President Donald Trump floated hitting goods imported from the European Union with fresh tariffs or even cutting off some trade if he determined that a push to make Canada a potential associate of the bloc was harmful to the U.S.

“If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Wednesday ordered a task force composed of members of her administration to explore whether the city should place new regulations on the construction of data centers — and to present her with its findings in about eight months.

The mayor, a Democrat who has not staked a position on ...Read more

Big news on the Sean “Diddy” Combs front.

Three members of the incarcerated rapper’s sizable legal team in NYC have called it quits, TMZ first reported.

The trio, Michael Tremonte, Erica Wolff and Katie Renzler from the offices of Sher Tremonte LLP, were representing Diddy in a civil suit.

They filed a motion Monday to withdraw from the...Read more

NEW YORK — A rotting corpse found stuffed in the chimney of a Queens public school has been identified as an aspiring rapper who went missing, to the bafflement of his family, more than seven weeks before the decomposed remains were found.

It was another month after the gruesome discovery before Matthew Collado‘s desperate mother learned ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Laptops, cellphones and other electronic devices are not allowed inside Maryland’s two federal courthouses, a judge decided this week.

Although video and audio recordings of court proceedings have been barred for years, this week’s standing order prevents the general public from bringing most kinds of “portable electronic ...Read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to fund the Israeli military’s request for $8 billion before next month’s election.

Israel’s military is seeking about $8 billion in additional funding, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to unlock the money ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — NBC4’s helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening at sunset.

It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.

But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong and in a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland health officials are warning residents about possible measles exposure after a person from another state who had the disease visited three Ocean City businesses this month.

The Maryland Department of Health said the person visited the Casablanca Oceanside Inn, 2408 Baltimore Ave., from 4 p.m. Sept. 3 through noon Sept. 6;...Read more

Declining birth rates mean fewer students.

And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.

“The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, described what is happening nationally.

“When there are fewer young people, obviously it’s going to change the shape ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge’s statement this week that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner may have committed crimes while running his office came as part of a lengthy battle in a complex post-conviction case.

But the fallout is likely just beginning.

The stunning remarks by U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond — that Krasner ...Read more

When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a powerful ocean advocate and Californians Against Waste.

But now as the law’s deadlines and requirements finally ...Read more

Nearly five years ago, Chase Johnson was cured of breast cancer — but not of the profound anxiety that it would return.

When Johnson was originally diagnosed in 2021, the resident of Cary, North Carolina, was only 31 — nearly a decade away from the age at which regular mammograms are recommended — and she had no history of breast cancer ...Read more

The revelation by the Air Force this week that the U.S. now has a weapon in space stoked speculation — but few answers — about the weapon’s capability.

“As much as you want to know, Beijing wants to know even more,” Lieutenant General Greg Gagnon, commander of the Space Force’s Combat Forces Command, which trains personnel to ...Read more

Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston’s housing crisis is so bad that in addition to enticing developers with $100 million in tax breaks, the city is now considering funding part of their construction costs to kickstart stalled projects.

Wu said the city is in negotiations with developers about reworking mitigation agreements, which could result in �...Read more

Amid powerful economic headwinds, President Donald Trump rallied loyalists Wednesday in North Carolina, aiming to drive up the Republican vote in a key Senate race in which his chosen candidate has been trailing in the polls.

Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chair, has so far failed to gain traction against Democratic ...Read more