BALTIMORE — Maryland immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security over what the organizations allege is the agency’s warrantless immigration arrest practice.

The lawsuit requests a preliminary injunction to prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s practice of “arrest first, ask questions later.”

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It’s only been two weeks since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived back in the United Kingdom but the couple with a talent for drama have already found themselves accused of setting up a “rival court” and have launched a spat with King Charles III over the release of a letter that says they won’t be returning to royal duties and ...Read more

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico won't air on broadcast television amid the ABC network's high-stakes skirmish with the Federal Communications Commission.

Kimmel, during his Wednesday night monologue, said his talk with the 37-year-old Texas Democrat instead would stream on his show's YouTube channel ...Read more

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is formally arguing that the court find her not guilty following last week’s mistrial.

“The government did not present evidence that allows a juror earnestly seeking the truth to determine that the defendant’s guilt on the crime was proved on each element of the offense,” defense attorney Kevin ...Read more

NEW YORK — When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, hundreds of thousands of first responders, workers and New York City residents raced to the towers. They bore witness to horror, devastation and heroism.

Their lives were forever altered.

Now, 25 years later, they remember that day and the years that passed with a mix of pain, ...Read more

The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world from California, but what happens on this high-altitude landscape in Asia can set off a chain of events that fuels powerful atmospheric rivers with flooding rainfall and heavy snow hitting the U.S. West Coast.

My team of atmospheric scientists discovered this connection, and we...Read more

In August 2026, government investigators subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an inquiry into press leaks about the Iran war and depleted U.S. munitions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper described the scope of the investigation as unprecedented in the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped slightly last school year, but the state fell far short of its own goal of cutting the rate in half, education officials announced Thursday.

About 22.8% of Maryland students were chronically absent during the 2025-26 school year, down from 25% the previous year, according to ...Read more

NEW YORK — A pair of Queens brothers and pizzeria owners admitted to bribing former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in Manhattan on Wednesday, two weeks before they were set to go on trial for corruption alongside Adams’ buildings chief Eric Ulrich.

Indicted in September 2023, Joseph and Anthony Livreri were among the first in a wave of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It had been six days since Dillon Minacci waited at school for his parents to finally pick him up. National Park rangers told the Minaccis to stay inside their Queen Village home — which sits on the grounds of the Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal Church — as a precaution following the terrorist attacks that morning in New ...Read more

ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico won't air on broadcast television amid the network's high-stakes skirmish with the Federal Communications Commission.

Kimmel, during his Wednesday night monologue, said his talk with the 37-year-old Texas Democrat would instead stream on his show's YouTube channel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court paused on Thursday an order from a federal trial court requiring Missouri to use a congressional map that favored Republicans.

Thursday’s order leaves in place a state Supreme Court ruling that held the map adopted by the Republican-held legislature in 2025 was not legal because of a pending ballot initiative....Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Supreme Court again rejected a push to use a more Republican-friendly map in the 2026 election.

That leaves the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision suspending the maps and requiring the state to use the maps passed in 2022.

Thursday's decision follows a flurry of court filings and rulings this week that have cast ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s promise to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms fell flat as critics and even some allies trashed the plan as unworkable, irresponsible and potentially illegal.

Trump made the $1.2 trillion gambit at his midterm Republican convention as he seeks to do anything he can to rescue ...Read more

DETROIT — An Oakland County resident may have contracted West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.

They said they identified a probable human case of the disease in Oakland County.

"This is the county’s first probable case this year," the Oakland County Health Division said in a statement. "No further information is available about ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada is creating headaches for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms as high prices remain a top concern among voters.

Responding to Trump’s increased tariffs, Canadian officials have said they’re deliberately targeting goods from states where there are close elections. And GOP ...Read more

Haiti’s first general elections in a decade are less than 100 days away, and already questions about preparations are fueling doubts about whether the country will be ready to vote as scheduled on Dec. 13.

Among the biggest warning signs is a sluggish voter-registration process. With just 34 days left before registration closes and barely a ...Read more