What began as an expedition voyage from Argentina’s southern tip has turned into a medical emergency at sea, with a suspected hantavirus outbreak killing three passengers and leaving others critically ill as the ship remains blocked from docking in Cabo Verde.

Authorities in the West African island nation have denied the MV Hondius permission...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on an appeals court ruling from Friday that was blocking remote access to an abortion drug, restoring access until at least May 11.

The administrative stay, issued by Justice Samuel Alito, pauses Friday’s decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. That ruling blocked a 2023 rule adopted by the...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran exchanged fire in the Persian Gulf in a flareup of violence Monday that also drew in the United Arab Emirates, casting doubt on the fate of a four-week ceasefire.

The U.S. military fought off attacks from Iranian drones, missiles and armed small boats as it facilitated the passage of two U.S.-flagged ...Read more

DENVER — The man charged with carrying out an antisemitic terror attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall last year will plead guilty to state charges this week and be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison, his attorneys wrote in a court filing Sunday.

Mohamed Soliman, 46, faces more than 184 charges in Boulder County District Court in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will renew its effort to change the approach to the nation’s largest homelessness assistance program with a request for funding that will be released next month.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it will publish the 2026 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity by June 1. The ...Read more

The University of Michigan has denounced a comment made by a faculty leader about the student Israel-Hamas war protesters at Saturday's commencement ceremony after it drew ire from university regents and community members online.

During the ceremony, Faculty Senate Chair Derek Peterson said the student activists had "opened our hearts to the ...Read more

Before authorities charged him with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and top administration officials in a brazen attack at the Washington Hilton, Cole Tomas Allen lived what those who knew him described as a quiet, simple existence.

He worked as a tutor and enjoyed video games, manga and riding his blue scooter. Acquaintances ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law the congressional map his office created.

DeSantis’ proposal could add four more seats for the Republican Party. It also threatens to dismantle Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment, a voter-approved part of the constitution adopted in 2010.

“Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,”...Read more

Rudy Giuliani remained in critical but stable condition while recovering in a Florida hospital from pneumonia Monday, though he was breathing again without the use of a ventilator, according to his spokesman.

“On September 11th, Mayor Giuliani ran toward the towers to help those in need, which later led to a diagnosis of restrictive airway ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois parents are continuing to get their kids vaccinated at high rates despite ongoing controversy nationally about vaccines, according to data released by the state health department Monday.

More than 95% of children statewide had received 10 school-required vaccines as of October, including those against chickenpox, whooping ...Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was set to secure its first-ever election victory in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, expanding its support base across the country and bolstering his standing as the nation’s most popular leader.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 50 seats and was leading in 154 seats in vote counting for the state ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The debate over immigration issues has reached a fever pitch nationwide, and Angelica Salas said it's putting her employees at risk.

Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, said her staff experiences harassment and death threats.

"They ask themselves, what if someone who disagrees with our...Read more

SAN DIEGO — County supervisors recently voted to hit restart on a proposal to put a 25-acre community park in Alpine, unanimously approving a new environmental impact report after a conservationist lawsuit derailed the project last year.

The county-led effort to secure a community park for the backcountry community has stretched over 30 years...Read more

The couple from Fallbrook was returning from a dentist appointment in Tijuana when they were pulled over by a Tijuana traffic officer. What unfolded next made them swear to never drive across the border again.

The husband and wife were trying to enter the SENTRI lane to cross back into San Diego. As traffic moved through a busy Tijuana ...Read more

Colombians face a hard, familiar choice in this month’s presidential election: negotiate with violent criminals, or go back to war against them.

Voters must decide whether to continue President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” strategy, which has brought seven drug-trafficking militias to the negotiating table, even as their leaders get ...Read more

The U.S. denied a report by Iranian media on Monday that the country had struck an American naval vessel with missiles, Axios reported citing a senior official. Oil prices and stocks pared back some of their earlier moves.

Brent crude had jumped around 5% to over $113 a barrel and stocks fell after Fars reported a strike on a U.S. frigate near ...Read more

Embarking on a second term about six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down the federal right to abortion, Gov. JB Pritzker declared in his January 2023 inaugural address that the new realities facing those seeking the procedure “demand that we establish a constitutional protection for reproductive rights in ...Read more

The big winner in the successful push to allow mining in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is a company from Chile, led by one of the country’s richest families, with a business empire that stretches across transportation, food and entertainment.

Antofagasta, which owns the Twin Metals project that would mine copper, nickel and other ...Read more