LAS VEGAS — It’s been nearly 34 years since Francis “Frankie” Citro Jr. has seen the inside of a Nevada casino.

He hasn’t eaten a meal at any of the restaurants at Bellagio or gone to the art gallery there. Hasn’t encountered any of the beautiful displays at Wynn Las Vegas or Encore. Never visited any of the showrooms and lounges ...Read more

MIAMI — Toppcuttaz Barbershop in Miami Gardens is buzzing with sounds from Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as chairs swivel around and clippers buzz. It’s still early — just past 10 a.m. — but in a corner, six Black men, including the barbershop’s owner Mike Stephens, are sitting on couches deep in conversation about ...Read more

In its quest to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities, a move many teachers and parents fear will strip away crucial federal oversight and deny vulnerable children the services they’re guaranteed under law.

In October, ...Read more

Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms.

The woman had suffered multiple blows to her head and falls at the hands of her husband over the years. He had wanted to disable her, to make it more difficult for her to keep her...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning, authorities said. He was the only person involved in the crash.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call about a vehicle fire at 2:15 a.m. and arrived at the site of the crash — Cinema Drive and Bouquet Canyon Road...Read more

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to support his country’s economy if it came under a speculative attack, although he didn’t offer any specifics about a deal.

“Yesterday I sealed an agreement with the American president on a financial shield,” Orban told reporters en route back from a ...Read more

A group of labor unions led by the United Steelworkers slammed the Trump administration for suspending port fees on Chinese ships that workers argued would bring about a revival in the once-dominant domestic shipbuilding industry.

The unions expressed “strong disappointment” with the administration’s decision and said it would have ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of deaths in custody, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office will soon begin testing biometric monitoring devices designed to alert staff when someone in jail is in medical distress.

Speaking at a meeting of the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board on Thursday, Sheriff Kelly Martinez...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The owner of one of the businesses hit in the UPS plane crash in Louisville on Tuesday said three of his employees were still missing as of Saturday afternoon.

Sean Garber, owner and CEO of Grade A Recycling, said Megan Washburn, John Loucks and a third woman whose family has asked not to release information about her were ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A WakeMed campus police officer was shot and killed Saturday morning in Garner.

The officer, Roger Smith, was on duty in the emergency department lobby at 9 a.m. when “a struggle ensued,” WakeMed said in a statement Saturday afternoon. Smith had worked for WakeMed for 14 years, WakeMed spokesperson Debbie Laughery said. He...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade Deputy Devin Jaramillo was responding to a routine traffic crash Friday afternoon, a law enforcement duty performed dozens of times every day by both civilian teams and trained deputies at the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

But he did not expect a “random” spat of chaos would ensue that would end with a scuffle, his ...Read more

CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said someone fired at federal agents Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood, touching off a chaotic series of confrontations between agents and residents armed with whistles and bent on disrupting their operation.

Both Chicago police and federal officials were seen making several...Read more

FREMONT, Calif. — An undisclosed number of federal agents appeared in Fremont on Saturday to knock on doors and seek “voluntary cooperation” with “specific individuals,” officials confirmed with this news organization.

Federal agents entered the city on Saturday morning and left sometime around 12:20 p.m., according to Fremont ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of California and a union representing 21,000 health care, research and technical professionals across the UC system reached a contract agreement and averted a strike, the university and union announced Saturday.

The union, University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE), had been bargaining with UC for 17 ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Captain Thomas Edwin Scheurich, a Vietnam War pilot missing in action for 57 years, was repatriated to Norfolk on Friday.

His remains were identified earlier this year at the crash site of his plane, which vanished on March 1, 1968, after completing a bombing mission. His children, Tom Jr. of Virginia Beach and Marianne of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California air officials voted overwhelmingly Friday to give themselves the power to levy fines on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach if they don’t fulfill their promises to transition to cleaner equipment.

The ports remain the largest source of smog-forming pollution in Southern California — releasing more ...Read more

Rodrigo Paz was sworn in as president of Bolivia, ending two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist rule and setting the stage for a renewal in relations with the U.S.

Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who headed an American delegation to the inauguration on Saturday, said Paz agreed to approve a license for Starlink, Elon ...Read more

The U.S. is expected to soon designate Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations, a star prosecutor in the South American country said, a move that is likely to amplify the debate over the best way to counter the growing threat of organized crime.

The label is likely to be applied to the powerful PCC, known for its swift rise...Read more

CHICAGO — As a frigid air mass descends upon the central U.S., intense lake-effect snow is expected to hit the Chicago area late Sunday night into Monday as temperatures drop into the 30s, according to forecasters.

The season’s first winter storm watch would remain in effect from late Sunday night into Monday, bringing with it the area’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Negotiators for seven Western states are under mounting pressure to reach an agreement outlining how they plan to share the Colorado River’s dwindling water.

The Trump administration gave the states a Tuesday deadline to agree on the initial terms of a plan for cutting water use to prevent the river’s reservoirs from ...Read more