Days before the city of St. Paul is set to begin a shutdown down of its major homeless encampments, the mood of residents at Pig’s Eye Park encampment is tense.

The city says about 140 people call Pig’s Eye Park, the largest homeless encampment in the city, their home. The encampment is tucked away from public view, accessible only by foot....Read more

The Border Patrol has been putting a renewed focus on highway checkpoint operations in the San Diego area as migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have quieted under the Trump administration.

Border Patrol officials said they are now able to restore some operations, and the region could get an infusion of money under the latest federal ...Read more

The U.K. government has more than doubled the number of crime agency officers deployed to combat human smuggling in the past 18 months as it steps up efforts to stop the gangs behind illegal migration.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on a trip to the port of Dover that he would be “relentless” in addressing small-boat crossings and build ...Read more

Hennepin County’s top prosecutor says the state’s case against Vance Boelter is moving forward this week not only for the victims and their families — but also because a conviction would not be eligible for a pardon by the president.

Boelter will be in a Hennepin County courtroom for the first time Monday to face charges in last year’s ...Read more

Hundreds of residents north and west of Spokane were told to flee their homes after stiff, dry winds fanned wildfire flames throughout the region in eastern Washington state.

As of about 2 p.m. New York time Sunday, the Old Trails incident had consumed 3,619 acres, the Fairview fire just north of the city had grown to 981 acres, and the Autumn...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s holding off delivering new strikes on Iran, after Tehran and other Middle Eastern powers told him they’re working on an agreement that might quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said he’d agreed to cancel the attack, “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” according to a post on ...Read more

Hundreds of residents north and west of Spokane have been told to flee their homes after stiff, dry winds fanned wildfire flames throughout the region in eastern Washington state.

As of about 4 a.m. local time, the Fairview fire just north of the city had grown to 981 acres (400 hectares), while the larger Old Trails incident had consumed 3,...Read more

Minnesota’s nation-leading effort to put guardrails on the burgeoning prediction market industry is up against a hard roadblock: the Trump administration.

After a court ruling last week, the state’s efforts to curtail popular tech firms like Kalshi and Polymarket are on hold. That means the platforms can continue offering wagers on ...Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he opposed punishment and court proceedings for the young protesters who marched in New Delhi and other Indian cities in recent weeks, saying “children make mistakes” and society should “forgive” them for using foul language.

“Punishing them, dragging them through the courts or subjecting them ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration may be creating a difficult choice for low-income immigrants who could be denied green cards by seeking public assistance to feed and access healthcare for their U.S.-born children.

Under the “public charge” rule — which the administration plans to put in place on Sept. 18 — a person could be ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s holding off from new strikes on Iran, after Tehran and other Middle Eastern powers told him they’re working on an agreement that might quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said he’d agreed to cancel the attack, “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” according to a post on Truth ...Read more

TOOLIK FIELD STATION, NORTH SLOPE, Alaska — Unlike most people, Rose Cory wasn’t drawn to northern Alaska for the vistas of the weather-scarred Brooks Range or the braided rivers winding through seemingly endless tundra. Rather, she was lured by what it contains on an atomic level: “It’s the carbon,” Cory said.

To Cory, an aquatic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At the turn of the century, wildfires destroyed only about 3% of the California homes they came into contact with. By 2020, the rate had risen to 18%, according to a new study from UC Merced.

It’s an indication that decades of efforts to clear flammable plants around homes and fortify their exteriors against flames, heat and ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former FedEx driver who was sentenced to death in May for the capital murder of 7-year-old Wise County girl Athena Strand has had his request for a new trial denied.

Tanner Horner’s attorneys filed the motion in Tarrant County on June 4, alleging that widespread media coverage intimidated some key witnesses who ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Carlitos Ricardo Parias had long complained to his family about the quality of drinking water at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.

In a video call from the Southern California facility where he is detained, he finally showed them proof — a plastic bottle filled with drinking water and what appeared to be worm-like creatures....Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A small city in Anoka County is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court for permission to use paper voter rolls, a change that critics argue could create long lines during this fall’s midterm election and set a precedent to allow other cities to follow suit.

The state’s high court is weighing a petition from Oak Grove, which ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, saying the federal agency cannot compel the Illinois Board of Elections to release sensitive information about the state’s roughly 8.3 million registered voters.

Seven months after Trump’s DOJ filed suit, U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless in the Central ...Read more