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Man accused of trying to get witness against him deported by writing letters threatening Trump
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin man is facing charges accusing him of forging a letter threatening President Donald Trump’s life in an effort to get another man who could testify against him in a criminal case deported. Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday that Demetric D. Scott was behind...
Massachusetts high school volleyball team rallies around teammate detained by immigration agents
BOSTON — Crowds wearing white packed the stands of a Massachusetts high school gymnasium Tuesday to support an 18-year-old volleyball player detained by federal immigration authorities. “Our game on June 3rd will be played in honor of Marcelo. We will continue to pray and fight for our brother,” the Milford...
Authorities searching for Washington state father of 3 dead girls
A man in central Washington state is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. Authorities asked the public Tuesday for help finding Travis Decker, 32, who is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, according to police in Wenatchee, about 100...
Biden-era guidance on emergency abortions revoked
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will revoke guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition. That guidance was issued to hospitals in 2022, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upended national abortion...
Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in Midwest and reaches Europe
MINNEAPOLIS — Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” Tuesday. The fires have forced more than 27,000 Canadians in three provinces to flee their homes, and...
Trump’s new FEMA director says he’s unaware of hurricane season
President Donald Trump’s acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA told staff that he was unaware that the U.S. has a hurricane season, but officials claimed he was only joking. David Richardson, who has no previous disaster management experience, told an all-hands meeting at the nation’s main disaster...
New Orleans jail escapee releases videos online, prompting search of home
NEW ORLEANS — A man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey released videos on social media while on the run from authorities, leading to a police raid that failed to recapture him, an Associated Press source says. Authorities were so convinced about the authenticity of the...
Newark mayor sues U.S. Attorney Alina Habba after arrest at immigration detention site
NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka, who leads New Jersey’s biggest city, is a candidate...
Immigration authorities detain the family of the man charged in the Colorado attackVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — The wife and five children of the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder who were calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring 12 of them, were being taken into custody Tuesday by federal immigration authorities, officials said. Mohamed Sabry Soliman,...
Judge denies privacy in divorce case of former UPMC doctor charged with attempting to kill his wife
WAILUKU, Hawaii — A judge denied a request to keep proceedings private in a divorce case for a Hawaii doctor accused of attempting to kill his wife on a hiking trail. Gerhardt Konig’s wife filed for divorce last month after he was indicted on an attempted murder charge. Konig, a...
The Goodyear Blimp turns 100. To celebrate, a flight over Ohio
MOGADORE, Ohio — The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a victory lap over the skies of an Ohio city this week. The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of “Pilgrim,” its first blimp to take flight just outside of the city on June 3, 1925. The airships took...
Kennedy has ordered a review of baby formula. Here’s what you should know
As federal health officials vow to overhaul the U.S. food supply, they’re taking a new look at infant formula. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the Food and Drug Administration to review the nutrients and other ingredients in infant formula, which fills the bottles of millions of American...
Judge rules federal prisons must maintain hormone therapy for transgender inmates
WASHINGTON — The federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to hundreds of transgender inmates following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that led to a disruption in medical treatment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said in his...
South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee is expected to win election, exit poll shows
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was expected to win an early presidential election on Tuesday, a joint exit poll and ongoing vote counts suggested. The victory would cap months of political turmoil triggered by the stunning, but brief imposition of martial law by the...
Tulsa’s new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921 Race Massacre
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history....
Florida mom killed son, 6, during attempted exorcism, sheriff says
A Florida mother is facing charges for the murder of her 6-year-old son after she allegedly told investigators that he died while she attempted to “exorcise demons out of” his body. The boy, identified by authorities as Ra’myl Pierre, was found dead inside his home in Fort Pierce on Friday,...
U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April, a sign the American labor market remains resilient
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April, showing that the labor market remains resilient in the face of uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s trade wars. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 7.4 million job vacancies in April, up from 7.2 million in March. Economists had...
‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home
HOUSTON — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress...
Over 100 inmates escape and 1 is killed as a quake prompts the evacuation of a Pakistan prison
KARACHI, Pakistan — More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi overnight after they were temporarily moved out of their cells following mild earthquake tremors, officials said Tuesday. Kashif Abbasi, a senior police official,...
Zelenskyy condemns ‘brutal’ Russian rocket attack after 3 killed in Ukrainian city
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, in which at least three people were killed and many others injured, was described by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “brutal.” According to authorities, a barrage of multiple rockets struck apartment buildings and a medical facility in...
Gaza officials say Israeli forces killed 27 heading to aid site; Israel says it fired near suspects
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site on Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days. The army said it fired “near a few individual suspects” who left the...
From soda to white bread, ultraprocessed foods increase risk of early death, research shows
ATLANTA — People eating ultraprocessed foods might be snacking their way to an earlier death. That’s according to the latest research on some of America’s favorite foods. From white bread to soda, the hallmark features of ultraprocessed foods include added sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats, artificial colors, preservatives and starches. Ultraprocessed...
Trump appears to undercut U.S. proposal to Iran, declaring he won’t allow any uranium enrichment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered by his special envoy to Iran, saying he will insist that Tehran fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program as part of any deal to ease crushing sanctions. Trump and Steve Witkoff, who is leading the...
Immigration official defends tactics against criticism of a heavy hand as arrests rise nationwideVideo
BOSTON — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was “deeply upset” by an ICE operation...
New York Rep. Nadler staffer ‘traumatized’ after DHS cuffs her in congressional office
A social worker for U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is still “traumatized” after a Department of Homeland Security officer handcuffed and detained her inside the congressman’s lower Manhattan office, an official in Nadler’s office said Sunday. The caught-on-video Wednesday clash drew outrage from Nadler. “If this can happen in a...
