U.S. State Department officials, including the interim U.S. ambassador to Colombia, John T. McNamara, traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in his residence in Caracas, as Washington weighs reopening its embassy in Caracas after nearly six years.

The visit reflects the ...Read more

BOSTON — The circulating bird flu has been confirmed in the Bay State, as agricultural officials report that backyard chickens tested positive for the disease and were killed.

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and its partner agencies “safely depopulated and disposed” of a backyard flock of chickens due to the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile fiscal uncertainty, driven largely by events in Washington and on Wall Street.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget chief warned Friday that surging revenues tied to the artificial intelligence boom are being offset by rising costs and federal funding...Read more

BARTOW, Fla. — The state of Florida announced Friday that its testing has uncovered a variety of toxins at amounts above federal standards in 16 infant formulas on the market. But officials during a news event in Bartow led by Gov. Ron DeSantis did not share specific testing data, methodology or contaminant levels found in each brand.

The ...Read more

BOSTON — Freshly sprung from jail, ex-Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is spinning a twisted tale of treachery and deceit that she says left Brian Worrell and the Black community on the losing end of this week’s vote for City Council president.

Fernandes Anderson, who resigned last year after being convicted on federal ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Alpha News on Friday published what appeared to be video recorded by ICE agent Jonathan Ross during the deadly shooting of Renee Good on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

The 48-second video, posted by the Minnesota-based conservative outlet, begins with Ross exiting his vehicle and approaching Good as she sits behind the wheel of her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers sought to ensure the release of more information about Jeffrey Epstein this week, after the Justice Department last month blew through a statutory deadline for the production of documents about the deceased sex offender.

Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., main backers of the Epstein Files Transparency ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s top prosecutors moved Friday to preserve a state role in reviewing the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, repeatedly emphasizing their actions were not a challenge to federal authorities but a response to being cut off from evidence they say is essential for transparency.

Hennepin County...Read more

NEW YORK — Wealthy celebrities and investors — including many who could be targeted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed tax hikes on millionaires — pumped tens of thousands of dollars into his transition coffers last month, new filings reviewed by the Daily News show.

The December donors include members of the super-wealthy Pritzker and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The "Rising Together" float in Pasadena's Rose Parade was supposed to celebrate the resiliency of Los Angeles in the face of the unprecedented double disaster that flattened thousands of homes and took 31 lives last January.

But amid the float's proud phoenix and colorful California poppies, two frustrated fire survivors ...Read more

Former Navy Seal, professional wresting superstar and ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura hinted that his frustration over the state of the nation has him considering a return to government.

“I’ll give you a quote,” the 74-year-old Minneapolis native told reporters in response to ICE activity taking place in his state. “...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget Friday painted a somewhat brighter picture of California’s economy than was forecast last year, but warned that “risks and uncertainty remain elevated.”

The budget forecast, similar to that of independent analysts, offers a better outlook than the governor’s May revision. But it also ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for hundreds of millions of taxpayer funds lost to fraud, adding on Jan. 9 in a call with reporters while in the Twin Cities that the Trump administration is launching a series of steps to root out fraud and hold fraudsters accountable.

It comes as Minnesota ...Read more

Iranian officials intensified a crackdown on protests across the country, blocking the internet and threatening participants with the death penalty amid expectations of further unrest Friday night.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic won’t tolerate “vandalism” or “people acting as mercenaries for foreign ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made several direct and indirect appeals to California lawmakers during his State of the State speech Thursday morning, mapping out how he hopes to work with them in the new legislative session.

The governor, who has emerged as a likely candidate for the 2028 presidential race, spent much of his hourlong...Read more

BEIRUT — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as "saboteurs" and insisting the Islamic Republic would "not back down," even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing antigovernment demonstrations.

Speaking before a crowd that ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota leaders announced Friday an investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this week in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the investigation after the FBI took sole ownership of investigating the shooting, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There is an increasing number of campaigns being hosted by one of the nation’s leading crowdfunding platforms claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.

As of Jan. 9, one effort among the 30 or so leads the way with a tally topping $1.5 ...Read more

A U.S. State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in his residence in Caracas, as Washington weighs reopening its embassy in Caracas after nearly six years.

The visit, first reported by CNN, reflects the Trump administration’s efforts to reestablish a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said a second wave of attacks on Venezuela has been canceled, citing improved cooperation from the country after some political prisoners were released.

Venezuela is “working well” with the U.S. on rebuilding its oil and gas infrastructure and releasing “large numbers” of political prisoners, Trump wrote in a...Read more