As gas and heating prices spike amid the war with Iran, Gov. Maura Healey announced Massachusetts will be aiming to establish 10 new gigawatts of energy resources over the next 10 years creating an estimated $10 billion in savings.

“We need to get even more energy into Massachusetts,” Healey stated in Winchester on Monday. “That’s why ...Read more

After years of being antagonized by President Donald Trump, U.S. allies in Europe and Asia are in no hurry to bow to his demand that they send ships into a war he started — and has claimed to have won already.

Their response to his call for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has ranged...Read more

A New Jersey resident who was arrested during a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University was released from federal immigration custody on Monday, her lawyers said.

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman, was held for more than a year in a Texas detention center, where she said she had a seizure and faced inhumane conditions.

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NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein victims who accused the bank of aiding in the deceased financier’s sex-trafficking, according to a court record.

The agreement in principle was noted Monday in the court docket in the case. Terms of the deal were not ...Read more

After Cuba’s deputy prime minister said Monday Cubans in Miami and elsewhere will be able to invest and own businesses on the island, one of Miami’s Cuban U.S. House members said anyone who intends to invest with the regime before political change “is insane.”

“If you’re insane, go ahead and invest in Cuba,” said Rep. Carlos Gimé...Read more

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that Cuba would be ideal for the U.S. to take over because of pleasant weather and it is not prone to hurricanes.

If only that were true.

The island nation, which could be on the cusp of dramatic change after Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday the country’s open to ...Read more

Canada is considering eventual membership in a U.K.-led multinational rapid response force, but its immediate priority is rebuilding its military and reducing reliance on the U.S., Defense Minister David McGuinty said.

He said Canada is assessing whether to join the 10-nation Joint Expeditionary Force — which also includes the Nordics, ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced the creation of a task force to fight fraud across the country Monday, following the administration’s focus on Minnesota, which is grappling with widespread fraud in its social services programs.

Vice President JD Vance will chair the task force and Andrew Ferguson, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ...Read more

Nearly 70% of the people held in California’s detention centers have no criminal conviction, according to the latest data from U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement.

The figure is consistent with the conviction rate of detainees across the country and further underscores how immigrants are targeted under President Donald Trump’s second ...Read more

A Baltimore County Council bill that would have barred law enforcement officers from wearing masks while on duty and required them to visibly display identification failed Monday night after not garnering support from anyone but the bill sponsor.

Introduced by Councilman Izzy Patoka, a Pikesville Democrat who’s running for county executive, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The detonation of a military round over the 5 Freeway during an exercise at Camp Pendleton in October was a “one in a million” malfunction that investigators have struggled to explain, according to a report from the U.S. Marine Corps released Friday.

The investigation determined the military round exploded before it was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s public health agenda on Monday, blocking implementation of an advisory panel’s controversial changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and casting doubt on the panel’s validity.

Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reiterated his appeals for help from other nations to secure the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Iran was nearly obliterated even as the war keeps roiling oil markets and global shipping.

“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way — some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t. Some ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As a central advocate for the recent strikes on Iran, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham reiterated sending troops to the region isn’t necessary to end the war.

But in Columbia, Graham repeatedly voiced his support for President Donald Trump, who has not publicly committed to keeping U.S. troops out of Iran.

“I’m going to tell ...Read more

A federal judge paused the Trump administration’s decision to drastically slash the number of recommended childhood vaccines, halting the implementation of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unprecedented change to national immunization policy.

The decision Monday by Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District ...Read more

Grammy winning country music star Zach Bryan so disliked Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its ticket selling unit that he tried to avoid the company’s concert venues on his 2023 tour and even released an album titled “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster.”

But Bryan still ended up having to perform at some Live Nation arenas on the tour, Jay...Read more

The US. Supreme Court announced Monday it will have oral arguments next month on Trump administration requests to end temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria.

In a one-page order, the high court said it would schedule an hour in April to hear arguments about whether some 356,000 people from the two countries should keep their deportation...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump expressed frustration Monday that U.S. allies were not enthusiastic about sending warships to protect merchant vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a sign of Washington’s growing isolation as it tries to stabilize one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes amid its war against Iran.

Trump ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A Jared Taylor speaking engagement that had been scheduled for March 9 at Salisbury University has not been rescheduled after the school postponed the event last week, citing safety concerns after hundreds raised objections on social media.

Salisbury University, the Maryland GOP and civil rights leaders all condemned Taylor as an ...Read more