Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. 鈥淚t was nothing short of heroic,鈥� Angelo Castillo, the mayor of Pembroke Pines in Broward County, said Tuesday. But […]
MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on Tuesday to produce more of the powerful magnets used in iPhones as well as other high-tech products like electric vehicles. This news comes on the heels of last week鈥檚 announcement that the U.S. Defense […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) 鈥� A drenching weather system moving across Florida on Tuesday wasn’t even a tropical anything but has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves into the northeastern and northern Gulf later in the week, according to National Weather Service forecasters. The system would be called Tropical Storm Dexter […]
AUBURN, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Retired MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini has been convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shootings of his wife鈥檚 parents during a burglary at their home four years ago near Lake Tahoe in California. A Placer County jury on Monday found the 51-year-old guilty of killing his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) 鈥� Voters hoping to open up Pennsylvania’s closed primary system to independents asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to declare the current system violates the state constitution’s right to free and fair elections. Four independent voters asked the justices to take up the case directly, arguing that in many districts and […]
As Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump鈥檚 nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday for his confirmation hearing, focus returns to his ousting as national security adviser over what some referred to as 鈥淪ignalgate.鈥� The former Florida Republican congressman served mere weeks in Trump’s administration before revelations […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Senate Republicans were exploring changes Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved spending targeted by his Department of Government Efficiency, signaling potential difficulties ahead of an important test vote. The president is looking to claw back $1.1 billion of funding authority from the Corporation for Public […]
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers from some countries to keep 80 already-vetted refugees from entering the United States. In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said President Donald Trump’s June order banning the entry of people from 12 countries 鈥渆xpressly states鈥� that […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) 鈥� South Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has kicked off her bid for governor in 2026, highlighting several years of what she considers pushing outgoing Gov. Henry McMaster鈥檚 agenda, and an already-formed connection with President Donald Trump. Evette, first elected as McMaster鈥檚 running mate in 2018, spoke to hundreds of supporters […]
The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in flood waters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, noted the deaths occurred in the northern New Jersey city of Plainfield where there were two storm-related […]
KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) 鈥� As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy spit that partially separates the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean in northern California. […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Thousands of Afghans who worked with British forces have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that they could be targeted by the Taliban. The British government disclosed the existence of the resettlement program on Tuesday. A dataset containing the personal information of […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� In the nearly six months since the Trump administration has had control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the bureau鈥檚 leadership has focused almost exclusively on rolling back any punishments, fines and penalties made against companies during the Biden administration. In some cases, companies that were supposed to refund their customers […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department鈥檚 failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump鈥檚 strategy has been to downplay the issue. His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn鈥檛 work for those who have learned from him that they must not give up until the […]
BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Germany’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a case brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in a duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012 drone strike against an attack controlled with help from a U.S. military base in Germany. Ruling in a case that […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� A team of three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body with a focus on Israel and Palestinian areas say they are resigning, citing personal reasons and a need for change. The resignations, announced Monday by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council that set up the team, come as violence […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Nextdoor, the social media site that aims to create connections among neighbors, is trying to shake off an uneven past and a nagging sense it is being underutilized. How? It is turning to professional journalists for help. The company announced a partnership Tuesday with more than 3,500 local news providers who […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly lower in early Tuesday trading, as worries about President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest updates to his tariffs weighed on investor sentiments. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% in morning trading to 39,507.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.4% to 8,602.70. South Korea’s Kospi edged down 0.2% to 3,195.72. Hong Kong’s […]
DENVER (AP) 鈥� Colorado prosecutors are set to lay out their evidence Tuesday against a man charged with murder, attempted murder and other crimes in a firebomb attack on demonstrators showing their support for Israeli hostages in Gaza. Investigators say Mohamed Sabry Soliman told them he intended to kill the roughly 20 participants at the […]
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) 鈥� When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., where callers can sent text and video from the scene to dispatchers. Moving to what’s known as an NG911 鈥� or Next Generation 911 鈥� system is a […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will face questioning from lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser in the weeks after he mistakenly added a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans. […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and other information on their tenants, a sign that the Trump administration is targeting them to assist in its drive for mass deportations. Eric Teusink, an Atlanta-area real estate attorney, said several clients recently received subpoenas asking […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump and Sen. David McCormick of Pennsylvania will jointly announce roughly $70 billion of energy investments in the state Tuesday as the president travels to Pittsburgh for a conference with dozens of top executives to promote his energy and technology agenda. The Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit will be held […]
