COLUMBIA, S.C. — The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in state at the South Carolina State House as part of the arrangements honoring the civil rights leader who died on Feb. 17.

Jackson will lie in state Monday, March 2.

Further details have yet to be finalized.

Gov. Henry McMaster also will order flags to be lowered to half-staff March 2 ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued the Trump administration on Monday in an effort to stop plans to convert a Washington County warehouse into a 1,500-bed immigration detention facility.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Maryland, is largely based on the Department of Homeland Security’s alleged ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As local governments in Maryland clash with the Trump administration’s plans for new federal immigration facilities, the issue is reviving a long-running constitutional question: When the federal government buys or uses property, does it have to obey state and local zoning and land use laws?

Legal scholars say the short answer ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — A top-secret special forces operation that killed the world’s most wanted drug trafficker Sunday was meant to highlight the Mexican government’s prowess in combating crime.

But retaliatory violence by angry cartel members who torched cars, killed dozens of soldiers and spread mayhem in 20 of Mexico’s 32 states instead ...Read more

A law firm representing religious groups is suing the Trump administration over claims that federal agencies are blocking faith leaders from ministering to immigrants detained in Minnesota.

The suit, filed by Saul Ewing and Groundwork Legal, asserts that ICE has violated the First Amendment and Religious Freedom Restoration Act by barring ...Read more

NEW YORK — The worst of the snowfall in and around New York City was winding down Monday, but the odds for a workable Tuesday morning commute remained unclear for Long Island and New Jersey straphangers reliant on commuter rail.

Metro-North service — which continued with delays through Monday’s storm — was expected to continue into ...Read more

BRUSSELS — The European Union froze ratification of its U.S. trade deal until President Donald Trump solidifies his upended tariff plans, injecting economic turbulence into an already strained relationship.

EU lawmakers on Monday suspended legislative work on approving the deal. The move came days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down ...Read more

President Donald Trump warned that he plans to deliver a “long speech” for Tuesday’s State of the Union as he battles abysmal approval ratings and seeks to turn around a string of political setbacks.

Boasting of supposed successes that relatively few Americans give him credit for, Trump said he is going to spend as long as it takes to ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield on Monday launched a new city office that will act as a hub for community-driven violence prevention programs, an initiative she and others described as a major shift in public safety policy.

The new Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety is designed "to advance a holistic public-health approach to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued the Trump administration on Monday in an effort to stop plans to convert a Washington County warehouse into a 1,500-bed immigration detention facility.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for Maryland, is largely based on the Department of Homeland Security’s alleged failure to...Read more

BALTIMORE — The routine, as outlined in court records, was simple, brazen, and repeated over and over for years, at a cluster of Maryland hotels on major thoroughfares some 30 miles northeast of Baltimore: A sex trafficker forced a woman to book hotel rooms in her name, and handed her cash to pay for them.

Dressed in a “seductive” manner,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When the avalanche struck a party of skiers traveling out of Tahoe-area backcountry last week, three people in the party who weren’t buried dug out three companions who survived, according to new information from the Sierra Avalanche Center.

“Remaining members of the party performed a companion search and were able to...Read more

DETROIT — About half of Michigan voters believe the state is headed in the right direction, but many are unaware of how poorly it ranks nationally on key metrics, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by the Detroit Regional Chamber.

The Glengariff Group poll of 600 registered Michigan voters was conducted from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 and ...Read more

Tens of thousands of residents across Maryland’s Eastern Shore were without power Monday after more than a foot of snow blanketed the region late Sunday into early Monday.

Schools closed across the lower shore as the city of Salisbury and Wicomico County declared states of emergency, and a town in Worcester County lost electricity entirely. ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has issued a travel ban in southeast Massachusetts as the region contends with an historic blizzard that has piled over two feet of show in parts of the state and continues to endanger travel on the roads.

Healey’s executive order bans nonessential motor vehicle travel in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado park ranger accused of stabbing himself in a hoax that sparked a large-scale manhunt at Staunton State Park last August took a deal and pleaded guilty Monday.

Callum Heskett pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, and false reporting of an emergency, a misdemeanor, according to a news ...Read more

NEW YORK — After a historic bomb cyclone blizzard brought New York City to a near standstill Monday, it will take time for the city to dig out and get back into gear.

The storm had dropped 19.7 inches of snow in Central Park by Monday afternoon amid a ban on nonemergency travel on all city streets for much of the day.

Though the mayor’s ...Read more

As a bomb cyclone continued to wallop New York City with up to 2 feet of snow, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced public schools will reopen for in-person classes Tuesday, sparking criticism he is being overly optimistic about conditions on the ground.

“I hope our students enjoy their snow day today and stay warm and safe throughout, but I do ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Blizzard of ’26 reached bomb cyclone status overnight Sunday into Monday, as tristate residents awoke to a foot of snow, with more coming down.

By 7 a.m. Monday, 15 inches had fallen in New York City’s Central Park and at both LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports. Islip, Long Island, had received 22.5 inches, and 18.3 ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office spent the weekend urging anti-abortion groups to protest the Republican lawmaker who accused him of crimes in the Hope Florida saga last year, according to multiple people and messages circulating in the faith community.

In an apparent bout of political payback, a spokesperson for...Read more