BEIRUT — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iran’s politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East.

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed Saturday in what President Donald Trump called a “massive and ongoing” U.S.-Israeli operation aimed at razing Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities, thwarting Tehran’s support to proxies and destroying its theocratic government.

“Khamenei, one of the most ...Read more

Oil shipping has largely paused in the Strait of Hormuz that links the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the open seas after the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran, with Iranian media saying the waterway is “practically closed.”

Ships reported hearing a radio broadcast purporting to come from the Iranian navy announcing that transit through the waterway ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, raising the stakes in a conflict that’s spiraling across the oil-rich Middle East and disrupting traffic around the Hormuz shipping strait.

Trump said in a social post that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration officials inflated the number of dangerous criminals they claimed to have taken off the streets during Operation Metro Surge, a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis found. In some instances, they also made inaccurate claims about the criminal backgrounds of those on the list.

At the height of the surge, on Jan. 19...Read more

WASHINGTON — For a decade, President Donald Trump promised to end what he calls forever wars, casting himself as a leader opposed to prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and who would rather pursue peace in the world.

Now, early in his second term, Trump is taking military action against Iran that could expand well beyond a limited effort ...Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel said he put the bureau’s counterterrorism and counterintelligence teams on high alert Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched a sweeping military assault on Iran.

Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. military bases and allies in the region after President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government.

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The U.S. and Israel struck hundreds of targets in Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that’s spiraling across the oil-rich Middle East and disrupting tanker traffic around the Hormuz shipping strait.

The two allies began the assault on Saturday with the aim of “eliminating imminent ...Read more

Displaying rifles, knives and thousands of bullets they say were seized in a thwarted terrorist attack, Cuban authorities on Friday detailed from start to finish their story of a deadly confrontation on the water with a counterrevolutionary group that departed from the Florida Keys to launch an assault on the island — and pointed the finger at...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced President Donald Trump’s massive bombardment of Iran on Saturday, calling it “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression,” as other local elected officials demanded answers.

“Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief ...Read more

Russian officials increasingly consider there’s no point to continue U.S.-led peace talks with Ukraine unless Kyiv is willing to cede territory to reach a deal, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Talks planned for next week will be decisive in whether or not the sides can agree on terms to end the war, two people close to the...Read more

OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department’s classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he’d reached an agreement with the ...Read more

The U.S. and Israel launched strikes against targets across Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that’s already spiraling across the oil-rich Middle East.

The two allies began the assault on Saturday with the aim of “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” Trump said in...Read more

The U.S. and Israel began striking targets across Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that threatens to spiral across the oil-rich Middle East.

“The hour for your freedom is at hand,” Trump said, addressing Iranians in a video posted on Truth Social on Saturday. “When we’re ...Read more

MIAMI — Going by the official count, roughly 3,500 people are experiencing homelessness in Miami-Dade on any given night. Some sleep in shelters, others on the street.

But a population nearly 20 times that size exists beyond that tally. An estimated 66,000-plus county residents are part of Miami-Dade’s “hidden homeless,” according to an...Read more

There have been several bipartisan attempts over the years to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina, but all have failed.

Now, shifts at the federal level and the outcome of upcoming elections could change the landscape. Several legislative candidates running in the March primary, including many Republicans, have told The News & Observer...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on March 2 over a federal law that bans drug users from buying or possessing firearms, the latest in a string of cases where the conservative-controlled court is positioned to reshape gun control laws nationwide.

The Trump administration asked the justices to overturn a ruling from the U...Read more