CHICAGO — Five days after armed federal agents descended on the Swap-O-Rama flea market and took more than a dozen people away, some of the market’s vendors were back at work, selling tools, hot sauce and women’s underwear from spaces they rent in the parking lot.

But the flea market was mostly barren on Tuesday’s overcast afternoon. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators who hope to pass a package of Russia-related bills sometime soon are hoping to leverage gathering momentum in both Washington and Europe to dry up more of Russia’s pool of warfighting funds.

But Ukraine still lacks all the weapons its leader says the country needs to defend itself, starting with Tomahawk cruise ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information about donations from several of America’s largest tech companies to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, which included the destruction of the East Wing.

In the wake of the release of the donor list Thursday, they raised potential conflicts of interest over...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The federal shutdown is delaying critical funding that helps people in more than 125,000 households across the state pay their heating bills — and officials are warning the lag could be especially risky for rural Minnesotans who use propane and fuel oil.

As the shutdown nears its fourth week, payments for the Low Income Home ...Read more

Kilian Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers, did something this month that left even other elite athletes gasping: He climbed all 72 summits in the contiguous United States that stand over 14,000 feet tall.

In 31 days.

That’s like climbing California’s Mt. Whitney — the nation’s tallest mountain outside of Alaska...Read more

Cameroonian President Paul Biya was declared the winner of elections that were marred by allegations of irregularities, and is set to rule the central African nation until the age of 99 if he completes his eighth term.

Biya, 92, won 53.7% of the votes cast on Oct. 12 and his closest rival, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who resigned from the cabinet in...Read more

Hurricane Melissa — now a deadly Category 5 storm — is winding up to strike Jamaica with what could be the strongest winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

As of 8 a.m. Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center found the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. And it forecasts the storm to strengthen even more over the ...Read more

A meeting Thursday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is set to be one of the key diplomatic events of the year, with the U.S.-China economic relationship at stake following multiple rounds of escalating tensions and temporary truces.

Trump told traveling reporters Monday on Air Force One that while nothing has yet been agreed, he ...Read more

It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Department 1203 at the Central Courthouse, and the man in the defendant’s chair is anxious.

The next morning, he’ll be released from jail and expected to put his name on a waiting list at a drug treatment program. He has no car, no cellphone, no money for cab fare, and, he tells Superior Court Judge Cindy ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Filmmaker Gabe Polsky was finishing work on a movie when his producer friend Doug DeLuca called him with a most unlikely tip.

“I could hear it in his voice,” says Polsky on a recent video call, recalling DeLuca’s hesitation to bring up his idea.

“He’s like, ‘This is kind of weird, and I don’t know why I ...Read more

This summer, the state of Louisiana texted just over 13,000 people enrolled in its Medicaid program with a link to a website where they could confirm their incomes.

The texts were part of a pilot run to test technology the Trump administration says will make it easier for some Medicaid enrollees to prove they meet new requirements — working, ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, crimes they described as “the most horrific imaginable” and worthy of the most severe punishment.

But the road to that punishment — ...Read more

Two weeks ago, the leadership of the Libertarian Party of Colorado sued 15 people ahead of the party’s convention and accused them of setting up their own parallel leadership.

By the convention’s end, seven of those defendants had been elected to the party’s board, including as its chair and vice chair, with promises to “clean up” the...Read more

President Javier Milei’s party won Argentina’s midterm vote Sunday, a result that will give the libertarian leader a stronger foothold in Congress as he seeks to pass major reforms to boost the nation’s beleaguered economy.

Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, received 41% of votes nationwide with 92% of ballots counted, according to data...Read more

Federal immigration agents detained two Aurora protesters who confronted them outside an elementary school Saturday, sparking allegations of unnecessary force.

Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemned the detentions as part of an “unprecedented period of American history where people’s constitutional rights are being violated” as President ...Read more

An empty migrant raft the U.S. Coast Guard spotted off the Florida Keys earlier this month washed ashore on Jupiter Island this weekend.

On Saturday, the makeshift vessel of wooden planks on pontoons with a wooden rudder, beached in the choppy surf off the Martin County island, prompting the sheriff’s office to issue a statement on social ...Read more

With the U.S. government shutdown stumbling toward the one-month mark, the effects of the standoff between Republicans and Democrats were being felt further away from the Capitol, as flights began to back up and food aid was drying up.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that travelers will face more flight delays and cancellations ...Read more

As an island country in the Caribbean Sea, hurricanes aren’t new in Jamaica. Hurricanes hovering over the island while continuously dumping rain and blasting Category 4 or 5 winds, however, are a different brand.

Category 4 Hurricane Melissa, at 145 mph maximum sustained winds as of Sunday 5 p.m. and forecast by the U.S.’s National ...Read more

Argentina voted Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially, a $40 billion rescue package from the Trump administration.

Voting stations closed at 6 p.m. local time. Argentines are electing representatives for half the seats — 127 — in the ...Read more