ORLANDO, Fla. — And so it begins. The National Hurricane Center posted in its tropical outlook Wednesday the first system with a chance to form into the season’s initial tropical depression or storm in the Atlantic basin.

The NHC’s 8 a.m. forecast notes a broad area of low pressure could form over the Bay of Campeche late this week.

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DETROIT — Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight people linked to the University of Michigan accused of orchestrating plans to threaten university leaders, police, and businesses with a wave of crimes designed to force the university to sever ties with Israel.

The 63-page indictment accuses the defendants of using ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis officials say the Trump administration’s federal immigration crackdown cost the city, residents and businesses nearly $700 million, according to their latest estimates.

That’s up from mid-February, when city officials estimated Operation Metro Surge caused more than $203 million in damage to Minneapolis in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran would “pay the price” for delaying negotiations for an interim peace deal, after renewed attacks overnight put further strain on a fragile two-month truce.

“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price,” Trump ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It might whir like an e-bike and look like an e-bike, but that electric cycle sitting in the garage might not technically be an e-bike, or even be street legal, in California.

E-bikes have zoomed into popularity across the country, especially among kids and teens, and that surge has been met with a wide array of models with ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Just after 7 a.m. nearly 10 years ago, Orlando police recounted to the public the first details of the horror that unfolded overnight while much of the city slept, reporting that 20 people had been killed at Pulse nightclub.

Mayor Buddy Dyer, recounting his earliest memories of Orlando’s darkest day, said authorities knew at...Read more

Most people think they are open-minded and would like others to perceive them as such. But for the things that matter most – religious beliefs, for example, or the meaning of life – few of us are genuinely willing to consider that we might be wrong, let alone do the hard work of revising beliefs. At a fundamental level, we humans are ...Read more

For many dads, talking with their teenager about sex and relationships can feel like a minefield.

Popular culture doesn’t provide many good examples of how to have these conversations, and many fathers didn’t have these conversations at all with their own fathers.

For instance, in a 2021 study from Australia, 65% of ...Read more

When Americans think about campaign finance, they usually picture wealthy donors, political action committees and super PACs pouring money into elections.

But some of the most revealing money moves happen inside Congress itself.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives routinely give campaign money to fellow members of ...Read more

What’s the best way to combat mosquito-borne diseases? Apparently, releasing more of the bloodsuckers, according to a Google-backed initiative.

The Debug project is seeking permission from the Environmental Protection Agency to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in both Florida and California over two years, according to a May 6 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump slammed Iran for not reaching a quick peace deal with the U.S. after a night of attacks that have strained a fragile two-month truce.

“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price,” Trump wrote Wednesday on his social-media ...Read more

BEIRUT — For weeks now, President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised — at least 37 times, by some estimates — an accord with Iran is around the corner. Yet an issue far removed from the conflict's epicenter may end up being the biggest obstacle to any treaty: Lebanon.

That disruptive potential was well on display over 18 hours starting...Read more

DETROIT — Jim Adkins took "The Middle" all the way to the top.

The Jimmy Eat World frontman is still marveling at the success of "Bleed American," the Arizona rock band's fourth album, which was released in July 2001.

The album — which the band retitled "Jimmy Eat World" in late 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and became "Bleed ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter stood in the backyard of state Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman’s Brooklyn Park home as they lay dying behind him.

He had few options.

A cavalry of law enforcement was descending on the area as word spread of a second shooting at a state lawmaker’s home in the early morning hours of June 14, 2025.

In front of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian was never meant to be in the spotlight — let alone an office with political influence.

But as Republicans lurch toward a habit of using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to fund key government agencies, they are increasingly putting the fate of the party’s biggest spending ...Read more

When RaDonda Vaught got her first speaking request, it had been a year since that day in a Nashville courtroom, when she listened as a jury read her guilty verdict for negligent homicide and neglect of an impaired adult.

That was in 2022. Vaught was sentenced to three years of probation for administering the wrong medication and killing a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ten years ago, Orlando, best known for its medley of theme parks, was rebranded as the site of America’s deadliest mass shooting when a lone gunman burst into the Pulse nightclub on “Latin Night” and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

Forty-nine patrons of the South Orange Avenue venue, long considered a safe space...Read more