The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. […]
UN food agency appeals for $46 million to help 2 million Haitians facing severe hunger
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. food agency is appealing for $46 million for the next six months to help about 2 million Haitians in dire need of food, including 8,500 […]
Trump taps senior Air Force commander for European Command
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is tapping an Air Force fighter pilot with extensive experience as a senior commander in the Middle East to be the next head of U.S. […]
Elon Musk is gone, but DOGE’s actions are hard to reverse. The US Institute of Peace is a case study
WASHINGTON — The staff was already jittery. The raiders from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency had disposed of the U.S. Institute of Peace board, its acting president and its […]
Teen arrested on his way to volleyball practice to face immigration judge
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — A Massachusetts high school student arrested on his way to volleyball practice last weekend was scheduled to appear before an immigration judge Thursday. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, […]
Marshals say ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ who escaped Arkansas prison has likely fled state
Investigators believe that a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozark s” has likely fled Arkansas after escaping from prison last month, a federal […]
Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in case over unemployment taxes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this […]
Governments scramble to understand Trump’s latest travel ban before it takes effect Monday
WASHINGTON — Governments of 12 countries whose citizens will be banned from visiting the United States beginning next week scrambled on Thursday to understand President Donald Trump’s latest move to […]
Here are the 12 countries Trump placed under travel bans, and the 7 newly under travel restrictions
President Donald Trump cited a range of reasons for placing 19 countries under new travel bans or restrictions in the U.S. They include allegations of lax screening of travelers, “a […]
California’s Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago
ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and hide from security guards just to catch a steelhead trout in Blue […]