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Boston announces 1,600 'learn-and-earn' school year jobs for high schoolers
Boston high school students can apply for over 1,600 school year jobs through the city’s new public-private partnership program – as the city continues seeks additional partnerships to reach their goal of 2,000 “learn-and-earn” jobs available for teens.
“Today, I’m proud that we are now at more than 1,600 jobs for the upcoming ...Read more
Report confirms detainees held in small cages at Alligator Alcatraz
Nearly 80 detainees were held in small metal cages at the Everglades detention site state leaders called “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog.
“The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,” ...Read more
Ex-Trooper Michael Proctor can plead 5th in murder case dismissal hearing
Former State Trooper Michael Proctor can invoke the fifth amendment during a hearing to dismiss a Milton murder case he investigated, a judge ruled Monday.
“Clearly, something exposed him to criminal liability,” defense attorney Rosemary Scapicchio said of the ex-cop.
When Proctor left the Norfolk Superior Courthouse, his lawyer said he ...Read more
Supreme Court halts Trump's proposed limits on mail ballots for this year's elections
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict voting by mail, ruling it is too late to impose new postal service rules for the November election.
The justices on Monday turned down an emergency appeal from Trump’s lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar ...Read more
Former federal prosecutor to take over as Illinois' acting legislative ethics watchdog Oct. 1
A former federal prosecutor will temporarily take over as the Illinois General Assembly’s top ethics watchdog, stepping into an office roiled by controversy over how sexual harassment complaints against a former state lawmaker were handled.
David E. Risley has been chosen by the state’s Legislative Ethics Commission to begin the job of ...Read more
Vice President JD Vance rallies Kansas Republicans during Olathe visit
Vice President JD Vance rallied supporters and Republican officials in Olathe, Kansas, on Monday, his second visit to the Kansas City area in four months.
Much like his May appearance at Milbank Manufacturing in Kansas City, Vance promoted President Donald Trump’s manufacturing agenda, immigration enforcement and “America First” economic ...Read more
Boston Mayor Wu pitches $100 million tax breaks for developers to kickstart stalled housing construction
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is targeting tax breaks toward four housing developments that have been approved by the city but stalled due to financial constraints, as part of a larger plan to kickstart lagging construction.
Wu on Monday proposed $31.5 million in collective tax abatements for the four market-rate projects, which are ...Read more
Alex Saab appears poised to plead guilty in Miami money-laundering case
MIAMI — Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused of serving as a financial front man for Venezuela’s government, appears poised to plead guilty Tuesday in a new federal money-laundering case in Miami, after a judge scheduled a change-of-plea hearing and canceled his upcoming jury trial.
The hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. before U.S. ...Read more
Minnesota Supreme Court rules Twin Cities suburb can use paper voter rosters in November election
The city of Oak Grove is allowed to use paper voter rosters in the upcoming November election despite serious objections from Anoka County, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
The state’s highest court on Friday decided that the northern suburb has the authority to choose whether to check in voters with paper rosters during the general ...Read more
After lengthy absence, McConnell returns to Senate
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate floor Monday, voting for the first time in nearly three months after an extended absence following an injury from a fall earlier this summer.
“My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven’t made it any easier,” he ...Read more
Miami federal prosecutors charge a new suspect in Haitian president's assassination
MIAMI — Months before Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s 2021 assassination in the hills above his nation’s capital, Rafael Guerrero signed as a witness to a $175,000 line of credit provided by a Broward County businessman to a Doral-area security company to help finance support for Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the Haitian American pastor ...Read more
Supreme Court halts Trump's proposed limits on mail ballots for this year's elections
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict voting by mail, ruling it is too late to impose new postal service rules for the November election.
The justices on Monday turned down an emergency appeal from Trump’s lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar ...Read more
Democratic leaders panic and GOP divides as AI fears spread
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday forcefully rejected calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence, dismissing concerns about its risks as a "hoax" and warning the United States remains locked in a fierce technological race with China.
The president's position has put him at odds with a growing chorus of industry leaders and ...Read more
Judge temporarily blocks Illinois aid-in-dying law for Catholic health providers
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of Illinois’ new medical aid-in-dying law against Catholic healthcare providers, siding with a lawsuit from Cardinal Blase Cupich a day after a different judge refused to block the law entirely in a separate case.
The Friday ruling from U.S. District Judge Franklin U. Valderrama temporarily ...Read more
Deputies took his guns. He admitted to bombing a California courthouse in retaliation
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Barbara County man on Monday admitted to detonating a bomb at a courthouse in 2024 in retaliation for law enforcement seizing his firearms earlier that year.
Nathaniel James McGuire, 22, pleaded guilty to the use of a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of a building using an explosive, according to the ...Read more
Man spotted emerging from manhole in Queens amid rash of underground mysteries across NYC
NEW YORK — A man wearing a black-and-red bandana was seen climbing out of a sewer in Queens, with him and four other men taking off after putting the manhole back in place — the latest mysterious underground incident, police said Monday.
Officers were sent to Juniper Boulevard South and 74th Street in Middle Village after someone called 911...Read more
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to Senate, says he wants to get back to 'business as usual'
Sen. Mitch McConnell confirmed he's returning to the U.S. Senate Monday, returning to the Capitol for the first time since he was hospitalized in June.
The veteran GOP lawmaker was seen in a wheelchair at the Capitol shortly after announcing he would return, photos show.
“Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back ...Read more
Lawsuit filed over Northern California school shooting that wounded two kindergartners
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The families of four children are suing the organizations that run the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, where a man used a ghost gun to shoot and seriously wound two kindergartners at the small faith-based campus in Northern California.
The lawsuit was filed Aug. 19 in Butte Superior Court by Mary E. Alexander,...Read more
Demuth, Klobuchar both say state fraud response should lead to firings
MINNEAPOLIS — Republican gubernatorial nominee Lisa Demuth called for the firing of two Walz administration officials on Monday following a Minnesota Star Tribune report about the state’s handling of fraud, while DFL nominee Amy Klobuchar said she would fire officials who failed to stop fraud and would overhaul state government more broadly....Read more
Harry and Meghan abruptly remove kids from school amid new bid for security
Just two days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle enrolled their young children in a brand new school — after suddenly uprooting them from California and moving them to a temporary new home on the other side of the world — the couple have removed the children from the school, citing “operational” concerns from their security team about ...Read more
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