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Federal judge in Chicago orders clean toilets, access to lawyers for immigration detainees
CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago ordered federal officials to improve conditions for detainees at a suburban Chicago immigration facility, including access to clean toilets, after a lawsuit alleged the conditions were unconstitutional and inhumane. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman granted the detainees’ request for a temporary restraining order...
FAA to slash air traffic by 10% at 40 airports amid shutdownVideo
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on Wednesday that he would order a 10% reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached. The shutdown, now in its 36th day, has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers...
In Chicago immigration crackdown, agents raid daycare, senior living centerVideo
CHICAGO — A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away, panicking school administrators and parents of infants, toddlers and pre-kindergarten children at the center, a staff worker at the...
Sudan’s paramilitary kills at least 40 people as fighting spreads into Kordofan region
CAIRO — An attack by Sudan’s paramilitary force on the city of el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan province, killed at least 40 civilians, local media reported, following reports of atrocities elsewhere in the region as the two-year war intensifies. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said...
Investigators find ‘black boxes’ from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal safety investigators have located the “black box” recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 12 people, officials said on Wednesday. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety...
Japan sends troops to northern region to help stop bear attacks after a record number of casualties
TOKYO — Japan’s Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have horrified residents in the mountainous region. Bears have showed up near schools, train stations, supermarkets and even a hot springs resort, with attacks by the...
Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Officials at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital said Wednesday that the bodies of 15 more Palestinians were returned from Israel, as exchanges outlined in last month’s fragile ceasefire continued despite allegations of violations. The International Committee of the Red Cross has transported 285 bodies held in...
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 85 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday. Among the dead...
Pope calls for ‘deep reflection’ in U.S. about migrants’ treatment under Trump
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo called on Tuesday for “deep reflection” about the way migrants are being treated in the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration and said the spiritual needs of those in detention needed to be respected. Speaking to reporters in Castel Gandolfo, his residence outside...
Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on alleged drug boat
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the...
‘Catastrophic’ UPS plane crash near Louisville airport leaves at least 7 deadVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least seven people were killed after a United Parcel Service cargo plane was involved in a “catastrophic crash” near Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said. The death toll is likely to grow, Beshear said late Tuesday. He added that first...
Conservative activist Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, says she has a new Pentagon press pass
NEW YORK — With the Pentagon’s press room largely cleared of mainstream reporters, conservative activist and presidential ally Laura Loomer says she has been granted a credential to work there. Loomer has an influential social media presence and the ear of President Donald Trump, frequently campaigning for the firings of...
Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Pentagon on Tuesday for not briefing them on national security issues and said at times top defense officials appeared to be undermining President Donald Trump’s own policies, in a rare bipartisan show of frustration with the administration. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth...
Operations resume at Washington airport after bomb threat
WASHINGTON — Operations resumed at Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday after a brief halt because of a bomb threat against a United Airlines plane. The FBI said it had responded to the report and found nothing hazardous. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said operations resumed around 1 p.m. ET...
The man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it’s a crime
WASHINGTON — Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime. “No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad,” Assistant...
Jeffrey Epstein had accounts with Goldman Sachs and HSBC, documents show
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced late financier and sex offender, had accounts at Goldman Sachs, HSBC and other banks, new court filings show. The revelations came in previously sealed documents made public by JPMorgan Chase, once Epstein’s main bank, in a now-settled lawsuit brought by the U.S. Virgin...
Mexican president dismisses report of possible U.S. military mission inside Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that unilateral U.S. military action inside Mexico “won’t happen,” even as the U.S. has ramped up its military efforts, including fatal strikes, in Latin America in recent months. Sheinbaum’s comments came in response to questions about an NBC News report...
Serbia debates plan to speed up Jared Kushner’s luxury compound
BELGRADE — Serbia’s parliament began to debate on Tuesday a plan that would fast-track the development of a luxury compound in Belgrade proposed by the investment company of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The Serbian authorities and Kushner’s U.S.-based Affinity Global Development signed a 99-year lease deal in May...
EU says it could admit new members by 2030, praises Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Tuesday that the EU could welcome new members as early as 2030 as it praised Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova for their progress on reforms needed to join the bloc. The Commission also criticized Serbia for slowing down its reform process. It accused...
Hamas says body of Israeli soldier hostage found in Gaza, will be handed over
CAIRO — The armed wing of Hamas said on Tuesday it had found the body of an Israeli soldier who had been held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza, and that it would hand over the body at 8 p.m. Hamas said the body was found in Shejaia, an eastern...
China, Russia vow joint response to ‘unilateral’ sanctions during Russian PM visit
BEIJING — China and Russia pledged a joint response to unilateral sanctions during a visit by Russia’s Prime Minister, as Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to advancing ties with Moscow despite “turbulent” external conditions. “Both sides will make every necessary effort to carry out mutual assistance and cooperation...
UN secretary-general says Sudan’s war is ‘spiraling out of control’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Nations secretary-general warned Tuesday that the war in Sudan is “spiraling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the besieged and famine-stricken Darfur city of el-Fasher. Speaking in Qatar, Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict that’s become...
Rescuers in Nepal search for climbers’ bodies in an avalanche
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers dug through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal on Tuesday to look for the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche, officials said. The avalanche pounded the base camp at Mount Yalung Ri, located at 16,000 feet, on Monday morning. Snowstorms...
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said...
Trial starts for assault case against D.C. man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video
WASHINGTON — Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington, D.C., residents that Dunn simply broke the law. That...
