WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday continued projecting confidence in the U.S. war effort in Iran, suggesting online and during a high-level Cabinet meeting that Iran has been “obliterated,” that its leaders were “begging” for a deal, and that the United States is “roaming free” over Iran and “NEEDS NOTHING” from ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore and Maryland can proceed to discovery in their lawsuit against Glock after a Baltimore Circuit Court judge denied the gunmaker’s motion to dismiss, moving the case into the evidence-gathering phase.

The mayor and City Council of Baltimore, alongside the state of Maryland, filed lawsuit against Glock and its Austrian ...Read more

GRAPEVINE, Texas — A rally in support of the American- and Israeli-led war against Iran erupted outside the CPAC main stage Thursday around noon but was quickly disbanded by security at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.

Shortly after two Iranian women left the main stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, a few ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Thursday said he wouldn’t throw out narco-terrorism charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, but sounded sympathetic to arguments about U.S. sanctions interfering with their defense.

The Manhattan Federal Court hearing was the first for Maduro and Cilia Flores Maduro since ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum’s approval rating dipped to the lowest level of her term in March, as Mexicans expressed deepening worries about corruption and crime following the killing of a notorious cartel leader.

Roughly 54% of the poll’s respondents approved of Sheinbaum, down 2 points from February and 9 from her January ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just eight days after the emergence of allegations of sexual abuse of minors at the hands of Cesar Chavez, the California Legislature has stripped the labor organizer, until last week one of the state’s most iconic political figures, of his state holiday.

On Thursday, the state Senate passed a bill fast-tracked through ...Read more

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for their remarks about her death, saying in a statement that they want to “ensure that what happened to her does not happen again.”

“We will not allow Sheridan’s name to be used in political arguments — but we will ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has launched an internal investigation into whether graphic crime scene photos of a grenade explosion that killed three of their own were improperly shared, officials said. One top commander was relieved of duty the day the investigation was launched.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Wynnie Savageford said she was observing federal agents on Nicollet Avenue on the frigid morning of Jan. 24 when three of them tackled her to the ground after she asked if they had a warrant. A stranger told the agents to leave her alone and recorded the interaction with his phone as she was escorted to the back of a car, her ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Two men who worked as couriers for an illicit delivery service the sold methamphetamine, ketamine and cocaine in the same style as Door Dash or Instacart were given sentenced that did not include any prison time, court records show.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sentenced Matthew Sestak and Rory Rickey to time ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County towing company sold off nearly 150 military members' cars, some while service members were deployed overseas, the federal government claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

San Clemente-based S&K Towing signed a contract in August 2020 to tow cars for the Marine Corps Police Department at Camp Pendleton, a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than a year after he was first tapped, the nomination of Trump-supporting Orlando attorney Dan Newlin as ambassador to Colombia appears to be in peril.

Newlin, the owner and CEO of his own law firm and a former Orange County deputy sheriff, was picked by President Donald Trump to be his top diplomat to the South American ...Read more

DETROIT — Jarvis Butts, who was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison two weeks ago following his second-degree murder conviction for killing and sexually assaulting 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris, was found dead in prison Thursday after an apparent suicide, state corrections officials said.

Butt's body was discovered Thursday morning at the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Reports of a mystery rocket seen launching from Cape Canaveral on Thursday could be another hypersonic missile test for the Department of Defense.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security had posted navigational warnings earlier this week with air and maritime space keep-out zones similar to previous hypersonic...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held his first wartime Cabinet meeting Thursday, one month into his Iran conflict, as he continued toggling between talk of diplomacy and rattling his military saber.

The president has spent much of the week striking a new tone on the war and signaling interest in peace talks, even as the administration ...Read more

MIAMI — Haitians with temporary protected status who hold Florida driver’s licenses will be eligible to keep driving until at least July 1, 2026, Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez announced Thursday.

The revised expiration date means eligible individuals will need to visit a local driver’s office to renew and pay the $54.25...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s public universities will no longer allow a standalone introductory sociology course to count toward general-education requirements after state leaders on Thursday approved a sweeping, systemwide ban that reflects years of Republican criticism of the discipline.

The move — which was not originally on the ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Nine people will take the ride to the top of the launch tower for the Artemis II moon mission, but only five will ride back down.

That’s if NASA’s plans to launch four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket go as planned. Targeting liftoff as early as next Wednesday, the quartet...Read more

NEW YORK — Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, where a judge was set to consider his request to use Venezuelan funds to pay his lawyer or have his narco-terrorism case thrown out.

The hearing will be the first for Maduro and his wife and codefendant, Cilia Flores, since their initial ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A portion of Interstate 77 in Richland County could be named for former President Barack Obama under a resolution passed in the South Carolina Senate on Wednesday afternoon.

“President Obama’s leadership inspired a generation and broke barriers that once seemed impossible,” said state Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Richland, ...Read more