Michael Duarte, the food influencer and barbecue aficionado known as “Food with Bear Hands,” was shot dead by Texas officers after lunging at one of them with a knife, according to a new report.

Friends and family revealed Monday that the beloved foodie had died in a “horrible incident” over the weekend while traveling in Texas, without...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They were forgotten amid the frantic evacuation of two senior care facilities, according to state investigators, leaving the elderly women in immediate danger as the smoke and flames of the Eaton fire drew closer.

In two reports published recently by the California Department of Social Services, investigators describe the ...Read more

Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” and “knew about the girls,” Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of orchestrating sex trafficking of girls and young women, wrote in private emails House Democrats released Wednesday.

“Of course he knew about the girls,” Epstein said of Trump in an email to author and journalist ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team has been floating a change to his corporate head tax proposal that would increase the minimum size of companies affected from 100 to 200 employees, sources told the Chicago Tribune.

The mayor’s team this week has begun asking some members of the City Council if they would support the $21-per-employee...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board voted to approve a settlement agreement Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by a left-leaning watchdog group that alleged the board obstructed access to public records.

In a lawsuit filed last year in Fulton County, American Oversight claimed the board had “systematically obstructed public records ...Read more

NEW YORK — A vandal riding a CitiBike carrying a LGBTQ rainbow flag is being sought for vandalizing three Queens churches in a 20-minute span, spray-painting graffiti calling them “anti-gay cults,” police said Wednesday.

Cops released surveillance footage of the suspect, who wore sunglasses and a rainbow handkerchief that covered his nose...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House approved a nearly $50.1 billion state budget Wednesday as part of a breakthrough deal, clearing a key hurdle to end the state’s four-month-long budget stalemate.

If the deal is approved by the Republican-controlled state Senate — as is expected to occur later on Wednesday — it would mark the ...Read more

A never-before-seen email written by Jeffrey Epstein says President Donald Trump once spent hours with one of the victims of the notorious late sex trafficker, according to documents released Wednesday by congressional Democrats.

Epstein told convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in a 2011 email that Trump spent significant time at Epstein’s...Read more

Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” and “knew about the girls,” Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of orchestrating sex trafficking of young girls, wrote in private emails House Democrats released Wednesday.

“Of course he knew about the girls,” Epstein said of Trump in an email to author and journalist Michael Wolff...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-area elected officials issued a statement of support for the region’s immigrant communities after reports of planned U.S. Border Patrol operations in the city.

CNN and CBS News reported Tuesday some border patrol agents could be moved to Charlotte and New Orleans for operations expected to begin this month.

The ...Read more

Emails from sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein released by a House Oversight Committee Wednesday say that President Donald Trump “spent hours” with a victim at his house and “knew about the girls.”

The three emails – one of them between Epstein and his now-convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell – are the first to be released publicly ...Read more

Gang violence continues to be responsible for hundreds of deaths and injuries in Haiti, where attacks by criminal groups have slowed in recent months in the capital but have intensified against farming communities and other rural areas outside of Port-au-Prince.

During the third quarter of this year, July 1 to Sept. 30, at least 1,247 people ...Read more

ATLANTA — The rate of international students enrolling in Georgia’s public universities dropped significantly this fall, a possible sign that some of President Donald Trump’s policies are turning foreign students away from the U.S.

Releasing its most recent data on Tuesday, the University System of Georgia saw a 1.1% increase in out-of-...Read more

A never-before-seen email written by Jeffrey Epstein says President Donald Trump once spent hours with one of the victims of the notorious late sex trafficker, according to documents released Wednesday by congressional Democrats.

Epstein told convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in a 2011 email that Trump spent significant time at Epstein’s...Read more

Donald Trump "spent hours at my house" and "knew about the girls," Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of orchestrating sex trafficking of young girls, wrote in private emails House Democrats released Wednesday.

"Of course he knew about the girls," Epstein said of Trump in an email to author and journalist Michael Wolff in early ...Read more

Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged him to legally pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

While the U.S. president has previously called for Netanyahu to be pardoned, including while speaking to the Israeli parliament last month, this is the first known ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s reelection comes with a whopping $43,000 raise to bring her salary to $250,000 next year.

Wu and the City Council will both receive pay hikes to start off the new year, thanks to legislation passed by the Council in 2022.

While the Council has seen pay hikes annually since 2024 — with its pay jumping ...Read more

BELÉM, Brazil — The expansive halls of the Amazon's newly built climate summit hub echoed with the hum of air conditioners and the footsteps of delegates from around the world — scientists, diplomats, Indigenous leaders and energy executives, all converging for two frenetic weeks of negotiations.

Then Gov. Gavin Newsom rounded the corner,...Read more

A cargo plane belonging to Turkey’s Ministry of Defense crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, killing all 20 people onboard.

The C130 aircraft was flying from Azerbaijan to Turkey when it crashed in a mountainous area near Sighnagi around 5 kilometers from the Azeri border, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The plane disappeared from radar minutes...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged him to legally pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

While Trump has previously called for Netanyahu to be pardoned, including while speaking to the Israeli parliament last month, this is the first ...Read more