Before Frederick Bergmann joined a South Florida plot to overthrow Haiti’s president, he was a prosperous business owner and family man by all accounts.

Bergmann, who graduated from the University of Florida with honors and became a CPA, founded a diagnostic imaging business and a laboratory testing company.

With his success, he started ...Read more

DETROIT — The constitutionality of certain Michigan abortion regulations was debated before a state judge for nearly two hours Tuesday in a case that will pose the first real test of the reach of a voter-approved proposal that enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution.

The case, filed by abortion providers and a student group, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden denounced Donald Trump after a video was posted to the Republican’s social media account that referenced a “unified reich” as a potential news headline if he won a second term.

“This is Hitler’s language and not America’s,” Biden said of the video during a Tuesday campaign fundraiser in Boston, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House denounced Republican Donald Trump after a video was posted to his social media account that referenced a “unified reich” as a potential news headline if he won a second term, calling it “dangerous and offensive.”

“It is abhorrent, sickening, and disgraceful for anyone to promote content associated with ...Read more

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The owners of two San Mateo County mushroom farms where a man allegedly killed seven coworkers in back-to-back shootings last year will pay over $450,000 in back wages and damages to dozens of employees, according to federal authorities.

The settlements follow an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor that found...Read more

After the devastation from Hurricane Ian in 2022, Osceola County is preparing for a hurricane season unlike any other and warning residents to do the same.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects a very active season that brings 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes — five of which could develop into major storms. The agency ...Read more

ATLANTA — The official Georgia voter information website is back online after it buckled under the load of high traffic on primary election day.

The My Voter Page wasn’t available for nearly an hour, leaving voters unable to check their voting locations, review registration information or view sample views. The page can be viewed at mvp.sos...Read more

BALTIMORE — A 400-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep channel into the Baltimore harbor opened Tuesday after officials claimed victory over one of the largest hurdles in clearing the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Updating reporters on the timeline at a Tuesday morning news conference in front of a noticeably different Patapsco River...Read more

Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton is in life-threatening condition after being attacked in a Quebec prison.

He is reportedly undergoing surgery after being airlifted to a hospital.

No other details about his injuries were released, but the Vancouver Sun reported Tuesday he was “speared in the head with a broken broom-like ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Stronger actions are needed immediately to thwart insurance brokers who fraudulently enroll or switch people in Affordable Care Act coverage, Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, said Monday.

“We want the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to hold these brokers criminally responsible for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump rested his defense Tuesday without taking the stand — despite repeatedly claiming he “absolutely” would — ushering the historic hush money trial into the home stretch and paving the way for a Manhattan jury to begin deliberating as soon as next week.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche announced that the defense had ...Read more

Two months after Princess Catherine shared her cancer diagnosis with the world, Kensington Palace is sharing its first major update.

The update comes after a video produced by the princess and Prince William was shared publicly during the early hours of May 21.

The Royal couple shared the video in partnership with Catherine’s Royal ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later this year.

The cruiser departed Jan. 28 from its Norfolk homeport to support drug interdiction security operations in the Caribbean for three and a half months. The 39-year-old ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston’s mayor rolled out a lengthy summer safety plan that focuses on addressing the “root causes” of violence, but much of the work will center around what police say they already do: target the same group of people who drive the crime each year.

Mayor Michelle Wu described the six-pronged plan, which seeks to target ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is putting its cache of 1 million barrels of gasoline on the market, after being ordered to liquidate the reserve by Congress.

The sale of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve, equal to 42 million gallons, was announced Tuesday by the Energy Department, which said it was timed to help lower gasoline ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the decision by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders on charges of war crimes in Gaza “extremely wrongheaded,” echoing criticism leveled by President Joe Biden.

“The shameful equivalence implied between Hamas and the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — An 11-year-old boy is charged with homicide after fatally shooting his aunt in their Ocoee home last week, according to the Ocoee Police Department.

The child was taken into custody by Ocoee police officers who responded to a house on Idaho Court on Friday morning where the boy was said to have shot the woman, an agency ...Read more

DENVER — A solitary, wandering weasel species capable of traversing mountain passes and covering up to 15 miles a day will return to Colorado after a century-long absence.

The wolverine will be the next native species to be reintroduced to the state after Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a bill authorizing the process, which will likely take...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to find and disable Starlink satellite internet terminals that have fallen into Russian hands, but the problem is not going away, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.

SpaceX’s Starlink terminals enabled Ukrainian forces to communicate with each other and with their ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's state investment board will consider longer-term risks to pension investments such as climate change after passing a resolution Tuesday, but a group of protesters said they view the state's small investments in Israeli bonds and banks as being in conflict with that philosophy.

Environmental, social and governance —...Read more