WASHINGTON — For a man who vowed to stay out of the political spotlight, Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in its glare.

He helped clinch a ceasefire agreement and secure the release of hostages in Gaza. He has sat across from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — separately — in a bid to negotiate a peace deal over Ukraine. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors on Tuesday announced murder charges against Nick Reiner, days after his parents — Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — were found stabbed inside their Brentwood home.

Prosecutors filed two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances against Nick Reiner on Tuesday...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was ordering a “TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS” going into and leaving Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas amid a U.S. military buildup in the region and the threat of land strikes.

“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in ...Read more

Los Angeles prosecutors announced Tuesday that Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner.

The charges are punishable by life in prison without parole or the death penalty, which District Attorney Nathan ...Read more

Wildlife managers have significantly pared back their efforts to find three juvenile gray wolves who are the last remaining members of a pack that had established itself in the Sierra Valley ranch lands north of Truckee, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.

Three adult wolves and one juvenile from the same group, the ...Read more

As the United States prepares to bolster Haiti’s fight against increasingly brutal armed gangs, a new report is urging officials and mission planners to heed the lessons of the recent Kenya-led security mission and warns that suppressing gangs cannot be reduced solely to killing their members.

Previous efforts in Haiti, the International ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump added 20 countries to those facing either full or partial travel restrictions Tuesday, in a proclamation that says the U.S. must exercise “extreme vigilance” during the visa and immigration processes for national security.

The proclamation issued Tuesday added five countries and the Palestinian ...Read more

Providence, Rhode Island, police have released a new image of the person wanted for questioning in connection with the deadly mass shooting at Brown University.

The Providence Police Department on Tuesday afternoon circulated the new image of a man in a green and dark top, mask and black hat walking down the street. The image is blurry but ...Read more

Residential waste, construction and demolition debris, as well as sewage treatment plant sludge, were dumped for decades at the 30-acre Boyertown Sanitary Landfill in northern Montgomery County until it was capped in 1987.

As state and federal officials mull whether to add the landfill to the national Superfund list, a well used by nearby ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hours after Luigi Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, New York Police Department officers tried to interview him as the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson.

NYPD Lt. David Leonardi testified that after learning Altoona police arrested Mangione in a local McDonald’s, ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City woman is suing the city and a slew of event organizers, saying she was trampled as people fled from gunfire at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally in February 2024.

Alexandrea Springfield is seeking amounts in excess of $25,000 for negligence and premises liability, according to a lawsuit filed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he believes that the Senate needs to move on from the nomination of former Rep. Mark Walker for ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.

Tillis’ comments to McClatchy come as Walker and his allies have put pressure on senators through social media and news outlets to get his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is weighing an executive order that would pressure defense contractors to spend less on stock buybacks and dividends while boosting investment in infrastructure and weapons production, a person familiar with the matter said.

The executive order, which President Donald Trump could sign as early as this ...Read more

CHICAGO — Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and dozens of federal immigration agents returned in force across Chicago and the suburbs Tuesday for a seemingly made-for-television jaunt about a month after he and scores of Border Patrol agents left town.

At least 100 U.S. Homeland Security agents or officers, including Bovino, were active in ...Read more

Boston residents are saying Mayor Michelle Wu’s two-year battle with the state Senate over a stalled plan to hike commercial taxes is causing them stress at a time when homeowners are bracing for a 13% increase in their property taxes.

No matter where they stand on the mayor’s legislation to shift more of the city’s tax burden onto ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s chief of staff is defending herself after granting an extraordinarily candid series of interviews with Vanity Fair in which she offers stinging judgments of the president himself and blunt assessments about his administration’s shortcomings.

The profile of Susie Wiles, Trump’s reserved, influential...Read more

Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee decided Tuesday, in a move that could represent another break with federal vaccine guidance.

The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously Tuesday that Illinois “reaffirm and...Read more