The rural Haiti town of Pont-Sondé, where at least 70 people were killed in a brutal gang massacre a year ago, is once again under assault.

Fresh attacks by armed members of the Gran Grif gang that escalated over the weekend have left at least 10 people dead, dozens injured and hundreds of homes burned or destroyed in Haiti’s Artibonite ...Read more

Viral images circulating online that appear to show Sean “Diddy” Combs in prison with fellow inmates were generated using AI, according to his rep.

One selfie circulating on social media shows the disgraced mogul smiling and hugging an inmate, while another photo shows him posing for a shot with what appears to be a cup of instant ramen ...Read more

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers will ask a judge to toss evidence seized during his arrest last year, arguing that police illegally seized a handgun and a diary from his backpack that prosecutors say showed he planned to kill a health care executive.

In a multiday hearing starting in New York state court on Monday, lawyers for Mangione will argue ...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has slammed a report alleging he ordered U.S. service members to launch a second strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel after an initial attack left two survivors, denying experts’ claims that he may be guilty of war crimes.

“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory and ...Read more

As Washington prepares to launch land attacks inside Venezuela, a long-awaited phone call between the White House and Caracas aimed at defusing the crisis carried a blunt message for strongman Nicolás Maduro: You can save yourself and those closest to you, but you must leave the country now, sources familiar with the exchange told the Miami ...Read more

President Trump’s handpicked choice as acting New Jersey federal prosecutor was appointed improperly and is not legally serving in the powerful role, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Monday.

Alina Habba, who was previously one of Trump’s personal lawyers, may not continue in the post after her interim appointment expired and she ...Read more

The prosecution said Brian Walshe killed his wife amid financial and marital woes. But the defense claimed Walshe is only guilty of covering up a death, not causing it.

Attorneys for both sides laid out their cases in opening statements for Walshe’s murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Monday morning.

Prosecutors alleged ...Read more

In the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term, administration officials turned to social media to describe an “invasion” of the United States by Venezuelan gangs. They used it to justify their efforts to deport thousands who had fled Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, for instance, posted ...Read more

NEW YORK — Americans attempting to clear airport security checkpoints without a Real ID or a passport will soon be charged $45, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

The new fee will go into effect on Feb. 1, TSA leaders said. The agency teased a potential $18 fee in federal paperwork last month, but eventually decided ...Read more

CHICAGO — One of the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is set to plead guilty to narcotics trafficking charges in Chicago on Monday, nearly a year and a half after his stunning flight across the Mexico border to deliver elusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada into the hands of U.S. authorities.

Joaquín Guzmán López...Read more

The Space Coast’s record rocket train of 2025 kept rolling with the first launch of December early Monday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 with 29 of the company’s Starlink satellites lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 2:44 a.m. marking the first of at least five planned launches on the Space Coast in the next two weeks.

This ...Read more

President Donald Trump has promised to release the results of his recent MRI, claiming the scan was “perfect” even as he says he’s not sure what part of his body was under examination.

Trump said he knew the MRI did not involve his brain because he said he “aced” a recent cognitive test.

“If you want to have it released, I’ll ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — R.V. had already spent six months detained at a facility in California when he won his case in immigration court in June.

He testified that he had fled his native Cuba in 2024 after protesting against the government, for which he was jailed, surveilled and persecuted. So, after being kidnapped in Mexico, he entered the U.S. ...Read more

A month after Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica and left billions of dollars in damage in its wake, international financial institutions are making up to $6.7 billion available to help the island-nation in its recovery and reconstruction.

The funds, available over three years, are part of a financial support package put together by the ...Read more

Authorities found Hong Kong’s deadly blaze was accelerated by workers using cheaper substandard netting and evading government testing, as police said the death toll has risen to 151.

Samples taken from hard-to-reach areas at Wang Fuk Court failed safety tests, while lower-floor samples met legal standards, officials said at a press briefing ...Read more

U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators said they had productive discussions about a framework for a peace deal, but there was no final breakthrough as President Donald Trump continues to push for a truce with Russia.

“There’s more work to be done,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Florida after meeting for at least four hours ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors plan to vote soon on an ordinance that would prohibit law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks or disguising their identities while conducting operations in unincorporated L.A. County, probably setting up a legal battle with the Trump administration. ...Read more

For nearly three years, Eric Tennant endured chemotherapy infusions, rounds of radiation, biopsies, and hospitalizations that left him weak and depleted.

“It’s good to be home,” he said after one hospital stay in early June, “yet I’m tired and ready to get on with things.”

In 2023, Tennant, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was ...Read more