Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump defended Chief of Staff Susie Wiles this week after Vanity Fair published recent interviews in which she described him as having "an alcoholic's personality" and criticized other aides. Wiles dismissed the article as a 'disingenuously framed hit piece' on X, while White House officials issued...
Washington — President Donald Trump publicly signed a formal proclamation Tuesday expanding U.S. travel and entry restrictions, adding multiple countries to full bans and imposing new limits on others. The administration raised the list from an earlier June order, now covering about 39 to 40 countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali,...
Brookline, Massachusetts — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was shot Monday night and died Tuesday morning. Authorities identified him as Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a faculty member in Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics. Responding officers found Loureiro in his...
New Iberia, Louisiana — Federal agents arrested Micah James Legnon after surveilling him for alleged ties to members of an extremist group accused of plotting a New Year's Eve bombing in Southern California. Authorities say the 29-year-old ex‑Marine and former New Iberia police officer loaded what appeared to be an...
Washington — State attorneys general and automakers Hyundai and Kia announced a multistate settlement Tuesday resolving claims that millions of vehicles were sold without industry-standard engine immobilizers, enabling widespread thefts. Under the agreement, the companies will offer free zinc‑reinforced ignition cylinder protectors or equivalent hardware for eligible vehicles, equip all...
Tallahassee — The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’s executive order declaring CAIR a 'foreign terrorist organization,' asking a federal judge to block enforcement and find the order unlawful and unconstitutional. CAIR-Foundation and CAIR-Florida said DeSantis lacked federal authority and targeted the group...
Detroit and U.S. regions will face a rapid weather shift Thursday into Friday as a Pacific frontal system brings rain, strong winds, and a sharp temperature drop. Meteorologists reported daytime highs in the 30s to 50s Wednesday and upper 40s to low 50s Thursday, followed by a 20-degree overnight plunge....
Washington — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair in a series of interviews published this week that President Donald Trump displays what she called "an alcoholic's personality," criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and described potential retribution toward political opponents including...
Bakersfield, Calif. A Kern County jury found Maya Hernandez guilty on two counts of child endangerment and deadlocked on second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after testimony in a trial over the June 29 hot-car death of her 1-year-old son, Amillio. Prosecutors presented evidence about 101°F outdoor temperatures, an estimated 116°F...
WASHINGTON The U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November and lost 105,000 in October, the Labor Department reported Tuesday after delays from a 43‑day federal shutdown. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent, the highest since 2021. The October decline reflected about a 162,000 drop in federal payrolls as many employees...
