Saudi Arabia told the United Arab Emirates to withdraw its forces from Yemen and halt support for armed groups there, escalating tensions between the oil-rich allies over the conflict in the divided nation.

In a public rebuke of the UAE’s recent role in Yemen, Saudi Arabia accused Abu Dhabi of “pressuring” a separatist group in the south...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Just before Friday prayer in south Minneapolis, Flannery Clark steered her family’s station wagon down congested E. Lake Street, seeking signs of federal agents.

Suddenly a full-size SUV with heavily tinted windows barreled alongside. She started tailing it, trying to decipher the license plate or determine whether the driver ...Read more

ATLANTA — A senior executive at the Atlanta Housing Authority who oversaw one of the country’s largest Section 8 housing assistance programs allegedly used a fake name and a shell company to collect funds for a rental property where her family lived.

U.S. Justice Department prosecutors said Tracy Denise Jones, Atlanta Housing’s senior ...Read more

A search was underway in Texas on Tuesday for a teenage girl who has been missing since Christmas Eve, police said.

Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen leaving her house in northwest Bexar County on Wednesday just before 7 a.m., according to the the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Her family said it was typical for 19-year-old Olmos to take a ...Read more

European leaders held a call to discuss Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country’s negotiating position, claiming Ukrainian drones targeted a residence of his.

“Our work to ensure robust security guarantees continues unabated,” Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Tuesday on the X platform. He said ...Read more

Saudi Arabia said the United Arab Emirates must withdraw its forces from Yemen and halt support for armed groups operating in the war-torn country, issuing its strongest public rebuke yet of its Gulf ally’s role in the conflict.

The Saudi statement marked the first time it accused its neighbor of endangering its national security since the ...Read more

Thailand is still considering when to release 18 Cambodian soldiers captured in July, delaying a decision originally expected by midday Tuesday over accusations Cambodia breached the terms of a recent ceasefire.

As part of the most recent agreement to pause fighting, which took effect Saturday, Bangkok said it would consider repatriating the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — When a mental health call came in to St. Cloud police last fall of a man digging into the street with a fixed-blade knife, officers weren’t the only ones to respond.

A drone, deployed and piloted from the real-time intelligence center inside police headquarters, beat the units to the scene and watched as the man put the ...Read more

After Missouri lawmakers passed a gerrymandered congressional map this fall, opponents submitted more than 300,000 signatures seeking to force a statewide vote on whether to overturn the map. But Republican state officials say they will use the map in the meantime.

Missouri courts now appear likely to weigh in.

“If we need to continue to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a quarter of federal immigration judges in California have been fired, retired or quit since the start of the Trump administration.

The reduction follows a trend in immigration courts nationwide and constitutes, critics say, an attack on the rule of law that will lead to yet more delays in an overburdened court system....Read more

CHICAGO — When it comes to Chicago and crime, perception isn’t always reality.

At times, 2025 brought deadly chaos to Chicago’s shimmering downtown: An 18-victim mass shooting in River North, the worst the city’s seen in years. The annual Christmas tree lighting marred by two more shootings, including the murder of a teen boy. A young ...Read more

President Donald Trump downplayed China’s latest maneuvers around Taiwan, while the People’s Liberation Army started a second day of drills that included live-fire practice in response to a major American weapons sale.

The PLA conducted live-fire exercises north of Taiwan, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. Beijing has ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States has destroyed a docking area used by suspected drug traffickers in Venezuela, marking what would be the first publicly acknowledged U.S. ground strike inside the country amid escalating tensions with the Nicolás Maduro regime.

Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida...Read more

A Chicago nonprofit, in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over funding cuts to a program that has long provided wraparound services to students in high-poverty and rural areas.

The Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and AFT, in a complaint filed Monday, allege the department broke ...Read more

She went by Dr. Mary, and her promise was a tantalizing medical breakthrough.

At clinics operated in Arizona and several other states, Mary Blakley and her husband, Fred, told patients that for just $300, they could provide a full-body scan that utilized a proprietary "smart chip" to detect a variety of potential illnesses, including cancer.

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State Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a court order Monday that blocks the Trump administration from imposing unlawful conditions on two federal emergency grants following a lawsuit filed by Nevada and 11 other states.

“The Trump administration’s attempt to undermine Nevada’s readiness for emergency situations and security threats ...Read more

North Carolina Education Lottery ticket sales surged to a record $6.6 billion last year, but the percentage of revenue transferred to public schools continued to decline, according to a new state audit released Monday.

“North Carolinians have a reasonable expectation that if the Education Lottery’s ticket sales go up, money going toward our...Read more

A North Carolina house fire reportedly killed the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and critically injured his mother.

The Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services said on Facebook that multiple fire departments were dispatched to a possible house fire “with entrapment” Sunday night.

The victims were identified ...Read more

More than a decade after a jailhouse snitch scandal rocked the Orange County district attorney's office and nearly upended the prosecution of the deadliest mass shooting in county history, federal officials announced they have ceased overseeing the department's informant program, citing recent reforms.

The decision, announced Dec. 23, ends a ...Read more