President Donald Trump denounced reporting by MS NOW that administration officials have floated attaching his name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where an assassin killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

“The story that the White House, or me, want to affix my name to Ford’s Theater, in Washington, D.C., where Abraham Lincoln was ...Read more

NEW YORK — The son of a hero firefighter who died on Sept. 11 says in a lawsuit that the city’s archaic age restrictions have kept him from following in his dad’s footsteps — because a last-minute delay to the FDNY test meant he turned 29 by the time he was able to apply for the job.

Skylar Mercado says the FDNY is violating the state�...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — A road connecting visitors to a popular Yosemite National Park vista is closing due to wildfire smoke.

Glacier Point Road will close at 6 p.m. on Thursday as a result of smoke from the Dome fire, park officials announced.

“This public safety closure is a result of reduced visibility along the road due to smoke and to ...Read more

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won’t allow freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while sanctions and a U.S. blockade remain in place, underscoring the difficulty in reaching a peace deal with Washington despite efforts to revive talks this week.

The Islamic Republic “cannot accept that everyone benefits ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to San Diego County Wednesday, visiting a Neighborhood health center in Escondido to announce $51 million in grants to develop dental services for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders.

It was the secretary’s second visit in a little more than one month. ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allegations of racist remarks and comments about sexual orientation lodged by Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken’s chief of staff had at least one City Council member calling for an investigation at Tuesday night’s meeting and several residents pushing for her resignation.

City spokesperson Mike Lyster confirmed Wednesday ...Read more

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to permanently restore about $19 million in University of California research grants — including studies into wildfire-smoke health effects and water management — it had previously canceled, according to a settlement filed in federal court Wednesday.

The settlement would resolve one part of a ...Read more

He once was billed as a "boy genius." Now the former child phenom is accused of picking up a permanent marker and scrawling antisemitic graffiti on Southern California homes, according to authorities.

Kristoffer Von Hassel, 18, was arrested Tuesday in Imperial Beach in the alleged vandalism, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office said.

On Sept....Read more

One of the newly indicted defendants in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is in custody in Canada, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States.

Ashkard Pierre, who once worked in the Haitian consulate in Montreal, was arrested over the weekend as part of the sweeping expansion of the United States ...Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the United States and China have sealed a two-month extension to their trade truce, as Xi Jinping landed in America for his first state visit in 11 years.

Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan, a celebrated soprano, touched down at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington shortly before 6 p.m. local time on ...Read more

A blood test to detect multiple forms of cancer received support Wednesday from a federal health panel, one day after a Mayo Clinic-led study showed it discovered undiagnosed cases of lung, breast, colon and other cancers.

The results raise hopes that a single test could one day replace multiple tests, such as mammograms for breast cancer and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

The White House had reportedly held a meeting earlier this week discussing plans for the potential order that ...Read more

DENVER — An Adams County district judge on Wednesday ruled that there’s enough evidence to move forward with the criminal case against Brandon Booth, a Geo Group employee at the Aurora immigration detention center who is accused of shooting a protester in July.

Booth, 42, is charged with first-degree assault and attempted assault, both with...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House voted Wednesday in favor of proposals to condemn socialism and to require an American flag be displayed in a prominent location in each classroom across the state.

The Republican-controlled House supported the measures, 41 days before the Nov. 3 midterm election. Polling has found that Michigan voters see ...Read more

MIAMI — As Haiti struggles to absorb returning U.S. deportees even as it battles relentless armed gangs, surging kidnappings and deepening hunger, a Haitian American advocacy group wants to know why its government is paying a longtime Trump political operative and his Fort Lauderdale-based lobbying firm as much as $780,000 to represent it in ...Read more

CHICAGO — An unknown man walked into the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, on Dec. 4, 1982.

He wore a Seiko watch, a leather belt and a bolo tie made of turquoise and silver. He carried a wallet but no identification. An envelope filled with 19 $100 bills sat inside his shirt pocket. His hair was dyed and he had a deep tan, not ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators expressed optimism over negotiations on legislation to overhaul the federal environmental permitting system, even as text remains elusive in what could be the final week in session before the midterm elections.

This was expected to be a make-or-break week for a bill to streamline the process for greenlighting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s argument that the president had valid national security grounds for banning three news outlets from the White House, but didn’t immediately rule on whether to reinstate their access.

U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, at a hearing Wednesday in Washington, ...Read more

A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration of bypassing procurement requirements meant to safeguard the use of taxpayer dollars, including during renovations to the governor’s mansion, and firing a staffer who raised concerns.

The administration waived competitive bid requirements after purchases were ...Read more