Police in Providence, Rhode Island, released new photos Wednesday of an individual they say they would like to speak to as they search for the person responsible for the deadly shooting at Brown University over the weekend.

“Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos, ...Read more

CHICAGO — The 300 Illinois National Guard troops under Republican President Donald Trump’s control since early October — despite Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker’s objections — will remain federalized until mid-April, even though the Guard members have carried out no significant operational missions and have spent most of their time ...Read more

The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in a decision experts say will undermine U.S. scientific competitiveness and leave millions vulnerable to worsening climate hazards.

Russell Vought, director ...Read more

The deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife have drawn attention to California’s long and tangled history with the death penalty.

Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead of stab wounds Sunday at their Brentwood home.

Their son, Nick Reiner, 32, faces charges of two counts of murder. He could face life in prison or the death ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday said she would issue an order requiring the government to reinstate hundreds of employees fired during the federal government shutdown and stop ongoing efforts to fire more federal workers.

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, at a hearing in a ...Read more

Medline Inc. shares surged 41% in their trading debut, after the medical supplier raised $6.26 billion in the year’s biggest initial public offering.

The shares closed at $41 each on Wednesday in New York, versus the IPO price of $29. Medline, which counts Blackstone Inc., Carlyle Group Inc. and Hellman & Friedman among its backers, sold 216...Read more

Six weeks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and left behind an unprecedented trail of destruction, hundreds of people remain unable to return home, while many others are still without electricity.

Dennis Zulu, the United Nations resident coordinator for the country and several others Caribbean islands, said Wednesday that while �...Read more

Sen. Ted Budd offered an unusually blunt stance on a former lawmaker and fellow North Carolina Republican after allegations surfaced that Budd was blocking the Senate confirmation hearing of former Rep. Mark Walker to oversee international religious freedom.

Budd told McClatchy in an exclusive interview Wednesday that he’s not blocking ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man held at California's newest and largest immigration detention center could face "imminent death," attorneys argued in an emergency motion filed late Tuesday, asking a federal judge to order ICE to immediately provide lifesaving medical care to him and another detainee.

In a motion for a temporary restraining order, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and dozens of federal immigration agents spent hours Wednesday driving around Chicago and the suburbs, appearing to make minimal arrests but facing continued pushback from enraged community members.

Bovino spoke with a Tribune photographer at a Home Depot in Evanston around noon. He said he’s �...Read more

The Senate confirmed in a 67-30 vote Jared Isaacman to head NASA after President Donald Trump nominated and withdrew the nomination earlier this year, and then renominated the billionaire entrepreneur last month.

Isaacman will oversee the agency’s push to beat China in returning astronauts to the moon and coordinating missions to send humans ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Federal officials gave the clearest timeline yet for when a breakthrough could come in closed-door negotiations over the water supply of 40 million Americans.

On Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of Water and Science Andrea Travnicek said the public will have another document to review as early as the end of this year. It will come ...Read more

SEATTLE — A storm brought high winds and heavy rain to Western Washington overnight into Wednesday, leaving more than 200,000 customers in the dark after days of flooding.

Wind speeds reached the 50s and 60s in Seattle and surrounding areas early Wednesday: In the Alpental Ski Area, 112 mph gusts were recorded around 2 a.m., and Snoqualmie ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate blocked a bid Wednesday by Sen. Adam Schiff to require the Pentagon to make public an unedited video of the September U.S. strike that killed two people who had survived an initial attack on an alleged drug boat near Venezuela.

“This is going to come out. It’s just a question of how long we have to fight to make ...Read more

DENVER — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new federal policy that limited congressional members’ ability to visit immigration detention centers, siding with a group of Democratic lawmakers that included U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Joe Neguse of Colorado.

Wednesday’s ruling means that members of Congress can resume unannounced ...Read more

NOVI, Mich. — Two months after a gunman attacked a Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc Township and then set the building ablaze, Michigan State Police met with faith leaders on Wednesday in Novi to give them tips and resources to bolster their congregations' safety.

Dozens of faith leaders met at the Novi Police Department to learn ...Read more

In central Haiti, where residents take pride in working the land, the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating, the United Nations warned, as escalating attacks by criminal gangs in the Artibonite region leave aid groups facing growing access restrictions.

In just the past two weeks, violence in the region, often to referred to as Haiti�...Read more