With a goodbye to their mom, Sam and Ben Luhmann walked out the screen door of their West Chicago home on a recent weekday morning.

A few minutes shy of 7:30 a.m., Ben pulled their midsize sedan out of the garage as Sam stood in the driveway, adjusting the straps around his shoulders and checking his phone.

But the brothers weren’t gunning ...Read more

MIAMI — A Florida college fired a woman after she shared her political views of Charlie Kirk following his death, accusing her of celebrating the conservative commentator’s killing, a federal lawsuit says.

Erika Santos, of Brevard County, who worked as a grant accountant at Eastern Florida State College, made two posts about Charlie Kirk, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — For four decades, Philadelphia has set specific goals for awarding a portion of its hundreds of millions of dollars in yearly government contracts to businesses that are owned by women and people of color.

But as of this fall, that practice is no more, a major shift in the city’s diversity initiatives that comes as ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — A breakthrough in the decadeslong investigation of a political assassination that convulsed the nation?

Or a political stunt meant to distract from more pressing issues?

Those are the questions that emerged in Mexico after the arrest last weekend of an alleged "second shooter" in the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate...Read more

Despite Charlotte being thousands of miles away from the nearest U.S. border, national news reports say that U.S. Border Patrol could soon be on the way to the Queen City.

U.S. Border Patrol’s presence in cities across the nation has been part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Most recently in Chicago, the ...Read more

Vote counting began Friday in Bihar — India’s poorest yet one of its most politically significant states — in an election seen as a key test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity after a year marred by economic headwinds and foreign policy challenges.

Exit polls released after Tuesday’s final phase of voting project that Modi�...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced a new operation against “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere, signaling that the U.S. may be prepared to step up a campaign of deadly airstrikes against vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.

In his post on social media, Hegseth named the effort as ...Read more

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the so-called “fake electors” case can be prosecuted in Clark County, reversing a lower court decision that led it to instead be filed in Carson City.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford responded by saying that the case — which accuses prominent Republican figures in the state — will come ...Read more

SEATTLE — A Grays Harbor County resident has tested preliminarily positive for avian influenza in the first human case recorded in Washington state this year.

The resident, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was hospitalized in early November with a high fever, confusion and respiratory distress, the state Department of Health ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A slow drip of revelations detailing President Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein that have burdened the White House all year has turned into a deluge after House lawmakers released reams of documents that imply the president may have intimate knowledge of his friend’s criminal activity.

The scope of Epstein’s interest in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it will drop a 10% tariff on Argentine beef imports and will quadruple the amount of Argentine beef that can enter the U.S. before imports reach a quota that triggers a 25% levy.

The White House announcement comes despite criticism of President Donald Trump from lawmakers and ranchers last month ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A street will be partially renamed after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Westminster City Council has decided despite strong community pushback.

Council members voted 4-1 on Wednesday to augment All American Way street signs between Westminster Boulevard and 13th Street with Charlie Kirk Way.

The redesignation ...Read more

The Trump administration and Mexico targeted gambling establishments with alleged financial links to Latin American drug cartels on Thursday, with the U.S. sanctioning several individuals and 10 casinos.

The individuals and the casinos are involved in cartel-related money laundering and other criminal activity throughout Mexico and Europe, the...Read more

Ventricular fibrillation appears to be a newly identified diagnosis among Sen. John Fetterman’s ongoing medical issues, disclosed after a fall on Thursday sent the Pennsylvania Democrat to the hospital.

The condition is the most severe form of arrhythmia and a common cause of sudden cardiac death. His outcome could have been helped by the ...Read more

Australia and Turkey are vying to host the annual United Nations climate summit next year, a contest that on Thursday broke into full view at the current talks in Brazil.

Advocates supporting Australia’s bid mounted a news conference to make their case outside the country’s pavilion at COP30 — in an awkward twist, just steps away from ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul met Thursday to prepare for the possibility President Donald Trump could take punitive actions against New York City after Mamdani is sworn in seven weeks from now.

For months, Trump threatened to cut federal funding for New York and boost ICE’s presence or deploy the ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The judge overseeing the Moscow college student murders case ordered Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to the killings, to compensate two of the victims’ families for funeral-related costs.

Fourth Judicial District Judge Steven Hipper ruled Thursday that Kohberger, already responsible for more than $300,000 in criminal fines and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In an emotional congressional hearing punctuated by immense frustration, six Pacific Palisades residents on Thursday spoke of family memories lost, an inadequate city response and a burdensome rebuilding process after the deadly inferno that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 12 people.

The panel of residents urged the ...Read more