Kevin Grosbusch has a good idea where he’d be if it not for the supportive housing he receives at Catholic Charities’ Endeavors Residence in Minneapolis.

“Truth be told, I would probably be behind a dumpster behind Denny’s restaurant,” he said.

But Grosbusch and thousands of others may soon lose the services that keep them housed.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested military service members shouldn’t follow “unlawful orders” in a recently unearthed 2016 speech that closely mirrors the recent remarks by a group of Democratic lawmakers he has criticized as treasonous.

President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief was captured on tape telling a conservative policy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jamie Torres-Springer, a senior MTA official and the husband of one of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team heads, is under consideration to become the incoming mayor’s top operations deputy at City Hall, the Daily News has learned.

Torres-Springer is currently the president of construction and development at the MTA, a role he has...Read more

A “very intoxicated raccoon” was found passed out in the bathroom of a liquor store in Ashland, Va., over the weekend after breaking in and ransacking several shelves, officials said Tuesday.

The “Black Friday break-in” was discovered early Saturday morning by an employee at the Ashland ABC store.

The employee called the local animal ...Read more

For years, renowned epidemiologist Alison Galvani suspected that she spent part of her childhood raised by a killer.

But nothing the Bay Area native did — not the private investigator she hired, the relatives and detectives she spoke with, the research she did independently — convinced authorities there was sufficient evidence to arrest the...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is urging a reluctant state Senate to act on the contentious tax shift legislation she’s been pushing for nearly two years, in light of city data that shows homeowners are facing an “unsustainable” 13% tax increase next year.

Insisting that there is no other option, Wu and her allies urged senators to �...Read more

DENVER — Hundreds of flights were derailed Wednesday morning at Denver International Airport during a weather-fueled ground delay issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, 267 flights at DIA had been delayed and one was canceled, according to flight-tracking software FlightAware.

Flights headed in and out of DIA ...Read more

Lebanon and Israel sent negotiators to join a rare summit to address tensions surrounding last year’s ceasefire with Hezbollah, following fears that the militant group is attempting to rearm.

The Lebanese presidency named former ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam as head of the country’s delegation, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...Read more

President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India this week for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rare trip that underscores the countries’ defense and energy ties as New Delhi seeks to finalize a trade deal with Washington.

The Russian leader is eager to show that Moscow still has strong relationships that matter beyond ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Democratic U.S. senators have launched an inquiry into the Trump administration’s new policy of restricting lawmaker access to immigration detention facilities.

On Monday, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock sent a letter to Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, criticizing her department’s “arbitrary and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities.

Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter from the Trump administration’s proposed changes to federal implementation of the Endangered Species Act. Environmentalists ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Joe Badame and his wife try to reserve laundry for sunny days.

They stagger their appliance use in the mornings, checking that a fan isn't running at the same time as the coffeemaker. At night, Badame obsessively turns off lights. They both keep a constant eye on the app tracking their solar power capacity: Badame's 91-year-old ...Read more

Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in President Donald Trump’s broad tax and spending law.

As of Oct. 1, 16 state Medicaid programs covered GLP-1s for obesity treatment, up from 13 last year, according to a survey of Medicaid directors ...Read more

SEATTLE - It was a Thursday morning like any other: a mother was driving her 4-year-old son to his preschool in Issaquah.

But their routine ended very differently after she was pulled over by law enforcement officers in unmarked cars. They did not identify the agency they worked with, and told her she was being stopped for speeding.

The ...Read more

BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free measles vaccines to adults and children.

Spartanburg County, in South Carolina’s Upstate region, has been fighting a...Read more

The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeks access to an obscure computer network used by law enforcement agencies, according ...Read more

President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India this week for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rare trip that underscores the countries’ defense and energy ties as New Delhi seeks to finalize a trade deal with Washington.

The Russian leader is eager to show that Moscow still has strong relationships that matter beyond ...Read more

China has upgraded surveillance and electronic warfare systems across several occupied reefs in the disputed South China Sea as it seeks to strengthen its defenses and expand intelligence capabilities, a new report shows.

Satellite images reviewed by the Washington-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reveal new radar sites, antenna ...Read more

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued one of its most sweeping immigration crackdowns to date, ordering a pause of all immigration applications, including pending asylum claims, from nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and 16 other so-called “high risk” countries.

The Department of Homeland Security directive affects everything from ...Read more