In the second week of the Iran war – with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, cutting off shipping of 20% of the world’s oil supply – the International Energy Agency announced the largest release of strategic oil reserves in history. Thirty-two countries will sell a combined 412 million barrels from their reserves into the global ...Read more

Multiple women told The New York Times that Mexican American civil rights hero Cesar Chavez assaulted them decades ago, including when some were just girls, one as young as 13. Over their multiyear investigation, published on March 18, 2026, journalists at the paper found “extensive evidence” of that abuse by poring over historical ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Iranian officials gave conflicting statements Monday about a possible deal to end the war — with Trump extending a deadline he’d set for bombing Iranian power plants and claiming negotiations were underway, while Iran denied having any dialogue with Trump officials.

“We are in the throes of a real possibility of...Read more

CHICAGO — A day after being charged in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, a Venezuelan migrant being held in her death was in a hospital, authorities said, delaying a full detention hearing in the case.

Jose Medina, 25, is facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder in the first ...Read more

CHICAGO — The federal government has deployed scores of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to O’Hare International Airport in the midst of an ongoing partial government shutdown, and agents were seen Monday milling around the airport terminals.

In Terminal 1, agents stood in pairs at each passenger exit. They appeared to be ...Read more

DETROIT — The leader of a Russian cybercriminal group was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for conspiring with an organization that locked companies out of computers until executives paid more than $14.1 million.

The extortion scheme involving Illya Angelov and his criminal organization, known by the FBI as Mario Kart, is ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two pilots were killed when a jet landing at LaGuardia Airport collided with a Port Authority fire truck, authorities said Monday.

The dramatic seconds before and after the crash, which happened about 11:35 p.m. Sunday and left more than 40 survivors hurt, was captured on audio, with an air traffic controller saying he “messed up...Read more

CHICAGO — Amid the Trump administration’s 64-day local mass deportation campaign in October, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officers arrested then-Hanover Park police Officer Radule Bojovic for allegedly overstaying a tourist visa. His department, in turn, placed the Montenegro native on administrative leave.

Now, a federal judge ...Read more

NEW YORK — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrolled John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday after President Donald Trump ordered them to assist Transportation Safety Administration screeners amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Small groups of ICE agents walked through JFK terminals as huge crowds lined up at ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has filed more than 60 lawsuits against the federal government since Donald Trump began his second term last January — roughly one a week. The state has also signed on to another 60 legal complaints as a friend of the court. But what are all these lawsuits about?

Here is a breakdown. Some of the lawsuits ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term last year, California has moved aggressively to push back against policies and actions the state’s Democratic leaders view as overreach.

The state’s lawyers are involved in more than 120 lawsuits against the Trump administration, from efforts to secure promised funding...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures.

Educators at K-12 and university campuses are rewriting lesson plans, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two pilots were killed when a jet landing at LaGuardia Airport collided with a Port Authority fire truck, authorities said Monday.

The dramatic seconds before and after the crash, which happened about 11:35 p.m. Sunday and left more than 40 survivors hurt, was captured on audio, with an air traffic controller saying he “messed up...Read more

WASHINGTON — Californians may be forced to put their ballots in the mail well before Election Day to be certain they will be counted.

That’s the likely outcome of a Republican challenge to mail ballots that came before the Supreme Court on Monday.

The court’s six conservatives sounded ready to rule that federal law requires that ballots...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A triple homicide was discovered when deputies searched a camper parked outside a home in rural North Carolina, according to investigators in Robeson County.

The bodies were found around 6:45 a.m. Sunday, March 22, near Pembroke, about a 100-mile drive southwest from downtown Raleigh.

“Deputies responded to 1141 Melinda ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump postponed threatened strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure and power plants for five days, pending the outcome of what he said were talks with Iran to end the 24-day war.

Both sides are keen to “make a deal,” he told reporters on Monday, adding that there are already “major points of agreement.” The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Monday morning that he had ordered the U.S. military to delay strikes on some Iranian infrastructure targets for five days while his team negotiates with Tehran.

After posting critical statements about the new Iranian government on his Truth Social platform over the weekend, Trump said Monday that...Read more

DETROIT — A California man has been charged in connection with a major gift card fraud scheme, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said.

Sinjuan Song was arraigned Friday through the 51st District Court in Waterford on one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony, and two counts of possession of a fraudulent financial ...Read more

March 31, 2026, marks 50 years since a landmark decision that shapes American patients’ rights every day: the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, who had suffered an irreversible coma.

Quinlan’s case established for the first time that decisions near the end of life should be made by patients and ...Read more

Last Easter while my children were sorting through their baskets of chocolate eggs and jelly beans, my son looked up from the table and asked a simple question:

“Why don’t Grandma and Grandpa eat candy like we do?”

It was the kind of question children ask without really thinking. To him, it seemed obvious: Candy is ...Read more