MIAMI — Ryan Wesley Routh, the man convicted of trying to kill Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.

During his sentencing in Fort Pierce federal court, Routh generally listened and then read part of a 20-page statement that U.S. ...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is open to upcoming talks with Iran and that a location is “being worked through,” but stressed the discussions cannot be restricted to nuclear issues.

Amid confusion over where the talks will take place and what topics will be covered, Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. side thought an ...Read more

WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress.

With no dissents, the justices rejected emergency appeals from California Republicans and President Donald Trump's lawyers, who claimed the map was a racial gerrymander to benefit ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For nearly two months, Mayor Karen Bass has repeatedly denied that she was involved in altering an after-action report on the Palisades fire to downplay failures by the city and the Los Angeles Fire Department in combating the catastrophic blaze.

But two sources with knowledge of Bass’ office said that after receiving an early...Read more

A ransom note connected to the suspected abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy Guthrie demanded millions in cryptocurrency and was shown to the “Today” show co-host by federal authorities.

Alarm bells began to sound Sunday when the 84-year-old matriarch missed church. She was last seen the night prior at her Tucson home, where she ...Read more

Detectives have now been working for four days to try to locate the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, who officials believe was taken against her will from her home outside of Tucson.

On Wednesday morning, amid swirling rumors online about who could be involved, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators still have not ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After calling a federal judge’s order unconstitutional, North Carolina state legislators now have a court date to argue why they should be able to access and discuss the pending criminal investigative file in the fatal Charlotte train stabbing of Iryna Zarutska.

On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell ...Read more

DETROIT — In her first month on the job, Detroit's new mayor launched several major initiatives intended to combat violence and poverty, along with measures intended to expand progress citywide.

Mayor Mary Sheffield said on Jan. 1, the day she was sworn in, she would have a "pretty busy January," and she lived up to that promise. It's too ...Read more

BALTIMORE — U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen thanked Howard County lawmakers Wednesday for their actions to block a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Elkridge, Maryland, while calling for “not one more dime for a lawless ICE.”

Van Hollen’s updates came as Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and the Howard ...Read more

Border czar Tom Homan Wednesday announced an immediate 25% cut in federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s Minneapolis anti-immigration operation that has led to the killings of two U.S. citizens in the past month.

Homan said he has ordered 700 federal agents to leave the flashpoint city after touting improved cooperation from ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Fridley and Duluth schools, along with the state teachers union, are suing the Trump administration to keep federal immigration agents off school property.

The new measure comes as school leaders decry what they say is increased federal agent activity on and near campuses, causing fear and safety concerns. The plaintiffs are ...Read more

Two days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a surprise trade deal with India, New Delhi officials moved to counter concerns that the country may have made too many concessions to secure lower tariffs.

Over the past 24 hours, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has spoken twice to say India adequately protected its farm sector, especially ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday that effective immediately the federal government is withdrawing 700 federal law enforcement personnel from Minnesota.

That will leave the number of agents in the state at approximately 2,000, he said — still a far cry from the 150 agents that are permanently stationed in ...Read more

The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.

Under pressure to provide water for drinking and irrigation, people around the globe are trying to figure out how to save, conserve and reuse ...Read more

At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him. Today, the friends rarely meet “näillä raukoilla rajoilla, poloisilla Pohjan mailla” – lines which translator Keith Bosley renders “on these poor borders, the luckless lands of the North.”

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Medicare has launched a six-year pilot program that could eventually transform access to health care for some of the millions of people across the U.S. who rely on it for their health insurance coverage.

Traditional Medicare is a government-administered insurance plan for people over 65 or with disabilities. About half of the 67 ...Read more

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.

Although researchers have focused primarily on advancing technologies for detecting ...Read more

Recently, the German term “lüften” has been circulating on social media and trending on Google. The term refers to the practice of opening windows and doors to replace stale indoor air with outdoor air, a longtime practice in many European homes. Americans have dubbed it “house burping” in many videos on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube...Read more

President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a larger spending bill that enables the federal government to continue operations. They now face a self-imposed deadline of Feb. 13, 2026, to negotiate potential changes to immigration enforcement.

The fact that funding for the ...Read more