CHICAGO — After a snow-steeped and sometimes bone-chilling January, Chicago is enjoying a downright balmy — even record-setting — start to the week.

But don’t pack up your sweaters just yet.

The glimpse of spring will remain just a preview as temperatures dial back down this weekend to the brisk conditions more typical for this time of...Read more

A suspect shot five people at a Rhode Island ice rink Monday afternoon, as a “family dispute” turned deadly during a high school hockey game.

Two victims were killed and the suspect was dead following the apparent targeted family shooting at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, according to police.

Three other people were shot and were ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler married Fox News reporter Brooke Singman over the weekend in a Valentine's Day wedding at the iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

The Republican congressman — who serves in House leadership and represents the southwestern corner of the state — had been engaged to Ms. Singman since June...Read more

Murder is not a crime of violence — at least not as a matter of federal law, a Brooklyn judge has ruled as he dismissed two charges in a possible death penalty case against a terrorism suspect.

Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Brian Cogan made the head-scratcher of a pre-trial ruling Feb. 6 in an international terrorism case where the suspect is ...Read more

Federal authorities will respond to the 300-plus-gallon sewage spill in the Potomac River, President Donald Trump said Monday in a Truth Social post where he blamed Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other Democrats for the spill.

“There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local ...Read more

Traffic may have dried up at EV dealerships after the end of federal purchase incentives, but sales of used electric cars and trucks have only accelerated.

Almost 89,000 used EVs changed hands in the last three months of 2025, up 13.5% from a year earlier, according to Cox Automotive. What’s more, the inventory of used electric machines is ...Read more

Thunderstorms and winter storms are moving through for portions of Northern California into Wednesday, Feb. 18, according to National Weather Service Sacramento.

In addition to previous wind and storm advisories, the weather service issued a flood advisory.

Here’s what you need to know about the “coldest storm of the season.”

Minor ...Read more

UMass Amherst likely violated a student’s First Amendment rights when the campus suspended the pro-Palestine protester for a year, a judge has ruled.

The school was ordered to lift the suspension for the student and let him return to campus while his lawsuit moves forward.

The third-year student, Kivlighan de Montebello, last fall helped ...Read more

A Republican-led effort to purge roughly 225,000 North Carolina voters from the state’s rolls would be largely abandoned under a settlement agreement that national Democrats and Republicans filed in federal court on Monday.

The deal between the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee must still be approved by a judge ...Read more

Federal authorities will respond to the 300-plus-gallon sewage spill in the Potomac River, President Donald Trump said Monday in a Truth Social post where he blamed Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other Democrats for the spill.

“There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local ...Read more

Just over four months after Planned Parenthood affiliates were defunded by the Trump administration, California injected another $90 million lifeline in “reproductive healthcare” grants to the state’s seven affiliates — among the largest in the United States.

The latest funding comes as a result of legislation, Senate Bill 106, passed ...Read more

Deep in South Africa’s wine country near the town of Robertson, past rows of tin shacks and up a gravel road where barefoot children play, sits a little piece of Russia.

The apricot-hued building with its curved dome proclaims its affiliation with the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church on a sign in Afrikaans. The interior is ...Read more

Eight months ago, Minnesota social services officials abruptly stopped paying millions of dollars to an overnight health care provider and an autism care center.

The reason: an owner’s connection to Feeding Our Future, the $300 million pandemic era fraud scheme that has dogged Minnesota since 2021.

Both businesses — Joy Home Healthcare and...Read more

A man protesting President Donald Trump’s visit to his golf club in West Palm Beach was arrested and accused of assaulting a Trump supporter on Sunday.

Paul Arthur Messer, 76, was holding a flag attached to a metal pole while participating in an anti-Trump protest across from Trump International Golf Course, according to the Palm Beach County...Read more

BOSTON — A mass shooting was reported at a Rhode Island ice rink Monday afternoon, as first responders and investigators responded to the deadly incident.

The suspect and one victim were dead and four people were hospitalized following the shooting at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, WPRI reported.

A high school hockey game had been ...Read more

Federal authorities have told Minnesota investigators they won’t provide access to information on the fatal Jan. 24 shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Formal notification from the FBI to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension came late last week after Gov. Tim Walz signaled optimism that there might still be a joint investigation...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old who was detained by federal agents in a chaotic scene inside the Hennepin County Government Center last week was ordered released from federal custody.

Junior de Jesus Herrera Berrios of Burnsville was tackled and taken out of the Government Center on Feb. 10 following a foot chase with federal agents who had been...Read more

Media outlet TMZ has received a fourth demand for bitcoin in exchange for the name of Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper, the entertainment news and gossip site said Monday.

“I know what I saw five days ago south of the border and I was told to shut up so I know who he is and that was definitely Nancy with them,” the alleged clue-holder’s ...Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and wholly owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, according to people familiar with the matter.

The entry of the two Musk companies — which he announced in early February would merge – into a new frontier of AI-enabled ...Read more