The world’s largest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has entered the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, further expanding what is already the biggest U.S. military presence in the Caribbean in decades, the Navy said Tuesday.

The deployment — officially framed as a mission against ...Read more

A Veterans Day message from George Santos was greeted with a reminder that, before going to prison, he was accused of scamming a Navy vet who blamed the disgraced congressman for the death of his emotional support dog.

“Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all veterans for your service!” Santos posted on X Tuesday.

He was quickly met with ...Read more

After the FDA learned of infant botulism infecting two more babies, New York City-based ByHeart recalled all of its formula products nationwide on Tuesday.

The recall reaches all Walmart stores, Walmart.com and SamsClub.com; Kroger and Kroger-owned chains Fred Meyer, QFC and Smith’s; Target; Meijer; and Publix, among national chains.

“At ...Read more

Sean “Diddy” Combs is already making a name for himself behind bars as the disgraced mogul faces disciplinary action for an unsanctioned three-way phone call in a New Jersey federal prison.

If officials at FCI Fort Dix have their way, the Bad Boy Records founder — who was convicted over the summer for two counts of transportation to ...Read more

The U.S. military is exploring whether to build a temporary base capable of housing 10,000 people near Gaza, according to an internal contracting document, as the U.S. pushes for a stabilization force to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Navy is seeking a cost estimate from a list of pre-qualified companies for “a temporary, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The mother of a missing Southern California girl — who authorities say has refused to answer questions about her daughter's whereabouts — has now been accused of holding a man captive in her home after allegedly disclosing sensitive information to him.

Ashlee Buzzard, 40, of Lompoc was charged with one count of false ...Read more

NEW DELHI — Deadly explosions in the capitals of India and Pakistan within 24 hours of each other killed at least 20 people and left several injured, heightening concern of renewed tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

Even as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was still investigating the cause of the blast in New ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Robert A. Parks, the Baltimore police officer who was stripped of his police powers last month after a viral video showed him almost striking a man with his vehicle, is now suspended without pay, a spokesperson for the department confirmed Tuesday.

Other than saying that the sudden change was “in accordance with state law,” ...Read more

A father and daughter on a humanitarian mission to Jamaica were killed when their twin-engine plane crashed in Coral Springs, Florida, according to an evangelical Christian ministry.

Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter, Serena, 22, were traveling to deliver aid to communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa when their small plane went down ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s coming down to the wire for the seven Colorado River states to comply with a federal deadline to submit a plan for how to divvy up the river over the next 20 years.

The contentious, closed-door process has been drawn out over multiple years as the outlook for levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell continue to nosedive. But the...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Border patrol could soon be on their way to Charlotte, according to reports from CBS News and CNN .

U.S. officials told the national outlets Monday that some border patrol agents could be leaving their monthslong stay in Chicago as early as this week and shift to Charlotte and New Orleans for operations that are ...Read more

ATLANTA — Fulton County officials are approaching a deadline to comply with a request for a slew of records related to the 2020 election requested by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, with resistance.

Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts said the county has complied with the law regarding the 2020 election, and there’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it would investigate security at the liberal bastion campus of UC Berkeley after multiple people were taken into custody Monday evening after clashes erupted on and off campus as protesters tried to shut down a Turning Point USA event.

“I see several issues of serious concern ...Read more

CHICAGO — After two months of raids that netted thousands of arrests but also sparked outrage and resistance, a surge of federal immigration agents that came to the city as part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago as the controversial mission winds down, multiple law enforcement sources told the ...Read more

SEATTLE — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center that helped maintain some seismic stations and transmit data in real time.

Alaska state seismologist and director of the center, Michael West, warned that the termination of this contract, which is around two decades old, will lead...Read more

CHICAGO — Dueling legal interpretations of what constitutes “regular forces” are at the heart of briefings now positioned before the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court prepares to rule on President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois.

While considering a motion to stay a lower court’s order blocking ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For months, as victims pleaded for information, the Los Angeles Fire Department kept secret that its firefighters were ordered to stop mop-up operations on a small brushfire that continued to smolder and reignited days later into the massive Palisades fire.

At least one department official learned that a battalion chief had ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Medicaid cuts included in President Donald Trump’s signature ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ are already prompting Kentucky hospitals to consider pausing expansions, scaling back services, layoffs and even closing altogether.

That’s the takeaway from Kentucky Hospital Association President and CEO Nancy Galvagni, who notes ...Read more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strongest rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, is facing the risk of life in prison, after a prosecutor requested a sentence of more than 2,000 years for the Istanbul mayor.

The unprecedented request escalates a legal battle for one of Turkey’s most prominent opposition figures and raises the prospect that he ...Read more