President Donald Trump reacted to the news of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s retirement by bashing his political rival as “evil” and “overrated.”

Pelosi, 85, released a video message Thursday, telling her supporters that she’ll leave the House of Representatives after 40 years when her term ends in 2027.

Trump responded to that announcement ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Thursday announced an updated critical minerals list that includes metallurgical coal and both phosphate and potash, two key ingredients for common fertilizers.

The final 2025 list also includes boron, copper, lead, rhenium, silicon, silver and uranium. Maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the list...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his 2026 budget proposal Thursday following a rating agency lowering its outlook on the city this week, which signaled a potential future credit downgrade to one notch above junk status.

And he addressed budget cuts he wants to make in 2026 at Chicago libraries, which have drawn criticism.

Speaking to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ever since the Trump immigration raids began in Los Angeles in June, local leaders and community activists have criticized agents for sometimes making it difficult to identify them as federal law enforcement officials or refusing to identify themselves at all.

Now, an unexpected new group has expressed its own concerns: the FBI....Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A fundraiser for a man severely burned in this week’s UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, had raised more than $60,000 as of Thursday afternoon.

The man, Matt Sweets, had burns on more than 95% of his body, according to the fundraiser, organized by Fawn Armstrong, the sister of Sweets’ girlfriend, Brooke ...Read more

MIAMI — A woman is suing the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles over a state law that allows pregnant women to park in disabled spaces, arguing expectant mothers should not be entitled to the spaces dedicated for individuals with disabilities, including herself.

The state law went into effect July 1 after it was signed by...Read more

More Americans are feeling optimistic about progress addressing illegal drugs in the United States — a major reversal since 2023 and a change largely driven by Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll.

The poll, conducted between Oct. 1 and 16 and published Wednesday, also showed a significant decline in Republican support for the ...Read more

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is expected to reach the Caribbean early next week, marking a dramatic escalation in the American military buildup near Venezuela amid growing speculation over possible U.S. strikes against Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

The $13 billion supercarrier sailed west ...Read more

DETROIT — A federal judge Thursday ordered a Dearborn man to stay behind bars through at least the weekend amid a sprawling investigation into an alleged Halloween terrorism plot targeting LGBTQ+ friendly clubs in Ferndale and what appears to be the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio.

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman issued the order in ...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A jury in Newport News Circuit Court on Thursday handed down a $10 million verdict in the case of a teacher at Richneck Elementary School shot by a 6-year-old student in early 2023.

The seven-member panel issued its verdict about 12:30 p.m., after about 5 1/2 hours of deliberations over two days.

Just before 2 p.m. on Jan...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House is poised Thursday to vote on a bill that would allow government agencies to hide the addresses, phone numbers and outside employer names of state lawmakers, the governor, former governors, the lieutenant governor and their immediate family members.

House Bill 4397, initially focused on concealing the ...Read more

The Louvre had an alarmingly weak password for its security surveillance system when it was hit by a group thieves, who made off with more than $100 million in jewels.

The brazen daylight heist took place on Oct. 18, triggering a massive investigation that has since revealed the suspects used power tools to bust through the second-floor window...Read more

UPS has resumed operations at its air hub in Louisville, Kentucky, following the deadly crash of one of its cargo planes on Tuesday afternoon, but it warned of delivery delays.

Sandy Springs-based UPS had canceled major package sorting operations at its main hub in Louisville on Tuesday evening and Wednesday after the fiery crash of UPS flight ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Thursday officials have identified the 12 dead from a Tuesday UPS plane crash, but nine people are still missing.

“Our hope is that we have located all of the victims at this point, but again, we do not know. The search will continue,” Greenberg said Thursday. “I previously reported...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Thursday his run for governor will be focused on bringing down costs for families and he will be a candidate “who puts delivering results before grabbing headlines.”

“Across Florida, families are working harder than ever but struggling to keep up with the rising cost of housing, ...Read more

Angela Anderson’s family has been waiting days for news.

Her boyfriend, Donald Henderson, told TV station WDRB she was at the metal scrapping center Grade A Auto Parts in Louisville Tuesday night when a nearby UPS plane crashed during takeoff, killing 12 people.

She hasn’t been heard from since.

The search continues for several missing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Late last month, California fire officials made a courtesy call to Los Angeles.

The state’s proposed Zone Zero regulations that would force homeowners to create an ember-resistant zone around their houses — initially planned to take effect nearly three years ago — had caused an uproar in the region. It was time for damage ...Read more