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

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he knows who’s responsible for the turmoil surrounding President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota, which has resulted in the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents.

DeSantis pointed a finger of responsibility at Gov. Tim Walz, of Minnesota, and Mayor Jacob ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit to end a federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota, with attorneys representing the state, Minneapolis and St. Paul arguing that the surge is an act of retaliation and coercion against the state by President Donald Trump.

At a Minneapolis hearing on their request to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman — calling the violent clashes between immigration officers and protestors "ungovernable and dangerous urban theater" — said Monday that enforcement operations in Minneapolis should end immediately, though he indicated he would break with Democrats to support a bill funding ICE in order to avoid another...Read more

BOSTON — The Canton group that was sued by acquitted murder defendant Karen Read is trying to toss her civil lawsuit, calling Read’s legal action an “act of revenge.”

After Read was found not guilty last year for the murder of Boston cop John O’Keefe, she sued witnesses from her high-profile case, who she argues framed her in ...Read more

BOSTON — With the biggest snow storm of the season hitting Massachusetts, a two-year delay on a climate policy that will reduce the amount of diesel and gas powered trucks sold in the state sets up potentially challenging winters ahead.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced in April that it would not be enforcing ...Read more

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, apologized Monday for previous offensive remarks he’s made in an open-letter, full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal.

The Grammy winner has apologized for his statements in the past, but the letter is his most thorough yet.

In the letter — addressed to “Those I’ve Hurt” — the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to President Donald Trump by phone Monday, a conversation both parties hailed as productive and signaling a possible path toward de-escalating the tense immigration standoff in the state.

It was the first call in more than a year between Walz and Trump, who have become bitter political foes since ...Read more

MIAMI — Quatisha Maycock, 5, had just learned how to write her name and practiced scribbling it every day up until she was thrown into the Everglades and left to be eaten by alligators.

Shandelle Maycock, Quatisha’s mother, broke down Monday as she detailed how her daughter loved coloring, playing with dolls, dressing up and especially ...Read more

U.S. power grids are under mounting pressure following a winter storm that unleashed deep cold and heavy snow and ice from Texas to Maine, driving up heating demand and raising the risk of blackouts.

The storm affected millions of people across the eastern two-thirds of the United States, with 765,000 homes and businesses without electricity ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Several use-of-force experts who examined videos of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti questioned the actions of federal agents leading up to the 37-year-old’s death on a south Minneapolis street.

But determining whether the fatal shooting of Pretti, who top officials in the federal government say was in possession of a firearm...Read more

SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown are condemning President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota and say they’re preparing legal options to fight back if a similar operation ramps up in Washington.

At a news conference Monday morning, Ferguson said state officials cannot stop Immigration ...Read more

U.S. power grids are under mounting pressure following a winter storm that unleashed deep cold and heavy snow and ice from Texas to Maine, driving up heating demand and raising the risk of blackouts.

The storm affected millions of people across the eastern two-thirds of the United States, with 813,000 homes and businesses without electricity ...Read more

As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation’s most prominent medical groups and associations.

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ vaccine schedule differs from the new federal one in a number of ways,...Read more

As federal immigration tactics face mounting legal and political scrutiny after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a Minneapolis man over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced Monday he was dispatching his border adviser Tom Homan to Minnesota.

Until now, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has overseen the federal government’...Read more