NEW YORK — A federal judge dismissed the bulk of the Gateway Development Commission’s suit over the Trump administration’s refusal to pay for the Hudson River Tunnel, because the funding has been temporarily restored by another court.

Siding with attorneys for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Judge Richard Hertling ruled in the ...Read more

DENVER — Mandatory evacuations are underway in Laporte in Larimer County because of a wildfire.

The evacuations were ordered around noon Thursday for Terry Lake Road south to Vine Drive and from Colorado 287 west to North Overland Trail.

Authorities are instructing people in the area to leave immediately.

Thursday’s wildfire risk is being...Read more

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago is asking the federal government to reconsider plans to reduce flights at O’Hare International Airport, deeming those plans “regressive.”

Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration said flight cuts were necessary at O’Hare, citing planned schedules this summer that “will exceed the airport’s ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — One person has died and two others were injured in a shooting Thursday morning inside a classroom at Old Dominion University.

The gunman is dead, according to a news release from the university.

The shooting happened just before 10:45 a.m. in a classroom inside Constant Hall, the center of the university’s college of ...Read more

Iran’s new ruler is already a marked man.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaced his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s supreme leader, is an unacceptable choice and threatened to assassinate him if he does not agree to U.S. demands.

Although the supreme leader possesses ...Read more

Two months after a so-called Doomsday Plane caused a stir by landing at Los Angeles International Airport, a similar plane sparked fear and speculation when it was spotted performing exercises at Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sunday.

Both massive aircraft can act as the president's emergency operations hub in times of national ...Read more

DENVER — Denver International Airport officials are appealing to the public to donate grocery store and gas gift cards to help support Transportation Security Administration officers ordered to work without pay during the partial federal government shutdown.

It’s the second time in five months that DIA has campaigned for support to help ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Shots were fired at a West Bloomfield Township synagogue Thursday afternoon after a vehicle rammed into the building's front door, prompting nearby schools to shelter in place and emergency officials to warn residents to avoid the area.

The incident happened before 1 p.m. at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, west ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed retaliation Thursday against the United States and Israel and signaled that Tehran will continue to choke off the world's most critical oil route, as the war strained global energy markets and raised new security concerns in the United States.

In his first public remarks since U....Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Two people were injured in a shooting Thursday morning at Old Dominion University.

The gunman is dead, according to a news release from the university.

The shooting happened just before 10:49 a.m. in Constant Hall, the center of the university’s college of business.

ODU police, Norfolk police and other emergency personnel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats and voter advocacy groups are increasingly warning that Trump administration policies and actions could curtail voting in the midterm elections when it comes to changes on who can cast ballots and when it will count.

President Donald Trump and federal agencies have taken several steps over the past year they say will ...Read more

DETROIT — Shots were fired at a West Bloomfield synagogue Thursday afternoon, prompting nearby schools to shelter in place and emergency officials to warn residents to avoid the area.

The synagogue is located at 5725 Walnut Lake Road, west of Orchard Lake Road and east of Drake. No injuries had been confirmed as of 1:40 p.m., according to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — University of Minnesota researchers have made key discoveries about one of the world’s most lethal pathogens, the Marburg virus, including potential weaknesses that could result in vaccines or drug treatments against it.

Marburg is lesser-known than its close cousin, Ebola, and remains confined so far to Africa. But its ...Read more

DENVER — Two students at Adams City High School are accused of calling in a fake bomb threat and a false claim of an active shooter at the Commerce City school on Wednesday, then covering themselves in something meant to look like blood, police said.

The two teens, who were not identified by police because they are juveniles, were arrested on...Read more

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday refused to rule out oil prices skyrocketing to $200 a barrel and admitted the United States is “simply not ready” to escort tankers despite President Donald Trump’s claim that the Persian Gulf is safe for shipping.

In a live interview with CNN outside the White House, Wright struggled to formulate...Read more

Iran’s new supreme leader said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed and Tehran will look to open other fronts in the war if the U.S. and Israel persist with their attacks.

In his first public comments since succeeding his father four days ago, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the critical waterway for oil and gas must remain effectively ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Cuba’s top diplomat in Washington says Havana is prepared to enter diplomatic talks with the United States, reiterating the country’s willingness to engage even as tensions escalate with President Trump asserting that the island nation’s government could soon collapse.

“We are ready to engage with the U.S. on the issues ...Read more

MIAMI and PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last December, a large coterie of Silicon Valley billionaires descended upon Miami to attend Art Basel, the ritzy, contemporary art fair that marks the end of the moneyed set’s yearly social calendar.

Much of the buzz surrounded the spectacle of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, among the world’s richest men, ...Read more