SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Immigration arrests of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California increased more than tenfold in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new analysis by the University of Southern California Equity Research Institute.

The analysis found that the AAPI Californians were involved in ...Read more

President Donald Trump will be touching down on Long Island Friday to highlight his record on crime and try to boost Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s campaign for governor.

With Blakeman by his side, Trump plans to release FBI statistics showing decreases in violent crime after touring the Nassau County Police Academy in ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has joined a prominent Michigan law firm as a partner following his 12 years as the mayor of Michigan's largest city.

Duggan will join Detroit-based Honigman's government relations and public policy practice group a few months after abandoning his independent bid to be the state's next governor.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a recall of Texas-produced eggs its most severe classification due to a possible risk of salmonella poisoning.

On July 22, Midwest Poultry Services. L.P. issued a recall on more than 1.5 million eggs that were produced and distributed by its Texas farms between June 6 and July 6. These eggs, both ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her proposed reducing the number of vacant positions in the police department in her 2027 budget address, cuts that come in the wake of the police chief accusing Her of sexualizing officers.

Along with a property tax increase and other budget cuts, Her proposed the police department will receive funding for...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a dramatic turning point in the high-profile case that started with the executive’s high-profile murder outside a Midtown hotel in the pre-dawn hours of December 2024.

The plea throws a wrench in Mangione’s parallel state prosecution scheduled...Read more

NEW YORK — The city can move forward with its implementation of a tax on luxury second homes, a state appeals court judge ruled — at least until a court hearing at the end of the month.

Thursday’s ruling upheld the city’s appeal of a temporary block placed on the pied-à-terre tax by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi.

That...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California voters are sharply divided over a ballot measure to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund healthcare programs, a proposal already triggering a fierce and expensive political fight as the November election approaches, according to a poll released Friday.

More than half of likely voters oppose a separate ...Read more

CHICAGO — Why does a big-shot trial lawyer want an unpaid gig leading Chicago’s school board?

Victor Henderson, a longtime white-collar civil litigation attorney, points to his time on the board of Urban Prep Academies. The troubled charter school network was on the brink of closure in 2023 amid allegations of financial mismanagement and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday continued to track two tropical waves in the Atlantic with a chance to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the leading wave, Invest 92, was about 400 miles east of the Caribbean’s Windward Islands with gusty winds and a ...Read more

The U.S. will soon announce unprecedented economic measures against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, intensifying the Trump administration’s effort to force Tehran’s capitulation after almost six months of war.

“Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been...Read more

Yeiner Mena had only recently finished building a new home with his wife in the remote Colombian city of Quibdo when the strongest earthquake in 50 years reduced it to rubble.

“We lost everything,” Mena, 30, said. “We are alone.”

The challenge facing new President Abelardo de la Espriella is to prove to families like Mena’s that they...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The long-awaited Automated People Mover train at Los Angeles International Airport is expected to transform traffic ahead of the 2028 Olympics. Visitors to the airport have been able to watch the trains in action, but travelers have yet to benefit.

Despite months of test runs and finishing touches near completion, the people ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The letters were hand-delivered in the January cold, slid into mailboxes along Sugar Lake Road by an unknown person who had signed them, “A Concerned Citizen.”

A second data center is in the works for Franklin County, Missouri, the letters said.

“Please do your homework on what these data centers bring to the area,” the ...Read more

Several regions of Russia are facing fuel shortages again after Ukraine resumed almost daily attacks on oil refineries in the country.

The Kaluga region neighboring Moscow will introduce a rationing system for cars from Saturday based on license plates, according to regional Governor Vladislav Shapsha. The Astrakhan region on the Caspian Sea ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff’s request for $32 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to combat California’s growing glassy-winged sharpshooter problem has been rejected.

Glassy-winged sharpshooters were found on grapevines and ornamental plants sold at Costco stores in dozens ...Read more