WASHINGTON ― A defense policy bill approved this week by a Senate panel authorizes $14 million for infrastructure upgrades at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County ahead of the anticipated arrival of two new airframes, the F-15EX fighters and KC-46 tankers.

Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters' office said Friday that the National ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnetonka police will soon begin sending drones first to some 911 calls to gauge the situations faster and, in some minor cases, determine whether human officers are still needed.

“By deploying drones to calls within moments, we can assess situations faster, send the right resources and help protect both the public and our ...Read more

Coinciding with the anniversary of the islandwide July 11 uprising in 2021 on Friday, the United States sanctioned Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, for his involvement in “gross violations of human rights, ” the Department of State said in a statement.

This is the first time the U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Díaz-Canel, Cuba...Read more

President Donald Trump said it was “hard to believe the devastation” as he visited Texas to see firsthand the damage from extreme floods that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region.

Trump’s visit was aimed at reassuring residents that the federal government was committing the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Training for dozens of recruits hoping to be New York City deputy sheriffs was thrown into chaos after the Department of Investigation determined the academy’s instructors responsible for investigation and firearms training weren’t certified by the state, the Daily News has learned.

After being delayed for more than three weeks...Read more

Top Republican senators criticized Gov. Wes Moore’s voluntary separation plan for state employees Friday, saying that he originally ignored GOP ideas to thin out Maryland’s workforce during the tough 2025 legislative session.

“Governor Moore is finally recognizing that the Republicans have better ideas when it comes to fiscal ...Read more

CHICAGO – One of the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Friday in federal court in Chicago to helping his father and brothers run the notoriously violent Sinaloa cartel, importing thousands of tons of narcotics into the U.S., bribing public officials and using murder and ...Read more

CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, firing 1,458 employees in the latest effort to help close the district’s $734 million budget deficit.

The layoffs include 432 teachers – representing 1.8% of the teaching staff – including 132 special education teachers. Also impacted were 311 ...Read more

Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan Friday to provide direct cash assistance to people who have been affected by the Trump administration's sweeping immigration raids.

The aid will be distributed using cash cards with a "couple hundred" dollars on them, which should be available in about a week, Bass said at a news conference.

"You have people ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than two years into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ongoing emergency declaration of a “border crisis,” Florida’s fiscal watchdog agency hasn’t audited any of the expenses and contracts issued under the order.

That’s despite a state law requiring such oversight if an emergency is extended for more than one year, ...Read more

President Donald Trump in Texas on Friday viewed firsthand the devastation left by extreme flooding that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region, seeking to reassure residents of the federal response to the disaster.

The president met with local officials and emergency workers in hard-hit ...Read more

Dennis Quaid’s teen daughter is “safe” after last week’s deadly flooding in Texas killed at least 27 people at an all-girls Christian summer camp not far from where she was a counselor.

During an appearance on Fox News Thursday, Quaid — a Texas native who himself spent two childhood summers at camp in Hill Country — said 17-year-old...Read more

For Celeste Michael, the transgender community is being used as a pawn in Missouri’s push to ban abortion.

When the 23-year-old went to vote in Lee’s Summit last November, signs outside her polling place falsely claimed an abortion rights amendment would legalize transgender surgeries for minors. Nearly 52% of voters approved the measure, ...Read more

Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday signed a bill into law repealing Missouri workers’ paid sick leave protections that voters overwhelmingly supported in November.

The rollback of Proposition A, which nearly 58% of voters favored, is the latest example of Missouri officials relitigating and undermining seemingly progressive policies enacted at the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams took a shot Thursday at the lawyer representing four retired NYPD chiefs suing him and senior department officials over allegations of cronyism and corruption, claiming her ongoing criticism of him raises questions about the accusations.

Adams, who declined to address the substance of the ex-chiefs’ damning ...Read more

The Archbishop of Miami has some strong words about Florida’s new detention center for migrants in the Everglades.

In a statement posted to the Archdiocese of Miami website, Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemned Alligator Alcatraz, calling it “alarming” and “unbecoming of public officials.”

“It is alarming to see enforcement tactics ...Read more

ATLANTA – Georgia disability rights advocates are sounding the alarm about a change the U.S. Department of Energy is quietly trying to institute to a decades-old disability rights law.

The DOE is utilizing a rarely used process to try to rescind a building accessibility regulation for new construction funded by the agency. Though the DOE ...Read more