U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement summoned Afghans residing in the U.S. to present their documents during the holiday season, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on migrants from the Asian nation.

ICE is seeking appointments for a “scheduled report check-in,” with one requesting such a meeting on ...Read more

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he had “a very good conversation” with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, with an aim toward ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“We discussed certain substantive details of the ongoing work,” Ukraine’s president said Thursday in a post on X. “There are good ideas that can work toward ...Read more

Immigrant truck drivers have sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles for terminating the commercial driver's licenses of thousands of drivers, alleging that the decision violated their rights and threatened their livelihood.

California's DMV gave a 60-day cancellation notice to 17,000 drivers on Nov. 6 after a federal audit found the ...Read more

Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing higher education as professors adapt to its use, despite fears and hand-wringing that college students are using it as a cheating free-for-all.

As higher education wrestles with unprecedented challenges— including shrinking budgets due to federal cuts and fundamental doubts about its value — ...Read more

Alarmed by “staggering” increases in cryptocurrency scams, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has released an online survey asking users to weigh in on how and why they access cryptocurrency ATMs. The machines, which can be found with increasing frequency in supermarkets and convenience stores, allow users to make cash ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood in front of a Miami crowd in May to announce a new law that would root out dangerous weather-altering chemicals poisoning the state’s skies.

In the weeks before the law took effect, his attorney general, James Uthmeier, echoed the governor’s words and threatened to defund airports that failed to report ...Read more

Have you paid too much for a doctor’s bill and spent too much time waiting for a refund?

Are you a pet owner confused by the insurance policy you purchased for your fur baby?

Do you live in a condo and feel uninformed about what the board is doing?

New Florida laws taking effect Jan. 1 will help you get through these and other consumer ...Read more

MIAMI -- Relaxed and chatty on a Friday morning in November, Francis Suarez sat behind the wheel of his wife’s spotless white Tesla as the self-driving vehicle piloted itself north on 37th Avenue. Still mayor for a few more weeks, he was out for a spin to tour the landmarks that symbolize his journey in Miami — a city whose story has been ...Read more

DENVER -- Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new federal forecasts show.

Aerial surveys conducted by the U.S. Forest Service over the last year found evidence of rapidly spreading beetle ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore jury awarded over $1.5 billion in damages to a Maryland woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based personal care products caused her to develop cancer. But the sizeable award “is far from final,” an attorney said.

The company, which has been ordered to pay billions in other baby powder-...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Jan. 1, a host of new state laws go into effect, dictating everything from kitchen appliances in rental properties to bank overdraft fees to whether California cats can have claws.

Some were crafted by the Legislature, which passed 790 bills into law in 2025, the first year of the current two-year session. Others were ...Read more

BOSTON — Worker unions and politicians in New England are pushing back against the Trump administration’s move to implement a 90-day freeze on five industrial-sized offshore wind projects off the East Coast, including the Vineyard Wind 1 windfarm off of Nantucket.

Ironworkers Local 7, which represents over 3,600 workers across New England, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In May, Florida officials announced a plan outlining to the federal government new measures to curb illegal immigration, including new detention centers.

Two months later, the state opened Alligator Alcatraz on an old airstrip inside Big Cypress National Preserve.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem praised the move, saying...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A father who has become the sole caretaker for his two young children after his wife was deported. A school district seeing absenteeism similar to what it experienced during the pandemic. Businesses struggling because customers are scared to go outside.

These are just a sampling of how this part of Ventura County is reckoning ...Read more

Christmas Eve has arrived and so has the rain for the Las Vegas Valley.

A fire hose of tropical moisture from the Pacific Ocean is bringing widespread showers to Southern Nevada. The valley is under a flood watch until 4 a.m. Christmas morning.

Large portions of the valley has seen considerable rain today, with one home in Centennial Hills ...Read more

Texas supermarket chain H-E-B gifted customers free groceries this week when a computer glitch upended the registers at a Fort Worth-area store, resulting in a Christmas miracle for those already in line.

The Burleson location’s technical error caused “dead” registers on Monday, leaving customers unable to check out, as shopper David ...Read more

A Roseville couple accused of murder and torture in the death of a 7-year-old girl, who was found with injuries Monday at the couple’s home, made their first appearance Wednesday in Placer Superior Court.

Along with the murder charge, Retuquel Dupree, 27, and Jessica Savangsy, 26, have both been charged with two counts of torture. The victims...Read more

SEATTLE — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared a public health emergency for Washington after dozens of communities across the western side of the state were pummeled by flooding.

The declaration, issued Christmas Eve, is meant to address ensuing health impacts caused by the flooding, back-to-...Read more