President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963.

“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group behind a petition drive to expand Medicaid is suing the state over a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that erects even more barriers to getting citizen initiatives on the ballot.

Florida Decides HealthCare said in a press release that the new law is unconstitutional and “significantly undermines Florida’s ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Davis Joint Unified School District has not implemented safety procedures created three years ago to prevent a school shooting, though some progress has been made, according to a report released by the Yolo County Grand Jury.

The report, released last week, comes in the wake of a shooting during UC Davis’ annual ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Temple student was placed on interim suspension over an antisemitic incident at a Barstool Sports bar in Philadelphia.

"In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent," Temple president John Fry said in a statement. "It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is accused of using his stardom and his perch as the powerful co-founder of Bad Boy Records to run an empire of sexual horrors, forcing women into sex trafficking and abuse at drug-fueled parties.

Combs, 55, has been locked up in Brooklyn’s ...Read more

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 activities in Gaza, ...Read more

Iran said it’s waiting for Oman to confirm when there will be a new round of nuclear talks with the U.S., while also saying it had nothing to do with Houthi missile strikes on Israel.

Iranian and U.S. officials were set to meet in Rome for a fourth round of negotiations last weekend, with Oman continuing its intermediary role. But the ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City parents are getting cut off child care vouchers amid a standoff between Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul over who pays for the hundreds of million dollar program.

On Monday, First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro announced the city was closing enrollment to new applicants who qualify for the subsidies by income. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson tapped a former City Hall official and executive at a design and engineering firm to be the next leader of the Chicago Department of Aviation, the mayor’s office announced Monday.

Michael McMurray, president of transportation and infrastructure at Wight & Company, will be the Aviation commissioner, according ...Read more

A year after the first Citi Bike e-bike charging docks were installed, New York City is expanding the number of bike-share charging hubs to keep pace with growing demand for electric cycles.

“Expanding our network of charging stations means riders will have better access to fully charged bikes, with fewer delays and faster service,” city ...Read more

Iran said it’s waiting for Oman to confirm when there will be a new round of nuclear talks with the U.S., while also saying it had nothing to do with Houthi missile strikes on Israel.

Iranian and U.S. officials were set to meet in Rome for a fourth round of negotiations last weekend, with Oman continuing its intermediary role. But the ...Read more

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 activities in Gaza, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is accused of using his stardom and his perch as the powerful co-founder of Bad Boy Records to run an empire of sexual horrors, forcing women into sex trafficking and abuse at drug-fueled parties.

Combs, 55, has been locked up in ...Read more

Carla Medina was delivering a DoorDash order to Buckley Space Force Base last year when she was detained by federal immigration officials. Six months later, the Honduran mother of two is still sitting in the detention facility in Aurora.

Her husband and children are on edge, and so is Medina. Although her entire family is moving through the ...Read more

The first call came from her nephew. Then, news stations started reaching out, asking how she felt that the Aurora police officer responsible for her son’s death had not been charged.

“Right there, I swore to myself at that moment that I would never stop fighting until we got justice,” LaRonda Jones, the mother of Kilyn Lewis, said. “I ...Read more

The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request.

The decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to ...Read more

More new apartments were built in 2024 than in any other year since 1974, but the Trump administration’s tariffs and deportations of potential construction workers, plus higher interest rates, could be a wet blanket on the boom.

A U.S. Census Bureau survey found almost 592,000 new apartments were finished last year, the most since the 1970s, ...Read more

The fate of more than 15 million customers’ genetic data remains in limbo after popular DNA testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March. The data is up for sale, stoking fears about how it might be used and prompting attorneys general from more than a dozen states to warn 23andMe users: Delete your data.

“Your genetic data is your...Read more