Bill Nye let a packed crowd at the Orange Convention Center know that it’s not a good idea to send a human on a one-way trip to Mars.

“Although there’s a few I wouldn’t mind,” he said earning another chuckle during his hour-long, humor-filled speech at SpaceCom, the big event during Commercial Space Week which draws players from ...Read more

Iran said it was prepared for talks with the U.S. if President Donald Trump ends his threats against the Islamic Republic and warned military strikes could trigger a wide conflagration in the Middle East.

Addressing reporters after meeting his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Istanbul on Friday, Araghchi accused Israel of encouraging Trump...Read more

The Kremlin confirmed that Donald Trump asked Vladimir Putin to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, though it said the agreement is set to expire on Sunday.

“Indeed, President Trump made a personal request to President Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week, until Feb. 1, in order to create favorable conditions for ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, according to a post on his Truth Social platform.

“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump wrote. “On top of everything else, he ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — He has called Colombian President Gustavo Petro "a sick man" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator." He once slammed French President Emmanuel Macron as "publicity-seeking," and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "dishonest and weak."

President Donald Trump is known for hurling scathing insults ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a clip that became instant fodder for memes and late-night TV shows, a federal agent charges toward a Minneapolis protester, slips on a patch of ice and slams onto his backside as cheers and laughter erupt from onlookers.

In another video, Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino pulls a canister from his tactical vest as his agents ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The rollout of so-called virtual nurses in hospitals remains a mixed bag, University of Pennsylvania researchers have found in the largest survey to date on nursing care delivered remotely through a screen.

One hospital staffer said virtual nurses are a huge help getting patients checked in.

Another said they worry hospitals ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Every day in Minnesota, on average, one or two hospital employees are violently injured at work so severely that they need to take time off to heal, or they change jobs entirely, new federal data shows.

An estimated 1,070 workers in privately operated hospitals suffered these violent injuries in 2023 and 2024, giving Minnesota ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after Oz posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread health care fraud in Los Angeles.

The video shows Oz being driven around a section of Van Nuys...Read more

The New York City Council Thursday overturned a record 17 vetoes left over from the final days on the Adams administration, including measures that would lift the cap on street vending licenses, prohibit ICE from having an office on Rikers Island and extend the lookback window for lawsuits filed under the city’s gender-motivated violence law. ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday threatening tariffs on countries providing oil to Cuba, in an effort to press the island’s communist government to engage in negotiations that could lead to regime change.

The executive order declares a national emergency with relation to Cuba, calling the island’s government “an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to announce his pick to lead the U.S. central bank on Friday morning.

The people, who requested anonymity to discuss ...Read more

A Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday night in New York after impersonating an FBI agent in a bid to free Luigi Mangione from jail, according to a law enforcement source and a federal criminal complaint.

Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn at 6:50 p.m. He claimed he was an FBI agent and had ...Read more

Thousands of products, including Cheerios, Pringles, Heinz Ketchup and Nutella, have been recalled in multiple states over possible contamination from rat and bird waste.

The recall originated from an unsanitary Gold Star Distribution facility, where “rodent excreta, rodent urine and bird droppings” were found, according to the Food and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s foray this week into the fire rebuilding process in Pacific Palisades has been met with confusion and rolled eyes from local officials who say he’s now railing against projects that have never even been proposed.

Trump said Thursday he planned to stop a low-income housing project from being developed...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would be announcing his pick for a nominee to chair the Federal Reserve on Friday morning, signaling an end to a months-long process that has spurred speculation over the future of the world’s most powerful central bank.

Trump, asked at an event Thursday evening in Washington when he would make ...Read more

Efforts to establish a United Nations office in Haiti to provide logistical and operational support for the newly authorized Gang Suppression Force are on track to meet Security Council deadlines, Secretary-General António Guterres’ office said.

“The first air asset from the mission, which is a helicopter, is now in Port-au-Prince,” Sté...Read more

The mother of two elementary school students in Columbia Heights was detained during an immigration check-in Jan. 29, prompting school officials to take her children to the Whipple Federal Building at her request.

Valley View Elementary School Principal Jason Kuhlman confirmed the mother was detained Thursday morning and is currently seeking ...Read more