WASHINGTON — Fallout from Jensen Huang’s ouster as Nvidia Corp. chief executive officer is reaching deep into Washington, where Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is confronting accusations that his department didn’t do enough to keep the company’s prized artificial intelligence chips out of China’s hands.

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Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson vowed to take a close look at any potential merger between Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Tesla Inc., warning of the perils of corporate concentration as the state’s two most valuable companies weigh a tie-up.

“Any merger of companies of that consequence warrants tremendous...Read more

The 34-year-old Garden City, Kansas, woman behind the wheel of a truck that plowed into a youth soccer game in Wichita in October killing two people will not face criminal charges, according to Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett.

Bennett made the announcement during a news conference Thursday at the Sedgwick County Courthouse. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A man deported from Minnesota to Central America is alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, with commander Greg Bovino in charge, beat him unconscious during a January arrest.

The accusations are in a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court by Honduran national Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano, 28, ...Read more

In what appears to be the first policy statement about Cuba since the end of the Cold War, G7 foreign ministers have called on the island’s government to carry out “significant and meaningful political and economic reforms” and take “concrete steps” toward multi-party democracy.

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MIAMI — A Miami man who threatened to execute Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in a series of social media posts was sentenced to two years in federal prison after investigators discovered disturbing writings in his home, including a note about shooting Cubans in the United States.

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MIAMI — A Haitian social media influencer arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South Florida while on her way to see a doctor was among more than 60 people deported to Haiti on Thursday as the Trump administration announced deportations had hit a record high.

Djouly Jean, also known as Djouly Best on social media, stepped off ...Read more

You may be hearing phrases like “climate crisis,” “climate emergency” and “climate justice” a lot as the 2026 United Nations climate summit is underway. Political leaders, including U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, are using them to try to get across the urgent risks and consequences of climate change. The danger is real,...Read more

Convicted rapist Russell Brand has been accused of sexual misconduct by six more women.

The claims were made in a new report published by The Times and The Sunday Times on Thursday evening, just days after Brand was sentenced for serve more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. They span a decade, from 2005 to 2015.

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NEW YORK — A daredevil’s death-defying viral proposal to his girlfriend atop the Empire State Building could result in their deportation to Russia — and land him on the front lines of the war in Ukraine — an attorney for the couple said.

Speaking outside of Manhattan Criminal Court Thursday, attorney Noam Biale said his clients Ivan “...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a quarter of registered voters in California are unsure if they will fill out the upcoming 2030 Census, largely due to privacy concerns, according to a new poll.

The survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies showed 72% of voters said their household is certain to fill out the census. Of the 28% who ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief financial officer resigned Friday after just three months on the job, saying she is unable to fulfill her obligation to provide “complete and accurate” statements about the city’s finances.

Ashlee Gabrysch exits her post as Johnson’s election-year budget is stalled thanks to an ongoing ...Read more

CHICAGO — Embattled Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office has retained a Chicago-based employment law firm to conduct an evaluation of the workplace culture of the chamber’s Democratic majority “and provide actionable recommendations for improvement,” according to an email sent to Democratic House lawmakers and ...Read more

During the 2026 election cycle, Republicans enacted a series of gerrymanders – a form of partisan redistricting – in a handful of states to give them a disproportionate edge over Democrats in their congressional delegations. Democrats responded with a successful redistricting effort in California and an unsuccessful one in Virginia.

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Candidates tied to the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement suffered a series of electoral defeats in the 2026 midterm elections, raising questions about MAHA’s political future.

Despite its name, MAHA has become a controversial force in American health politics. While the movement calls for healthier food, increased ...Read more

CHICAGO — For scientists working to keep plastic litter out of the environment, the idea might seem counterintuitive.

Looking to follow the movement of water bottles and other floating throwaways, they tossed dozens of plastic smoothie shakers into rivers across the United States and Canada, including stretches of the Chicago River.

The ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — While delivering his first speech as pope last year from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Leo XIV paused, and then briefly switched from Italian to Spanish.

"A greeting to all," he said, smiling. "And in particular to my dear Diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru."

Before he was elevated to the highest earthly authority in the ...Read more