I’m a little nervous today,” said the hip hop mogul, dressed in a dark blue ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers guiding planes bound for Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication for more than a minute early last week before flights at the key hub were snarled for days, according to people familiar with the matter.

The outage of those key systems occurred on April 28 and lasted nearly ...Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called for a federal investigation of the FAA amid ongoing delays at Newark Airport.

“The chaos at Newark Airport could very well be a national harbinger if all these issues aren’t fixed, and if the FAA can’t get real solutions to these problems off the ground,” Schumer said. “(I)t is ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe campaigned for office last year, he declared, “the pro-life community does not need quitters” if abortion returned to the state.

At a closed-door ceremony inside his Capitol office last month, the Republican chief executive signed the first measure intended to help attack abortion access...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s security Cabinet voted to intensify military operations in Gaza and call up of tens of thousands of extra reservists, while also deciding on a means of distributing aid in the Palestinian territory.

The vote in the early hours of Monday followed a long discussion and was unanimous regarding the expansion of armed...Read more

The Trump administration announced a plan Monday to try to ramp up the number of deportations: paying unauthorized immigrants $1,000 if they return to their home country voluntarily.

The Department of Homeland Security called the plan a “historic opportunity for illegal aliens,” noting in a news release that it would also pay for travel ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — A hand-crafted sign outside the downtown Social Security Administration office mimicked a street sign, depicting the intersection of “Prosecute” and “Trump.” The chants came from about 50 people surrounding it, holding furious signs aimed at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk: “Hands off! Hands off! Hands off!” ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Officials have dropped charges against a group accused of trespassing and resisting police when police removed a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Michigan last May.

“When my office made the decision to issue charges of trespassing and resisting and obstructing a police officer in this matter, we did...Read more

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González has been hospitalized in a public health facility in Spain following a sudden episode of low blood pressure.

González, widely recognized by the United States and several other nations as the legitimate president of Venezuela, is reportedly in stable condition.

“I am receiving excellent care ...Read more

CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who represented Chicago's north suburbs in Congress for more than two and a half decades, announced Monday she will not seek a 15th term next year.

“This is the official, that I’m not going to run again for Congress, and there are pluses to that,” Schakowsky, 80, said at an Ultimate Women’s Power ...Read more

The Trump administration is offering $1,000 and travel assistance to undocumented immigrants who go back their own countries voluntarily, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

The immigrants who use the CBP Home App — the same mobile platform previously used under the Biden administration to facilitate lawful entry ...Read more

The Trump administration announced a plan Monday to try to ramp up the number of deportations: paying undocumented immigrants $1,000 if they return to their home country voluntarily.

The Department of Homeland Security called the plan a “historic opportunity for illegal aliens,” noting in a news release that it would also pay for travel ...Read more