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Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boatsVideo
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed...
West Virginia high school remembers slain National Guard member as caring and willing to help
Mourners gathered at a West Virginia high school this weekend remembered a National Guard member fatally shot last week as a caring and positive person who wanted to help others. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after a Wednesday shooting in Washington, D.C., while her seriously injured colleague, U.S. Air...
Trump commutes prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was convicted of defrauding investors — the latest in a series of clemency actions Trump has taken in white-collar criminal cases. Gentile had reported to prison on Nov. 14, just days...
Trump’s pardon promise offers yet another life to Honduras’ imprisoned ex-president
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who went from close U.S. ally in the war on drugs to a poster child for presidential corruption in Central America, is on the verge of becoming once again a friend of the United States with President Donald Trump’s intention to...
Hundreds of flights canceled in Chicago after winter stormVideo
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast. In Wisconsin, utility crews worked to restore power to...
National Guard shooter was radicalized in U.S., Kristi Noem saysVideo
U.S. authorities believe the man suspected of fatally shooting a National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, D.C., was radicalized while in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about the suspect’s motive, Noem said investigators are still collecting information and...
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
NEW YORK — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are...
Investigators plead for tips after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child’s birthday party
STOCKTON, Calif. — Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, cellphone video, witness accounts and even rumors as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party. Someone opened fire at a banquet...
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been at war against the country’s legal system over the charges, said...
A Border Patrol-led immigration crackdown is coming to southeast Louisiana. Here’s what to know
NEW ORLEANS — Around 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a monthslong immigration crackdown on Monday in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi dubbed “Swamp Sweep.” The deployment, which aims to arrest 5,000 people, is centered in liberal New Orleans and is the latest federal immigration enforcement operation to...
U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators meet as Trump seeks to broker an end to the war
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy...
Report: Congress orders probe of Hegseth boat order
WASHINGTON — Republican-led Senate and House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel suspected to be carrying drugs, The Washington Post reports. The Post reported earlier that Hegseth had given...
Consumers should do their research before giving in to Travel Tuesday temptation
NEW YORK — Chain stores have Black Friday. Online marketplaces have Cyber Monday. For local businesses, it’s Small Business Saturday. In the last 20 years, more segments of the retail industry have vied for their own piece of the holiday shopping season. The travel trade has firmly joined the trend...
Trump says Venezuela’s airspace should be viewed as closed. It’s not clear what that means
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The White House did not respond to questions about...
U.S. halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition. Investigators continued Saturday to seek a motive in the shooting,...
Snow, rain and cold in store for some Thanksgiving holiday travelers
A major snowstorm in the Midwest and Great Lakes is bringing winter to some Thanksgiving travelers with forecasters saying the northeast U.S. could get its own early winter storm next week. Winter storm warnings and advisories extended from Montana to Ohio, the National Weather Service said. Forecasters warned there could...
Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. President Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790 million in grants in a standoff...
Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertainty
NEW YORK — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online. Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online Friday, marking a 9.1%...
Trump announces plan to terminate Biden’s autopen directives
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is terminating every document former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen in his latest move to eradicate his predecessor’s legacy. In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump accused Biden of signing “approximately 92%” of documents through the use of an autopen. The...
College freshman flying home for Thanksgiving surprise is deported despite court order
CONCORD, N.H. — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan International Airport on...
Zelenskyy’s chief of staff resigns as Ukraine corruption investigations widen
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country’s lead negotiator in talks with the U.S, after Yermak’s residence was searched by anti-corruption investigators. The unprecedented search at the heart of Ukraine’s government come at...
Suspect in shooting of National Guard members facing 1st-degree murder charge
WASHINGTON — The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in...
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the U.S. opposed them
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams. They’ve existed since the time of the dinosaurs, and some species are more poorly understood than those ancient animals. Yet...
Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra rises to 174Video
PADANG, Indonesia — The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island Friday rose to 174 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said. Rescuers were hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment. The death toll in North Sumatra province rose to...
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency arrests 8 over apartment tower fire that’s left 128 dead
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people dead. The seven men and one woman, from 40 to 63 years old, include scaffolding subcontractors, directors...
