A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year sentence behind bars, deepening a dramatic downfall for the former president who was convicted of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to start the sentence Tuesday, days after his weekend arrest for ...Read more

NEW YORK — In vying to become the New York City Council’s next speaker, Julie Menin has in private conversations floated bringing back use of the chamber’s subpoena power, a tool that could be a potential check on incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

It’s not unusual for ...Read more

INKSTER, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation's counter terrorism division has launched an "inquiry" into her and five other Democratic lawmakers who created a video reminding members of the military that they may defy illegal orders.

"Last night, the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Trump administration on Tuesday seeking to stop a federal policy change that advocates say could force 170,000 formerly homeless Americans back on the streets or into shelters.

The lawsuit focuses on a federal program known as Continuum of Care that sends money to local governments ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul Police deployed chemical irritant on a crowd of protesters Tuesday during and after a federal enforcement action at a residential address in the Payne-Phalen area.

One person was removed from a house and placed in detention by federal agents in the 600 block of East Rose Avenue that morning.

A protester who was ...Read more

President Donald Trump dispatched top negotiators for additional high level meetings with both Russia and Ukraine but said he would only be willing to meet the leaders of those countries if talks yielded a so-far elusive pact to end the war.

“The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with ...Read more

INKSTER, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Tuesday that the FBI's counterterrorism division has launched an "inquiry" into her and five other Democratic lawmakers who created a video urging members of the military that they may defy illegal orders.

"Last night, the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Correction is once again bringing back 12-hour tours to address lingering staffing troubles, DOC officials confirm.

A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers Island, the officials said. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gobble and Waddle are free.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned the North Carolina-bred turkeys that he said he wanted to name “Chuck and Nancy,” a holiday season dig at two longtime Democratic foes: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi of California.

“But then I ...Read more

ATLANTA — A contentious standardized college admissions test designed to usurp the SAT and ACT — and ultimately reshape the American education system — is gaining traction in conservative states across the country. Georgia could be next.

At a University System of Georgia Board of Regents meeting earlier this month, the body signaled a ...Read more

DENVER — The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs a decade ago died Saturday, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records.

Robert Dear, 67, has been in state or federal custody since the 2015 mass shooting. Federal prison records list him as “deceased,” but no ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The founder of an anti-abortion group who shot and wounded a man during a confrontation in front of Planned Parenthood in Columbia has been arrested.

According to records from the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, Mark Baumgartner was taken into custody Tuesday.

Baumgartner is being charged with assault and battery...Read more

The White House signaled optimism around efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia while warning that additional negotiations to address remaining sticking points would be necessary, despite reports earlier suggesting a deal was afoot.

Still, little suggested that the progress made between the United States and Ukraine would ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California could see an early start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates and late mutations to the virus may leave the state particularly exposed to transmission, health experts say.

Already, there are warning signs. Los Angeles County recently reported its first flu death of the season, and other ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a case that calls into question plant clearing techniques that have become fundamental to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, the San Diego Superior Court has ordered the agency to amend a program to reduce wildfire risk across the state because it could make things worse.

The yearslong ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Inglewood Police Department "systematically" violated state public records laws by disregarding requests for documents related to police misconduct, including fatal shootings, and must now post the information on its website, a judge has ruled.

In 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sued the ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami residents will have a chance to weigh in on Donald Trump’s plans to build a billion-dollar high-rise legacy project adjacent to the Freedom Tower after Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees decided Tuesday to take a new, publicly noticed vote on transferring its land for the project.

The college’s attorneys had been ...Read more

MIAMI — For the first time in a decade, every single state, including the storm magnet of Florida, escaped the entire hurricane season without a direct hit from a hurricane.

Meteorologists say we owe this good fortune to an unusual weather pattern that steered nearly every storm away, a rare phenomenon of two hurricanes merging and some dumb ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer for the House since 2021, will step down from her post at the end of this year.

Szpindor’s resignation was read during a pro forma session on Tuesday. She will be replaced on an interim basis by Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Anne Binsted.

“It has been a great ...Read more