Haitians in Florida with Temporary Protected Status can continue renewing their driver licenses, Miami-Dade County said, citing updated state guidance.

But the directive only applies until March 15 or when a court makes a decision in the ongoing appeal process filed by the Trump administration following the decision by a federal judge earlier ...Read more

Just days before a deadly avalanche killed eight backcountry skiers near Tahoe, the guiding company leading the trip warned on social media that unstable snowpack could trigger “unpredictable avalanches.”

Blackbird Mountain Guides posted a video Sunday on Instagram cautioning that recent snow conditions around Tahoe were creating atypical ...Read more

A bipartisan bill that would pave the way for Kentucky to restore voting rights to some people who have served sentences for felony convictions passed out of a Senate committee Wednesday morning.

Kentucky voters would have the final say at the ballot box in November if the General Assembly approves Senate Bill 80, sponsored by Sens. Jimmy ...Read more

Bone-dry weather and gusty winds are complicating efforts to contain a massive wildfire burning across Oklahoma’s panhandle, with little relief expected heading into Thursday as flames spread into neighboring Kansas.

The Ranger Road Fire has consumed 145,000 acres, or an area about 10 times the size of Manhattan. The blaze is one of four ...Read more

The Trump administration is withdrawing forces from Syria as part of a strategic shift now that the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa is taking control of the fight against terror groups, according to a senior U.S. official.

A significant U.S. troop presence is no longer required in Syria, according to the official who detailed the ...Read more

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s President Donald Trump’s favorite colors!

The Air Force One fleet is getting a makeover at the hands of the First Air Traveler, and just as he’s done on the ground, the president is painting over a reminder of the John F. Kennedy administration.

Layers of red, white, navy blue and gold are replacing ...Read more

Mubashir Khalif Hussen remembered the terror he felt when federal immigration agents slammed him against a stairwell doorframe in his Minneapolis neighborhood two months ago, ignoring a photo he attempted to show of his passport.

“I’m a U.S. citizen, bro!” he told the agents.

“I didn’t know what was going on,” Hussen, 20, recounted...Read more

NEW YORK — A veteran NYPD detective admitted Wednesday he ran a $1 million COVID fraud scheme that helped more than 65 people illegally apply for small-business pandemic relief funds.

Detective John Bolden, 48, a 20-year NYPD veteran who retired from the force in October, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy. He admitted to his role in the...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at protecting domestic supplies of elemental phosphorus used by the U.S. military and glyphosate-based herbicides common in U.S. agricultural production, according to a White House official.

The executive order, which Trump signed on Wednesday, invokes the Defense Production Act to protect domestic ...Read more

The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is the subject of a sprawling investigation involving local and federal agents.

But there is a second, shadow effort occurring on podcasts and social media platforms.

Psychics are on the case. Livestreamers are camped out in front of Guthrie’s Tucson-area home, waiting for another detail to share.

Online, ...Read more

Pastors, people of faith and advocates gathered in downtown Miami for a peaceful protest against immigration policies they believe are inhumane and, for some, against their religious beliefs.

Led by pastors from First Church Miami, a United Methodist congregation, a few dozen people marched from the downtown church to the immigration courthouse...Read more

The Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would set new parameters for agreements between federal immigration enforcement and local law enforcement agencies.

During a back and forth on the Senate floor, Republicans pushed back on the bill as “extreme,” while Democrats argued that the bill’s primary purpose is to require ICE to abide ...Read more

On paper, it reads like the blueprint of a government. Ministries. Intelligence agencies. Military commands. Diplomatic missions.

But in a sweeping federal indictment filed in New York, U.S. prosecutors describe something else entirely — a system they say was repurposed into one of the most sophisticated drug trafficking enterprises in the ...Read more

On the heels of the Baltimore County Council approving protections for noncitizens and a ban on private detention facilities, one Democratic councilman is seeking to prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing masks in most circumstances and require them to clearly display their identity and agency.

Councilman Izzy Patoka, a Pikesville ...Read more

Mark Zuckerberg testified that it’s “very difficult” to enforce Instagram’s age limits as he sought to defend the platform during a landmark trial over social media addiction.

The chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. was sharply questioned on the witness stand Wednesday about the company’s efforts to attract and engage ...Read more

At Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the country, detainees go without medicine for serious health conditions, endure miscarriages while shackled and are dying in record numbers, a group of U.S. senators said.

In a letter sent Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE senior official Todd Lyons, 22 ...Read more

Florida lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a sweeping artificial intelligence package, attaching new measures regulating AI usage in schools before sending one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities to the Senate floor.

Florida’s broader push for an “AI Bill of Rights” already extends well beyond K-12 classrooms. The Senate bill ...Read more