After more than 11 years of injuries and a death, the manufacturer of blood glucose monitors has issued a correction to the instructions directing actions when the glucose might be dangerously high.

These True Metrix monitors are sold under the store brands of the nation’s largest pharmacies and grocers, including Walmart, Kroger, CVS, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Battle-hardened ICE protesters celebrated border czar Tom Homan’s announcement on Feb. 12 that Operation Metro Surge will soon come to a close. Lasting nearly three months, the operation involved thousands of federal agents descending on Minnesota in the nation’s largest-ever immigration enforcement action, during which ...Read more

The number of children recruited and used by armed groups in Haiti skyrocketed by nearly 200% last year, the United Nations’ leading child welfare agency said.

The surge reflects the growing reliance by criminal gangs on the exploitation of children amid the ongoing violence, UNICEF said Thursday.

The trend is particularly concerning as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators are seeking answers from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Pentagon over what led to the sudden closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this week.

Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FAA, expressed frustration over the lack of clarity around the closure as ...Read more

The Syrian army took control of the Al-Tanf military base from U.S. troops, ending an American military presence that lasted for a decade at a key site in the country’s southeast.

The base was established as a foothold against Islamic State and a training ground for Syrian rebels during the civil war that erupted in 2011 against dictator ...Read more

Much of U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s work in her first 12 months in office has centered on immigration, she told reporters at a roundtable Thursday, but looking to the upcoming year, she hopes to target public benefits fraud and other crimes.

In 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office saw a six-fold increase in criminal immigration charges, Foley ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and ten of the 17 commissioners on the board called Thursday for State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke to “pursue all available charges” against federal agents involved in the killing of Silverio Villegas González and the shooting of Marimar Martinez.

“We support thorough law ...Read more

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Minnesota had been left “safer” following a six-week surge of federal immigration enforcement in the state. But as he announced an end to the crackdown on Thursday, state officials testified to a U.S. Senate committee on the toll of federal actions.

At an oversight hearing of the Senate ...Read more

The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a mission to the International Space Station, and also bring back the rocket’s booster that could bring with it a sonic boom across Central Florida.

The launch of Crew-12 atop a Falcon 9 rocket is targeting liftoff at 5...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Retailers selling edibles with low doses of cannabinoids derived from hemp can ship products directly to customers, rather than require in-person transactions, a judge with the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings ruled on Thursday.

The order stems from a complaint filed by Leili Fatehi, a cannabis lobbyist, business owner...Read more

NEW YORK — More than 2,000 protesters descended on the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village on Thursday afternoon to hoist the pride flag back up again, after the Trump administration removed it earlier this week.

In a fired-up scene reminiscent of the resistance of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 that sparked the start of the gay ...Read more

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confessed to snorting cocaine off toilet seats during a chat with his old rehab buddy Theo Von.

“Good to see you, bro,” Von said to Kennedy at the start of Thursday’s “This Past Weekend” podcast.

Kennedy then asked Von if it was OK to tell listeners how they know one another, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an effort to crack down on fraud targeting California military veterans as the White House has singled out Democratic states for allegedly allowing waste and abuse to run rampant.

Newsom signed Senate Bill 694 from Sen. Bob Archuleta, D-Pico Rivera, and Assembly member Pilar Schiavo, D-...Read more

WASHINGTON — ​In what President Donald Trump is calling the “single largest deregulatory action in American history,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said at a White House event Thursday that his agency would repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that underlies regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

The repeal also would invalidate any ...Read more

DETROIT — A University of Michigan undergraduate student is suing the school, claiming she was falsely accused of using artificial intelligence in her coursework and denied disability accommodations during the appeal process.

The unnamed student, referred to as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit, said she was unfairly accused of using AI in coursework...Read more

Savannah Guthrie on Thursday shared a few short home video clips of her mother, Nancy, as authorities continued searching for the missing 84-year-old and her suspected captor.

“Our lovely mom,” Guthrie captioned the Instagram post. “We will never give up on her. Thank you for your prayers and hope.”

The post included old clips of Nancy...Read more

A retired homicide and cold case sergeant is analyzing the “huge break” in the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie, “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s ailing mother who disappeared from her Tucson home nearly two weeks ago.

Troy Hillman, formerly of the Phoenix Police Department, told Us Weekly that the eerie footage and photos ...Read more

California lawmakers announced a slate of bills Thursday that advocates say is the largest push to strengthen drunk driving laws in over two decades.

The proposals include AB 1605, a bill by Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, D-Tracy, which would give judges the discretion to add a “no alcohol sale” designation to the IDs of people who have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal immigration judge ended the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S. Marines, whose arrest on video showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California went viral last year.

Rigo Hernandez, 44, told The Times that the judge terminated ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein gains new scrutiny, questions have emerged on Haverford College’s campus about how to address their mega donor’s involvement.

Lutnick, a 1983 Haverford graduate who has donated $65 million to the college and whose name is on the school’s ...Read more