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

Six people died and more than 700 were reported injured after a tornado struck the southern Brazilian state of Parana, in what the state government says was one of the most extreme weather events to ever hit the region.

Friday’s tornado was updated from category F2 to F3 by state climate monitoring agency Simepar after a new analysis of ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump pardoned a former New York Police Department officer convicted in federal court of acting as an agent of China, though he had two GOP lawmakers in his corner, proclaiming his innocence.

A federal jury found Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private investigator, guilty of acting as a foreign ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A speeding driver evading a midnight highway patrol pursuit tore through Seventh Avenue in Ybor City early Saturday before plowing across a crowded sidewalk and slamming into a nightclub entryway, killing four people and injuring 13, according to Tampa police.

The startling and violent crash renewed criticism of the city and the...Read more

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

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

A climate champion calling for more oil. A rainforest defender greenlighting a highway through a pristine part of the Amazon. A promoter of a new Brazilian bioeconomy who accommodates the old beef industry.

These are the tensions that will define the climate legacy of Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of the COP30 U.N. summit ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 9-year-old girl with a winning smile and bouncy brown curls has not been seen since her mother took her on a mysterious road trip from Southern California to Nebraska and returned home alone.

A month after Melodee Buzzard vanished, her relatives remain desperate for answers. But one person who may know what happened isn't ...Read more

ATLANTA — Sandy Springs-based UPS announced it is grounding its entire MD-11 fleet after the fatal crash Tuesday of one of its MD-11 planes in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fourteen people have been confirmed dead so far, after another victim of the crash was found late Friday in the field of debris from the wreckage. Those who died include the cargo...Read more

Adam Giddens used to mainly rely on screening services and social media buzz when looking for stocks to buy. Lately, though, he’s turned his attention to a different kind of influencer: Donald Trump.

As the president’s administration breaks with precedent to take more and more ownership stakes in public companies on behalf of the U.S., ...Read more

The uproar over Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has sparked yet another round of MAGA civil war talk.

Full disclosure: I previously worked for Carlson at the Daily Caller, so I’ve had a front-row seat for this ongoing battle for a long time now.

In case you missed the latest: Carlson ...Read more

With some early childhood education centers already closing their doors because of the federal government shutdown, local leaders are scrambling to find money to keep Head Start programs available to some of the country’s most vulnerable children.

Head Start programs, which serve more than 700,000 low-income children across the country, are ...Read more

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Echo Kopplin wants South Dakota’s leaders to know that money from a new $50 billion federal rural health fund should help residents with limited transportation options.

Kopplin, a physician assistant who works with seniors, low-income people, and mental health patients in the rural Black Hills, shared her thoughts at a ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — More than a half century after the U.S. ignited 67 atomic weapons in the the central Pacific Ocean, a former Navy base in the Bay Area continues to carry that nuclear legacy.

Last week, residents were informed by the San Francisco Department of Health that a test taken in November 2024 at the former site of Hunters Point ...Read more

International travel to Cuba is tumbling, putting the cash-strapped communist island on track for its worst showing since the pandemic.

The island received 1.4 million foreign visitors during the first nine months of the year, down 20% versus the same period in 2024, according to the latest data from Cuba’s national statistics agency.

While...Read more

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked an order late Friday night that would have forced the government to backfill the country’s largest anti-hunger program — a move the administration claimed would require it to “raid school lunch money” to keep families fed.

The decision, issued on behalf of the court by Associate Justice Ketanji ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A jury on Friday awarded $8.5 million to the parents of a bus passenger who died after another passenger restrained him for several minutes during an altercation on a San Diego bus.

The San Diego Superior Court jury found the San Diego County Metropolitan Transit System was liable for 40% of the award. The jury unanimously found ...Read more