WASHINGTON — U.S. forces have struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in response to attempted missile attacks on a U.S. warship, a U.S. official said.

While the missiles didn’t hit the U.S. vessel, the attacks prompted the U.S. military on Tuesday to strike targets near the strategically crucial ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After Carlton Johnson II carried out a mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis last week that left two people dead and multiple others injured — including two Minneapolis police officers — questions have swirled over how he received a permit to carry a gun in public in Hennepin County.

The fact that Johnson was not ...Read more

It took a live microphone near a plane crash to amplify what’s been apparent for months now: Miami-Dade’s sheriff and mayor do not get along.

Moments before Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz addressed reporters Sunday night with Mayor Daniella Levine Cava by her side, a top aide to the mayor told the sheriff that he thought the mayor should speak...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine said this week if Democrats take control of one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, they should focus less on investigating President Donald Trump and more on passing important legislation.

Kaine told students at Christopher Newport University on Labor Day that it’s highly likely the ...Read more

LONDON — European and U.S. officials are resigned to Russia’s war in Ukraine continuing into next year, acknowledging that the latest American peace initiative made no headway with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Putin is intent on stepping up attacks on Ukraine through the winter, testing its resistance and the resolve of Kyiv’s allies, ...Read more

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s effort to revive the state’s gerrymandered congressional map on Tuesday, a federal judge in St. Louis ruled that Missouri must use the map in the Nov. 3 election.

The two decisions immediately sparked chaos amid Missouri’s redistricting fight. The nation’s highest court blocked ...Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday rejected Missouri’s push to use the state’s gerrymandered congressional map in November, a key ruling that ensures the map will remain blocked.

Kavanaugh did not issue a reason for his decision on Tuesday. The move marks the end of a lengthy redistricting fight in Missouri and blocks a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday New Yorkers were “lied to” about the dangerous air quality in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks — though he declined to explicitly pin the blame on past mayors.

A tranche of long sought-after documents was released Tuesday, with the 25th year since the attacks just days away. After a multi-...Read more

WASHINGTON — A trade war between the United States and Canada entered a new phase Tuesday as Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect, escalating a dispute that has steadily strained relations between the allies.

Canada’s tariffs, which came into force just after midnight, cover roughly $20 billion in U.S. goods and ...Read more

South Carolina Judge Debra McCaslin has picked Sumter County as the site for Alex Murdaugh’s new double-murder retrial.

“After careful review of potential venues and courthouse facilities throughout the state, the court finds that Sumter County is an appropriate venue for the retrial of (Murdaugh),” McCaslin wrote in an eight-page order ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels has tapped a former executive of a national home-based daycare association as his top aide for the New York City school system’s early childhood office, just a couple of days before the launch of free childcare for 2-year-olds, Samuels announced Tuesday.

Erica Phillips, who most ...Read more

President Abelardo de la Espriella said Colombia wants to be the top U.S. ally in the Americas on security matters, and prosecute its war on organized crime with support from Washington.

Speaking alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, de la Espriella said the two nations are entering a strategic partnership to combat drug-trafficking ...Read more

Michael McCuskey, the Illinois Legislature’s top ethics watchdog whose tenure has become clouded by recent controversy after his investigation determined a former state lawmaker’s sexual harassment of women violated state law, is resigning the post.

McCuskey, a former state and federal judge, submitted a letter of resignation on Aug. 31 to ...Read more

BOSTON — Jurors are starting to speak out after the deadlocked Lindsay Clancy murder trial, detailing the arguments they had with the male juror who did not acquit.

Three unnamed women of the 12-member jury spoke to NBC10 Boston in a segment set to air in full Tuesday night about what deliberations in the blockbuster trial.

The jury’s ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — There were no violations of civil gang injunctions at or around the Minnesota State Fair, officials said Tuesday, the day after the 12-day event ended.

This year’s was the safest Fair in the last three years, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Tuesday.

“There was very little conflict,” he said. “We did have a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Nicole Linton’s Mercedes-Benz flew through a red light and barreled into a busy South L.A. intersection, causing an explosion on contact, the streaking luxury car looked like a missile, according to video displayed in court Tuesday morning.

As the wreckage of the three-car crash burned, video from the scene on Aug. 4, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he will be leaving his role by the end of the year, Democrats in Congress praised him for trying to show the “full history” of America.

Bunch was the first African American and the first historian to be appointed to the role. He has led the institution during a fraught time, as ...Read more

NEW YORK — Neighborhood residents rallied on the first day of classes Tuesday to call on Columbia University to reopen its campus to the general public.

The gates have been closed since protests on campus over the war in Gaza during the 2023-24 school year. Last year, Columbia’s neighbors sued the university in a Manhattan trial court over ...Read more