President Donald Trump said he had a “good and very productive” phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin just before he began a face-to-face meeting with Ukraine’s president.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump are meeting Sunday at the U.S. president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as he pushes for a peace deal in the long-running war. ...Read more

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Europe “the main obstacle to peace” as U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators prepare for talks on a way to end Moscow’s four-year invasion of its neighbor.

“After the change of administration in the U.S., Europe and the European Union have become the main obstacle to peace,” Lavrov said in an ...Read more

A New Jersey actor was indicted earlier this month on attempted murder and other charges in connection with accusations he shot a woman in the face following a traffic dispute.

Ernest W. Heinz, 46, of Port Republic, faces 31 charges, including aggravated assault and weapons infractions, stemming from the September incident in Galloway Township,...Read more

President Donald Trump said he had a “good and very productive” phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Ukraine’s president.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump are set to meet Sunday afternoon at the U.S. president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as he pushes for a peace deal in the long-running war....Read more

LOS ANGELES — For all the talk of recruitment struggles at the Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies nationwide, some local agencies are finding that hiring new officers has gotten easier.

Take the California Highway Patrol, which in November graduated a class of 146 officers from its academy in West Sacramento. The...Read more

When Yraida Faneite was on trial for drug-related charges, the judge had to halt proceedings at one point because her period was so heavy that blood was running down her legs.

The same struggle followed her into a federal prison in Florida after she was convicted. For about a decade, officials allowed her only a small ration of menstrual ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis say their relationship with Gov. Wes Moore is on ice — a revelation that comes just weeks before the 2026 legislative session in which lawmakers aim to close Maryland’s $1.4 billion budget deficit and lower energy costs among a host of other pressing issues.

The Baltimore Sun spoke to several ...Read more

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world.

Should retailers round up or down? Should they round in favor of the customer? Or in favor of the business?

So far, calls for federal direction have gone unanswered. Some businesses are ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The driver told San Diego police he had passed out in a mall parking lot and woke up to find his car crashed into a pole.

The officer who responded to the scene earlier this month noted that the driver displayed signs of impairment — dilated eyes, swaying back and forth, an elevated pulse, Sgt. Greg Minter said.

While the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Elon Musk threw cold water on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick of Lillian Bonsignore as the city’s FDNY commissioner, warning it would have dire consequences because she lacks firefighting experience.

“People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake,” the Space X and Tesla owner said ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — First, Danielle Delange saw the news alert: Bristol Health & Rehab, the nursing home where her mother lived, was on fire.

Within minutes, Delange got a phone call from an unfamiliar number. On the line, she heard her 64-year-old mother’s trembling voice.

“My mom said there was a gas explosion,” Delange said. “And I ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ice, ice, baby!

Two intrepid EMTs helped deliver a baby on the side of a Bronx highway in the middle of Friday night’s big snowstorm, according to an FDNY post on X.

EMTs Henry Garcia and Rachel Rosado from FDNY EMT Station 3, serving southeast Bronx and Castle Hill, responded to a call for a woman in labor. They quickly ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A fired Stanford researcher was given four years of probation for hacking into a cancer patient database and altering it in 2013.

Naheed Mangi, 70, was convicted earlier this year of intentional damage to a protected computer. Prosecutors say that after being fired, she changed the database by replacing patient information ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A potent winter storm is expected to bring several inches of snow to much of the state, along with blizzard conditions in central and southern Minnesota beginning Sunday into Monday.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for much of eastern Minnesota, while a blizzard warning is in effect for portions of...Read more

DENVER — A state audit in 2023 painted a grim picture of Colorado’s oversight of natural gas pipelines, but critics say despite the findings and legislation mandating improvements, new rules backed by regulators are inadequate.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday supported most of the recommendations by an administrative law...Read more