U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to ramp up action, and much of the impact of the new Trump administration can be seen at the southern border.

ICE agents are working to apprehend people who are in the country illegally — enforcement efforts that are in line with President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to initiate mass ...Read more

ATLANTA — The mother of a newborn who was found abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods of Forsyth County in 2019 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to court records.

Karima Jiwani, 41, was arrested in May 2023 after forensic genetic genealogy led investigators first to the baby’s father and then to her.

The infant, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A pair of Democratic senators are pushing back against the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a host of positions at the Food and Drug Administration, raising concerns that the firings could affect drug and device approvals and food safety efforts.

In a two-page letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Manhattan federal judge presiding over Mayor Adams’ corruption case on Friday said he would appoint an independent attorney to argue against the Justice Department’s bid to dismiss the high profile prosecution, neither approving nor denying the controversial move to toss the case.

In a new development, Manhattan Federal ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man on death row has opted to die by firing squad. Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for beating his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death with a baseball bat, is the first person in South Carolina to select this method of execution since it was added as an option in 2024.

He is scheduled to be executed on...Read more

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — As the sounds of automatic gunfire in a central working-class Port-au-Prince neighborhood once more sent desperate residents fleeing for refuge on Thursday, hundreds of miles away in this surf-swept eastern island, Caribbean leaders were debating a key question:

Can Haiti hold elections by Nov. 15, as the head of the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione is slated to appear in court Friday for the first time since pleading not guilty to murder and terror charges stemming from the high-profile killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro is set to receive updates on discovery matters and other basic aspects of the case ...Read more

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.

But as governments across the Caribbean region ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Two bills that would seek to draw film studios to Las Vegas by expanding the film tax credits available in Nevada were introduced in the Legislature this week, bringing the possibility of a large-scale studio project to the state.

Assembly Bill 238 would establish $80 million in annual transferable tax credits, available starting ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers hope a scandal like the one that rocked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation last year — when officials discovered a DNA scientist had been manipulating testing for years — doesn’t happen again.

But if it does, they want to force the agency — and all crime laboratories in Colorado — to be more transparent...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like something you’d see in the utopian future of TV’s “The Jetsons,” Orlando International Airport is trying to realize a long-desired dream of bringing flying cars to the region.

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority on Wednesday took steps toward that future by seeking partners to develop and operate a flying car ...Read more

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park downtown and everything in between.

At the end of December 2024, thousands of people walked to the library to...Read more

President Donald Trump has vowed to target his political enemies, and experts have warned that he could weaponize U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct mass surveillance on his targets.

Mass surveillance is the widespread monitoring of civilians. Governments typically target specific groups – such as religious minorities, certain ...Read more

Since arriving in the United States four years ago, Alex has worked at a primary care office. He has witnessed firsthand how difficult it was for immigrants to access preventive care.

When he heard of the implementation of Florida’s Senate Bill 1718, Alex feared it would have dire consequences for the patients he served.

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On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks to reclassify the employment status of as many as 50,000 other federal workers – out of more than 2 million total – to make them easier for the president to fire as well.

The order ...Read more

Brazilian politics are getting more dramatic again.

The South American country’s attorney general filed five criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others in its Supreme Court on Feb. 18, 2025, detonating political shock waves. The charges include plotting a coup d’état to prevent Luíz Inácio Lula da ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans finally pushed through their blueprint for the first phase of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda early Friday morning, after an all-night session that exposed some fissures in their ranks on issues such as cuts to health care and safety net programs.

But controlling 53 seats has its benefits, and GOP...Read more