ORLANDO, Fla. -- Alarmed by a growing shortage of nurses, Florida lawmakers in 2009 eased regulations on the schools tasked with training them, inviting new institutions to enter the market.

The results were swift: Within five years, the number of Florida nursing programs more than doubled. But many were for-profit institutions that churned out...Read more

The long-term health of the ocean off the coast of Southern California, and the health of the region’s freshwater streams and rivers and lakes, soon could hinge on the Trump administration’s definition of a single word: ditch.

The Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of sorting out which of the “waters of the United States,” ...Read more

Tents are still set up inside the Juventud 2000 shelter in Tijuana, ready to provide migrants with a place to stay. But on a recent Wednesday, the once-busy refuge was quiet. Unlike this time last year, nearly all of the tents are empty.

“The difference is clear from the moment you get here,” noted José María García, the shelter’s ...Read more

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — It was a scene that left residents of this pricey, palm-lined Santa Monica neighborhood flabbergasted.

Without warning, some 50 strangers had suddenly arrived in vans and were occupying a vacant building on Ocean Avenue the night before Thanksgiving.

Some of them smoked cigarettes, others had dogs running around ...Read more

Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal government.

But there are strings attached.

In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic ...Read more

New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she would have preferred Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman spoke with her before signing a statement in support of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

“She should have let me know that that statement was her intention and she should have taken advice from across government” including the ...Read more

Airports across Michigan were awarded state grants to help cover the costs of responding to PFAS, a class of man-made pollutants common in fire suppression foam used at airports, the state's environmental department announced Friday.

Airport officials can use the money to test for PFAS, monitor the pollution, control the pollution, clean ...Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Greenland’s future is for Denmark and Greenland to decide, and that he’ll reiterate that message to President Donald Trump if they speak about it.

“It’s a serious situation,” Carney said Sunday at a news conference in Qatar, where he traveled after concluding a 3-day visit to China. “We’re...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday.

But the top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for “actively encouraging” protesters “to go out ...Read more

Amy Burback awoke to the news Sunday, Jan. 18, that the Trump administration has alerted 1,500 paratroopers for potential deployment to Minnesota.

“It seems like a bit of overkill,” Burback said while enjoying brunch with her husband, Scott, at the Hen House in downtown Minneapolis. “I was surprised to see the federal government was ...Read more

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that a judge’s order limiting the force federal law enforcement officers can use against demonstrators and observers “didn’t change anything” for how agents operate during ongoing immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.

The Jan. 16 injunction blocks agents from ...Read more

On Tuesday morning, a Venezuelan couple came to Jane Graupman’s office sobbing over the unknown fate of their 20-year-old son, who had been taken away by masked federal agents.

“They were getting ready for work, and all of a sudden their house was surrounded by men with drawn guns saying, ‘Oh, it’s OK. It’s just some paperwork that ...Read more

During her two days in immigration detention, a St. Paul woman who was born in Minnesota said she “put her faith in God” and prayed after suffering what appeared to be a stress-induced seizure and being taken to a hospital in arm and leg restraints.

Nasra Ahmed, 23, tilted her face to the side Sunday evening to show the broken skin and ...Read more

A Honduran man who lived and worked in the U.S. for 26 years died after being held at a California immigration detention facility for more than a month, and his family is calling for an investigation, saying he complained of deteriorating health conditions before his death.

Luis Beltrán Yanez-Cruz, 68, died on Jan. 6 at 1:18 a.m. at the John F...Read more

The U.S. is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.

The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 U.S. troops based in Alaska to prepare to deploy to Minnesota as a precautionary measure in case ...Read more

In the eyes of Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, the reaction inside the White House to Renee Good’s death earlier this month — and the president’s quick exoneration of the immigration agent who shot her — served as a troubling harbinger for the Bay Area.

“If that’s what they’re doing in Minneapolis, they’re going...Read more

Snow continued falling across New York City on Sunday, with up to 5 inches possible by the end of the day.

Snow was expected to fall in two major batches, first an inch or 2 in the morning, then 2 to 4 more inches in the afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service said in a Sunday morning alert. Forecasters predicted a brief slowdown in...Read more

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said President Donald Trump may well keep him in his current job, which would eliminate him from contention for the next Federal Reserve chair.

“From the beginning, he and I have talked about whether it’s better for me to be here in the West Wing or over at the Fed,” Hassett said on Fox News’ "...Read more