The only Colombian commando to escape after the middle-of-the-night assault on Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s residence told a federal jury on Monday that he evaded capture with help from two associates of a South Florida pastor accused in the plot, as well as two Haitian police officers, a former senator and a gang boss.

Mario Antonio ...Read more

A child died of measles in upstate New York, marking the state’s first measles-related death in 30 years, Governor Hochul announced Monday.

“I’m heartbroken to learn that a child in Lewis County has died from measles,” Hochul said in a statement. “My heart goes out to their family and everyone who knew and loved them.”

Hochul ...Read more

Meryll Quirong Costi was mortified, her lawyer said, as she sat in federal court with her legs shackled together, wearing orange pants and a white T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Prisoner” across the back.

A lawful permanent resident of the United States but not a citizen, Costi was among 12 people in California arrested or charged by ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaskans are preparing for a high-stakes Election Day on Tuesday, with a closely watched U.S. Senate race dominating political messaging and races for governor and the Legislature set to shape the direction of the state over the next few years.

As of Sunday, more than 90,000 Alaskans had already cast their ballots in early...Read more

MIAMI — The crew of the Learjet plane that crashed into a Palm Beach County neighborhood, killing all nine people on board, began reporting light ice and turbulence about a minute before the aircraft plummeted to the ground, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Monday.

The plane took off from Austin, Texas, at 10:40 a.m. ...Read more

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government has been granted more authority by the country’s supreme leader to pursue peace talks, as President Donald Trump hinted at progress in negotiations.

The comments on Monday signaled a potential diplomatic opening as fears grow of renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran.

“We are ...Read more

A child died of measles in New York amid an ongoing outbreak in the state that has infected more than 170 people, the health department said Monday.

The death occurred in Lewis County, located in the northwestern part of the state, according to a joint press release from the county and state health departments. Health officials did not provide...Read more

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors asked a judge Nov. 2 to arrest and jail the accused ringleader of an alleged conspiracy to terrorize members of the Jewish community and University of Michigan officials, saying the pro-Palestinian activist sabotaged FBI agents, obstructed justice and destroyed evidence while on bond.

Zainab Hakim, 23, of Canton ...Read more

A selloff in chipmakers weighed on stocks, offsetting a slump in oil prices driven by hopes for diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran.

West Texas Intermediate settled near $96.50 a barrel. While most S&P 500 firms rose, the index fell amid technology weakness. The Nasdaq 100 sank 10% from its peak, entering a technical correction. In late ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois’ fall voting season comes to an end with Election Day on Tuesday, the final day for voters to cast a ballot after weeks of early in-person and mail voting in races from U.S. senator and governor down to county officers and judgeships.

Weatherwise, Election Day will be a “meteorological standout,” said retired WGN ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from the Justice Department to intervene in its effort to have California set aside the ballots of 20,000 voters who the Trump administration argues could be noncitizens who illegally cast votes.

The unanimous, unexplained order came hours after the DOJ made the request and just before...Read more

MIAMI — State Rep. Fabián Basabe had confrontation after confrontation outside a Miami Beach polling location during early voting, squaring off with campaign volunteers, a police officer and even the Miami-Dade mayor, records and videos show.

The Miami Herald obtained records from the Miami Beach Police Department showing there were five ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has referred its findings about Duke University’s admissions processes in its medical school to the Justice Department — a move the health agency had said it would make if Duke didn’t comply.

The Duke Chronicle first reported this story. The health department’s Office for Civil Rights ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Acting quickly and emphatically, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down the Trump administration’s bid to set aside ballots from 20,000 California voters who the administration says may not be citizens.

Without a comment or dissent, the justices dismissed the emergency appeal.

It is a rare rebuke for Trump’s lawyers to ...Read more

Texas tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp and their two children, 4-year-old Emma and 2-year-old Charlie, were killed in Sunday’s Learjet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, their family confirmed in a statement.

Also killed were the couple’s nanny Anita Maria Cetina, and their friends, Rachel Reed and Charmi Fehr, the ...Read more

While tropical-storm-like weather battered Florida on Monday, the National Hurricane Center began forecasting a different system could form in the Atlantic with the chance to develop.

As of the NHC’s 7 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the prediction was that an area of low pressure was likely to form along a weakening frontal boundary a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump recently asked voters to “close your eyes and pretend I’m on the ballot” during this month’s election.

That’s put top Minnesota Republican candidates Lisa Demuth, who is running for governor, and Michele Tafoya, who is running for U.S. Senate, in an awkward position as they have tried to strike a...Read more

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said he is “struggling” with whether to grant an eleventh-hour bid by the NAACP to block the Justice Department from deploying personnel from federal law enforcement agencies to serve as poll monitors during the midterm election on Tuesday.

Walton, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, said ...Read more

Top officials in California are bracing for unprecedented election interference from the Trump administration in coming days, including potential ballot seizures.

They are warning the public about such actions in striking messages casting President Trump and U.S. Department of Justice officials as threats to the vote and to American democracy. ...Read more