Massachusetts mayors have their red ink ready for a statewide rent control ballot measure after a study found the initiative would eliminate $300 billion in property values, as supporters call it a solution to the housing crisis.

The Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis has found that if landlords capped annual rent increases at 5%, municipal...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — An Orange County Superior Court judge on Thursday, March 12 decided against dismissing criminal charges against three people accused of failing to follow a police order to leave a pro-Palestinian protest at UC Irvine, leaving a jury to decide whether law enforcement’s actions on the campus were constitutional.

Attorneys ...Read more

Nearly 500 structures in Kankakee County were damaged by massive storms that produced tornadoes and hail swept across Illinois Tuesday night, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who promised that state officials would seek federal aid to help those most affected.

The governor spent Thursday afternoon in the Aroma Park neighborhood alongside local ...Read more

DETROIT — The FBI in January held an active-shooter prevention training at the same synagogue in West Bloomfield Township where a gunman Thursday rammed his truck into the building and then opened fire on the temple, exchanging gunfire with security guards before he was killed.

The training was designed to help staff and security personnel ...Read more

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Thursday abruptly moved to drop charges against two defendants in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to block and damage an immigration agent’s vehicle outside the ICE facility in Broadview in September.

In a one-paragraph filing,...Read more

Massachusetts charter schools are public entities and must comply with the public records law, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a case between Mystic Valley Regional Charter School and the Attorney General.

“For the reasons explained below, we conclude that Commonwealth charter schools, including Mystic Valley, are‘agencies’ subject to...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to waive a century-old maritime law that requires American ships be used to transport goods between U.S. ports as it seeks to blunt surging oil and gasoline prices, according to people familiar with the matter.

The 30-day exemption, which is still being developed, is set to apply broadly to vessels...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — The U.S.-Israeli strikes have significantly weakened Iran and its clerical leadership but cannot guarantee a regime change in the country without an internal uprising, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first press briefing since the start of the war.

“We are creating the optimal conditions for a toppling of ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Leaders of Temple Israel said all children, staff and congregants said they were safe Thursday after a gunman rammed a truck into the synagogue and opened fire before being killed in a violent exchange with security personnel.

In a message to members, temple officials said all 140 students in the Susan and ...Read more

DETROIT — The man who rammed a truck into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township and started shooting appears to have acted alone, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday evening.

Police had been actively searching for a possible second suspect linked to the attack on Temple Israel. At Shenandoah Country Club, ...Read more

TOKYO — When the United States pulled its only aircraft carrier based in Asia to support the military surge in Afghanistan back in 2010, allies in the region had little concern that China or North Korea might look to take advantage. Today things are different.

As the U.S. continues to pour weapons into the Middle East for military operations...Read more

West Bloomfield residents who live within walking distance of Temple Israel were shocked Thursday at the violence against their neighbor, but were relieved the damage wasn't worse, though it reflects "the world we live in."

Lanai Thomas, a mom of two kids, ages 7 and 4, lives in a subdivision just east of the synagogue on Walnut Lake Road. Her ...Read more

A KC-135 refueling plane that was part of the American military campaign against Iran crashed over western Iraq after an incident involving another plane, U.S. Central Command said Thursday night.

“This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,” Centcom said in a statement, adding that rescue efforts were underway and that the episode ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A gunman rammed his truck into a West Bloomfield Township synagogue Thursday afternoon and then opened fire on the temple, exchanging gunfire with security guards before he was killed.

The shooting happened before 1 p.m. at Temple Israel at 5725 Walnut Lake Road, west of Orchard Lake Road and east of Drake. ...Read more

The Trump administration filed a new lawsuit on Thursday aiming to block California’s ability to set stricter-than-federal emissions standards for cars.

It targets current and future clean car rules in the state, including some that have been in place since 2012 that set declining limits on smog-causing pollutants and required automakers to ...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate Republican Caucus is calling on Senate President Karen Spilka, a Democrat, to formally request the Supreme Judicial Court to issue an advisory opinion “to effectively resolve any remaining issues” regarding the voter-approved Legislative audit.

The Caucus sent a letter to Spilka on Thursday, referencing �...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 crucial oil route, as the war strained global energy markets and deepened the humanitarian crisis across the region.

In his first public remarks ...Read more

NASA plans to roll back to the pad as early as next week for the Artemis II mission to fly crew around the moon, which could set up a shot to launch as soon as April 1.

“All the teams polled ‘Go’ to launch and fly Artemis II around the moon, pending completion of some of the work before we roll out to the launch pad,” said NASA’s Lori...Read more