Healey takes on Trump's threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, states
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is slamming President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities and states as ICE continues operations across the country amid a crackdown on illegal immigration.
“...Read more
US Supreme Court says GOP congressman can challenge Illinois' mail-in voting law but more legal fights remain
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that veteran downstate Republican Rep. Mike Bost has standing to pursue a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ election law that allows mail-in ballots ...Read more
After 3 years of repairs, Highway 1 through Big Sur fully reopens
First, it was a series of strong atmospheric rivers in January 2023 that set off a troublesome landslide, again splitting up the world-famous drive along Big Sur's iconic coastline.
Then, a second winter of drenching ...Read more
US freezes family immigration visas for 75 countries, including Haiti, Brazil
Days after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to stop families of U.S. citizens and permanent residents from adjusting their legal status through a Biden-era program, the administration on ...Read more
Court rejects challenge to California's new congressional map
WASHINGTON — A panel of three federal judges in California declined to halt the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, rejecting claims the new lines were racial gerrymanders and allowing the map for this year’s ...Read more
At least 3 Americans freed in Venezuela amid slow political-prisoner releases
At least three Americans have been released from detention in Venezuela, the latest in a slow-moving and contested process to free political prisoners following the nighttime raid earlier this month that captured strongman...Read more
Judge slams ex-South Carolina Rep. RJ May with prison term on child porn distribution charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former S.C. state Rep. RJ May III, once known for his hard-right conservative views, was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in prison for distributing child pornography on the internet.
The sentence by U...Read more
Capital One to pay $425 million for deceptive savings accounts
Maryland and other states have settled with Capital One for $425 million after the bank was found to have used deceptive practices and misleading language for its 360 Savings accounts, according to the Office of the ...Read more
Nationwide Verizon mobile service outage reported across NYC, other cities
Verizon customers experienced a mobile service outage across the nation on Wednesday.
More than 180,000 unconfirmed reports were made to Downdetector, peaking in the early afternoon. The hotspot map showed most of the ...Read more
White House meeting over Greenland ends in stalemate
Denmark and Greenland held contentious talks Wednesday with Vice President JD Vance over President Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Arctic island, by force if necessary.
Although diplomats called the White House ...Read more
Family guide to new movie releases
'28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE'
Rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, graphic nudity, language throughout, and brief drug use.
What it’s about: Young Spike's journey through the wilds of zombiefied England ...Read more
RFK Jr. talks Trump's testosterone levels, diet 'full of poison'
President Donald Trump’s high testosterone levels and ability to survive a fast-food diet “full of poison” have left Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in awe.
Days after launching the Trump ...Read more
Filmmaker who helped crack gay porn actor's gruesome Hollywood killing wins SXSW premiere
LOS ANGELES — Not long after documentary filmmaker Rachel Mason began looking into the gruesome 1990 cold-case murder of gay porn actor Bill Newton in Hollywood, Newton's former boyfriend, Marc Rabins, showed her a gay ...Read more
GOP candidate for governor Chris Madel providing legal counsel to ICE agent
MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Madel, a Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota, is providing legal counsel to ICE agent Jonathan Ross as dual state and federal investigations into his shooting of Renee Good remain ongoing. ...Read more
Royal Caribbean continues to cancel stops to its private Haiti destination
At a moment when Haiti’s tourism continues to grind to a halt, the country is facing another setback.
Royal Caribbean, which had suspended visits to its private destination of Labadee in northern Haiti until May of this...Read more
Michigan's top court considers banning immigration arrests at courthouses
DETROIT — After Ramiro Sanders said he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside the 35th District Court in Plymouth in April, he and his spouse want to ensure ...Read more
Trump administration sues two California cities over natural gas bans
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration is suing two California cities over ordinances that ban the use of natural gas piping and appliances in new buildings, despite the fact that both cities said they have not enforced ...Read more
Review: Park Chan-wok's 'No Other Choice' a hilarious satire of capitalism
Legendary Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is the ultimate master of tone. No other living filmmaker could so elegantly dance the line between bleak, absurd, devastating and slapstick like he does in his 10th feature film and ...Read more
Iran remains thorn for Trump as he mulls new military strikes
WASHINGTON — Iran has become the foreign policy thorn President Donald Trump can’t seem to extract from his proverbial side as lawmakers and leaders from both parties express uncertainty over the president’s promised...Read more
Renee Good's family hires law firm that won record settlement in George Floyd's murder
MINNEAPOLIS — The family of Renee Good, the woman fatally shot on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, has hired the same law firm that won a record court settlement five years ago for the family of George Floyd.
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