A political dinner that had been scheduled for Thursday in the northwest suburbs to benefit Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey was postponed after the Tribune raised questions about whether the event complied with a 4-year-old Illinois law prohibiting candidates from holding fundraisers anywhere in the state when the legislature is in ...Read more

A moose charged a person walking dogs near Winter Park on Sunday, sending them to the hospital with serious injuries, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

The unidentified person was walking two dogs on Little Vasquez Road — a nearly 10-mile hike that climbs the mountain behind the Winter Park ski resort — when a moose and her yearling...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted that no one nation would control the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, highlighting a key sticking point in resolving the war with Iran.

Hours later, American forces carried out airstrikes on an Iranian military site, as a resolution to the war that began nearly three months ago remains elusive ...Read more

The search for a Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas under mysterious circumstances will resume in previously unsearched Caribbean waters, according to newly published reports.

U.S. investigators plan to seek permission from Bahamian authorities to search the Sea of Abaco for 56-year-old Lynette Hooker, CBS News reports, citing a U.S...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A teen accused of planning a mass shooting to “kill all normies” at a Las Vegas Valley library or school could receive probation under a negotiation with prosecutors.

Eighteen-year-old Vincent Llamas must set up inpatient mental health treatment before he is sentenced, a judge ruled Wednesday.

District Judge Mary Kay Holthus ...Read more

In its latest effort to narrow pathways to immigration to the United States, the Trump administration says it will crack down on attorneys who file fraudulent asylum claims for their clients.

The U.S. has long granted asylum to people who are unable or unwilling to return to their home countries because they have been persecuted, or fear ...Read more

Barron Trump was noticeably absent from family photos shared online from his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.

That’s because Barron Trump skipped the wedding of his eldest half-brother to Palm Beach socialite, Bettina Anderson — like his father and mother, Donald and Melania Trump, the Daily Mail ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted that no one nation would control the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, highlighting a key sticking point in resolving the war with Iran.

Trump was asked during a meeting of his cabinet if he was comfortable with a short-term deal that would open the strait but under Iranian control.

“Nobody’s ...Read more

MIAMI — The white tents and chain-link fences may soon be coming down at Alligator Alcatraz, but an environmental advocacy group has sued the Florida Division of Emergency Management, accusing it of violating federal pollution laws by operating the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.

In a 40-page complaint filed in Miami federal...Read more

A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting on one of last year’s most popular Internet searches.

Michele Spagnuolo was charged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday in federal court in New York. Spagnuolo, 36, appeared before a federal magistrate and was released...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The family of slain sailor Angelina Resendiz has been contacted by the Navy regarding a possible plea deal for her accused killer, her family’s attorney confirmed Wednesday.

The Navy’s docket for the case has been updated to reflect a two-day hearing on June 8 and 9, rather than the three-week trial that had been scheduled...Read more

NEW YORK — New Yorkers were left to languish at 26 Federal Plaza in severely overcrowded holding cells for days on end in conditions so abhorrent they made ICE personnel recoil, according to evidence presented Wednesday to a Manhattan judge weighing permanent protections for immigrants at the facility.

“The hygiene conditions were appalling...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Top California Democrats are watching this year’s governor’s race from the sidelines.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is staying out of the fray. So is Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Attorney General Rob Bonta is staying mum after declining to run, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened to tax 100% of the money Californians receive from President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund for his political allies.

Trump’s Justice Department had announced last week that it would establish a $1.776-billion fund to compensate allies of the president who claim they have “...Read more

LOS ANGELES — John McClain, a musician and record executive who helped power Janet Jackson’s ascent to pop stardom before serving as a co-executor of the estate of Jackson’s brother Michael, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 71.

His death was confirmed by Diana Baron, a representative of the estate, who said McClain died from ...Read more

NEW YORK — Flammable paint vapors ignited at a Staten Island shipyard, causing the fire and deadly explosion that killed a hardworking Queens father and injured more than 30 firefighters and first responders, FDNY officials and the fatal victim’s family said on Wednesday.

Investigators determined the blast and two-alarm fire were accidental...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former live-in assistant to Matthew Perry was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison after repeatedly injecting the actor with ketamine, including the fatal dose that killed him.

Kenneth Iwamasa, who previously made $150,000 a year working for Perry, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Citing Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of election ballots last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday curbing law enforcement’s access to California voter rolls ahead of next week’s gubernatorial primary.

Last week, the Legislature passed a bill from Sens. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, ...Read more

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Caribbean foreign ministers reaffirmed their support for Cuba on Wednesday, but their statement backing Havana also shows the growing divisions over the Trump administration’s policies toward their longtime ally and over broader U.S. policy in the Caribbean.

In a declaration issued at the conclusion of a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland sheriffs from more than two-thirds of the state’s counties sued the state of Maryland on Tuesday, arguing that restrictions on cooperation with federal authorities endanger public safety.

The sheriffs, represented by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), request the U.S. District Court for the District ...Read more