Ye, the provocative rapper formerly known as Kanye West, explains himself once again — this time in a full-page ad in Monday's issue of The Wall Street Journal.

The Grammy-winning musician penned a lengthy apology in the advertisement, voicing regrets for his social media attacks on Jewish people and his public embracing of Nazism in recent ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — Florida may keep some required vaccine mandates after all.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made national news in September when he announced a plan to remove all vaccine mandates from state law.

But so far, no lawmaker has any bill that would do away with the mandated vaccines, which include required shots for polio, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys argued Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul over whether the state of Minnesota can trust the federal government to preserve and maintain evidence from the shooting death of Alex Pretti.

The court had granted the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office a temporary ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys argued Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul over whether the state of Minnesota can trust the federal government to preserve and maintain evidence from the shooting death of Alex Pretti.

The court had granted the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office a temporary ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The fatal shooting of a Minnesota man by federal officers this weekend — as well as the Department of Homeland Security’s quick assessment of the incident — has spurred even some typically ardent Trump loyalists to call for an investigation into the shooting.

On Monday, a handful of Senate Republicans called for an ...Read more

Minnesota’s fight with the Trump administration over its decade-old policy that allows transgender student-athletes to compete in high school girls sports is being referred to the Department of Justice, the federal agency responsible for enforcing nationwide laws.

A joint news release from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and U.S. ...Read more

Both of Maryland’s U.S. senators said they are “demanding answers” as a video spread online showing crowded conditions inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement “processing facility” in Baltimore.

The man recording the video pans the camera around the holding room, where dozens of people (who appear to be all males) — many ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is finally experiencing some serious pushback after nearly a year of the world largely bowing to his every desire.

It started with skeptical American oil executives. Then came fed-up European and Canadian leaders. And now even Republican lawmakers are expressing frustration with the administration following...Read more

SpaceX is set to launch its latest national security mission, yet another GPS satellite that was originally to have been launched by United Launch Alliance.

A Falcon 9 that was delayed from Monday because of weather is now set to lift off Tuesday night on the GPS III-9 mission to bring the satellite to medium-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral ...Read more

BOSTON — Across Massachusetts, snow accumulation reached over 20 inches in some areas as the massive storm set in to drop even more snow at a slower pace through Monday night.

“In terms of snowball totals, the general theme has been 12 to 17 inches throughout most, if not all, of southern New England,” said NWS meteorologist Francis ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As authorities continue to unravel the circumstances of how a teenager’s body came to be stuffed in the trunk of singer D4vd’s Tesla months ago, a key grand jury witness was dragged back to L.A. from Montana recently, after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest for failing to testify.

Neo Langston, a social media ...Read more

DENVER — Ninety-nine bills have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature in the 2026 session’s first dozen days. This week, legislators will begin debating several of them.

But this morning’s proceedings began first with lawmakers addressing the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, by a U.S. Border Patrol ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday issued an executive order requiring weapons screening at the state Capitol following an advisory report released earlier this month recommending new security measures.

The order, which is set to go into effect starting the first day of the 2026 legislative session on Feb. 17, directs the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The death toll from this weekend’s bone-chilling winter storm, has climbed to eight, with city officials unable to answer key questions about how so many New Yorkers lost their lives on the streets or say whether the deaths were caused by the extreme cold.

Initial reports over the weekend suggested several of those who died were ...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. government is negotiating for the release of a Colorado man who has been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for the past year.

Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old from Pueblo, was kidnapped on Jan. 27, 2025, near his workplace by the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence, the group’s intelligence agency, while he was ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — For the Philly region Monday it wasn’t so much a matter of digging out from the heftiest snowfall in a decade, it was more like a chipping, shaving, scraping, expletive-inducing, and ice-chunk hurling operation.

Public transportation appeared to be getting back on track, and major roads were open for business with speed ...Read more

Actress Melissa Gilbert broke her silence following the child sex abuse charges against her husband, Timothy Busfield.

The “Little House on the Prairie” star and former SAG-AFTRA president posted a lengthy message alongside a photo of her sitting on a couch with a cup of coffee, looking off camera.

“I’m sending you all my love and ...Read more

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Monday called for the federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis to “immediately end” after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 37-year-old man there Saturday morning.

“It has become an ungovernable and dangerous urban theatre for civilians and law enforcement that is incompatible with the ...Read more