President Donald Trump’s decision to sanction President Gustavo Petro may look bad for Colombia, but it’s hardly the worst outcome for businesses that were bracing for economy-crushing tariffs.

On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department effectively barred Petro and members of his inner circle from using the U.S. financial system or doing ...Read more

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

The agents deployed tear gas in the Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods on the northwest side.

Videos from the scene at North Kildare Avenue and West Old Irving Park showed a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The conservative media doesn’t believe the MSNBC report that Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes has doubts about prosecuting Sen. Adam Schiff.

The left-leaning MSNBC reported Thursday that Hayes recently told her superiors that the case wasn’t strong enough to move forward. President Donald Trump has in the past pressured ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday afternoon as parts of the Caribbean including Jamaica brace for catastrophic rain, flooding and landslides.

The storm, which is 145 miles from Kingston and 235 miles from Port-au-Prince as of Saturday afternoon, is moving slowly toward the west-northwest at about 1 mph and by 1:30 p.m. Saturday reached ...Read more

With a national fundraising blitz in full swing and Election Day just around the corner, Democrats stumping for Proposition 50 have far out-raised and out-spent their opponents — even though a California megadonor with Republican ties single-handedly spent $30 million to defeat it.

The serious spending imbalance is one reason why analysts ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s decision to sanction President Gustavo Petro may look bad for Colombia, but it’s hardly the worst outcome for businesses that were bracing for economy-crushing tariffs.

On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department effectively barred Petro and members of his inner circle from using the U.S. financial system or doing ...Read more

In the global portfolio of political ads that changed history, a handful stand out.

In the UK, the famed “Labour Isn’t Working” poster of 1978 has long been credited for helping Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government sweep to power the following year. Before that, the “Daisy” political ad, created for U.S. President Lyndon B. ...Read more

The United States government’s detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado, the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment, is illegal and he must be given a bond hearing, federal judge Jeremy Daniel ruled on Friday.

Lawyers for the family petitioned the ...Read more

President Donald Trump will look to sign economic agreements and critical minerals deals with trading partners during his trip to Asia, according to senior U.S. officials, as the administration moves to ramp up pressure on China ahead of a crucial meeting with Xi Jinping.

Trump will look for deals that will help unlock the region’s resources ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa continues to linger over the central Caribbean, moving slowly while unleashing torrential rain across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. The storm already has claimed at least three lives and destroyed a bridge in Haiti, and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by Sunday, according to forecasters.

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For people whose autumn agenda includes getting vaccinated against respiratory diseases — COVID, flu, and, for some, RSV — this year may be surprisingly routine.

Following several confusing months this summer when federal officials announced and then retreated from changes to COVID vaccine recommendations, the Centers for Disease Control ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It’s been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, garnered international attention and celebrity by attacking surfers and their surfboards as the human wave-riders alley-ooped over the waves of the legendary Steamer Lane.

It’s happening again.

This time, the identity of the otter is unclear. That’s because ...Read more

The idea that Affordable Care Act marketplaces are riddled with fraud has become a major talking point among Republicans, as lawmakers in Congress argue about whether to extend the enhanced tax credits that are helping offset the cost of health care marketplace coverage for low- and middle-income people. Those ACA subsidies expire at the end of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — On a perfect weekend in late September, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey glad-handed at neighborhood fall festivals and community events, mingled in backyard meet-and-greets, and even stole a chance to spin his daughter and other youngsters on a merry-go-round in a city park. He hit every quadrant of the city.

And no one heckled him...Read more

Amelia Earhart was a superstar long before the term was ever coined.

The famed aviator set multiple flying records, serving as a model of independence for girls and women in a male-dominated world. She was a 1930s-era influencer, starring in radio spots, endorsing products and hobnobbing with the world’s elite. She drew crowds wherever she ...Read more

Donald Trump lodged fresh complaints over Canada’s handling of an anti-tariff commercial and said he was “satisfied” with his current trade arrangement with the country, indicating that the Ontario government’s announcement it would stop running the advertisement had done little to placate the U.S. president.

“I’m satisfied with the...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Two years ago, after Hamas killed and kidnapped its way across southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed finished. “Mr. Security,” as he billed himself, would either resign in shame or be driven out by a devastated public.

Yet this week he promoted his candidacy in next year’s election by saying he’d...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will require all immigrants and noncitizens to be photographed when entering and leaving the United States under new regulations released Friday.

Photographs and fingerprints were already required for certain immigrants and foreign visitors at designated locations. The regulation from U.S. ...Read more

BOSTON — Hours after police lifted a shelter-in-place warning after a gun was fired near Radcliffe Quad at Harvard University, a person of interest was broadcast.

The Cambridge police issued photos of that person, asking anyone who recognizes him or has any information on the incident to call detectives at 617-349-3121.

It was a tense time ...Read more