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Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed amid attack fears
President Donald Trump said airlines should consider the airspace above and around Venezuela to be closed as his administration continues to threaten more aggressive steps against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
U.S. forces have been massing in the region as Trump weighs military action that would go beyond U.S. strikes on boats that ...Read more
Hegseth slams report on boat strike targeting attack survivors, denies war crimes
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has slammed a report alleging he ordered U.S. service members to launch a second strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel after an initial attack left two survivors, denying experts’ claims that he may be guilty of war crimes.
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory and ...Read more
More than 1,000 flights canceled at Chicago's airports as up to 10 inches of snow blankets the region
CHICAGO — As heavy snow blanketed the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service warned of up to 10 inches of accumulation by the morning. More than 1,000 flights were canceled at the city’s airports, while road conditions also grew hazardous.
The weather service expected total snow accumulations between 6 and 10 inches ...Read more
New study says SNAP work requirements aren't effective
WASHINGTON ― A new study suggests that the expanded work requirements for federal food assistance that passed as part of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill over the summer will not have their intended effect of boosting employment.
An analysis published this month in the journal Nature Food says that introducing or increasing ...Read more
Kyiv hammered by Russian strikes as negotiators head to US
Russia unleashed an air barrage on Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s negotiating team heads to the U.S. for talks aimed at bringing an end to the war.
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and his negotiating team are ...Read more
France's Macron to meet Zelenskyy for talks on US peace plan
President Emmanuel Macron will meet his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Monday for discussions about the conditions for a “fair and lasting peace” in Ukraine, the French presidency said.
France and other allies of Ukraine have been stepping up their support of Zelenskyy, who is under pressure to agree on a U.S.-led peace deal ...Read more
Trump declares Venezuela airspace 'closed in its entirety' as tensions with US escalate
President Donald Trump jolted an already-tense standoff with Venezuela on Saturday morning, declaring on his Truth Social account that all airspace “above and surrounding Venezuela” should be considered “closed in its entirety.”
Addressing “Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,” he offered no operational details but...Read more
Chicago scraps flights as major storm brings snow to Midwest
Hundreds of flights have been canceled in and around Chicago and roads are becoming treacherous as one of the busiest travel weekends of the year collides with a major storm bringing wintery conditions throughout the U.S. Midwest Saturday.
Winter storm warnings and weather advisories stretch from Montana to western Ohio as a large swath of the ...Read more
Hong Kong mourns victims of deadliest fire in decades
Hong Kong declared three days of mourning on Saturday for victims of the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades.
Chief Executive John Lee led a ceremony at the government headquarters, where officials held three minutes of silence for victims of the blaze that has so far claimed 128 lives and injured 83 people.
The city’s anti-graft...Read more
Kyiv hammered by Russian airstrikes as peace team heads to US
Russia unleashed an air barrage on Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s negotiating team heads to the U.S. for talks aimed at bringing an end to the war.
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and his negotiating team are on...Read more
Diddy reportedly funded, prepped Thanksgiving dinner for 1,000 fellow inmates
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs reportedly organized and funded an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner — at least by prison standards — for 1,000 of his fellow inmates at New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix.
A rep for the Bad Boy Records founder, who’s currently serving a 50-month term for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, ...Read more
'Really scary': E-bike, e-scooter injuries growing quickly in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Speaking from his room at a Las Vegas hospital on Nov. 19, 16-year-old Mason Huff had a message for anyone who rides an e-scooter.
“Wear a helmet and stay vigilant,” Huff said, just after taking an allotment of pain medications. “Anything can switch up on you at any time.”
Two days prior, Huff, a student at Lake Havasu ...Read more
Three injured in Northern California shopping mall shooting on Black Friday
Black Friday shoppers were sent scrambling for cover after shots were fired at the Westfield Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara, California, injuring three, police said.
Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening gunshot woundst, according to the San Jose Police Department,. Injured were an adult man, an adult woman, and a ...Read more
NJ sisters killed trying to rescue father from house fire on Thanksgiving
Two New Jersey sisters died Thanksgiving night while trying to rescue their father from a fast-moving house fire in Essex County.
The deadly Orange Township fire started around 5 p.m., investigators said.
Witnesses said they saw “enormous” flames coming from the Mosswood Avenue home and alerted authorities.
The response was prompt, with ...Read more
Northwestern agrees to $75 million fine to settle Trump dispute
CHICAGO — Northwestern University will pay a $75 million fine to settle allegations of antisemitism from the Trump administration, restoring hundreds of millions of federal funding, officials announced Friday.
As part of the agreement, Northwestern also said it will continue following federal anti-discrimination laws, review its international...Read more
Despairing Hongkongers stranded by fire search for help, answers
Lee calls himself lucky.
The septuagenarian was meeting friends at a restaurant when a fire broke out at a Hong Kong building next to his on Wednesday. The flames quickly spread to the tower that housed Lee’s home, leaving him and his wife among hundreds uprooted by the city’s deadliest blaze in decades.
Nearly two days on after the ...Read more
Gangs wielding American guns await US Marines heading to Haiti
Additional U.S. Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They’re increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms.
Haiti doesn’t manufacture weapons and has been under an arms embargo since 2022, but it’s awash in guns. And the Government Accountability Office says 90% ...Read more
Trump to pardon former Honduras leader convicted of drug trafficking
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon a former president of Honduras who’s serving a decades-long U.S. sentence for cocaine trafficking, two days before the nation’s election.
Trump announced the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez in a Truth Social post on Friday.
Hernandez “has been, according to many people that I...Read more
Trump pledges strict immigration curbs as details remain scarce
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened a slew of aggressive actions to curtail legal migration to the U.S. in response to one National Guard member dying after being ambushed near the White House, though the scope of those moves and what legal or congressional mechanisms he may pursue remain unclear.
Trump, who has amplified his anti-...Read more
Massachusetts bill to establish commission on status of transgender people moves forward
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers will be taking up a bill this session that seeks to establish a permanent commission on the status of transgender people.
The legislation (S. 2725) An Act Establishing a Commission on the Status of Transgender People, would task the commission with conducting an ongoing study of all matters concerning ...Read more
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