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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander warns the U.S. his force has its ‘finger on the trigger’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The commander of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, warned that his force is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger,” as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East. Nournews,...
France detains captain of suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker seized in Mediterranean
PARIS — The captain of a tanker intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by the French navy on suspicion of shipping oil in violation of sanctions against Russia was reported Sunday as being held in custody for questioning. The ship’s Indian captain was handed to judicial authorities following the diversion of...
The man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
MINNEAPOLIS — Family members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman...
Gas explosion, fire on top floors of New York City apartment building kills 1, injures 14
A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 12:30 a.m. to the 17-story building in the...
Man shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old man was killed but declined to identify him. He added that information about what...
U.S. envoys meet with Netanyahu, urge Israel to move into the 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
CAIRO — American officials met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, urging Israel to move into the second phase of the ceasefire that stopped the war in Gaza. Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East adviser, according to the...
Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its new trade deal with China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went ahead with its trade deal with China. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to make...
Almost 12,000 flights canceled as major winter storm bears down across much of the US
OKLAHOMA CITY — Nearly 12,000 flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country and threatened to knock out power for days and snarl major roadways with dangerous ice. Roughly 140 million...
Toyota recalls 162,000 trucks over faulty screens
NEW YORK — Toyota announced Friday it would recall about 162,000 pickup trucks in the United States after it was discovered that the vehicles’ multimedia displays could compromise driver safety. The recall affects the company’s model year 2024-25 Tundra and Tundra Hybrid line of trucks. Affected customers are currently being...
Zelenskyy says trilateral talks concluded constructively and more are possible next week
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that two days of trilateral talks with Russia and the United States in Abu Dhabi concluded with “constructive” discussions on “possible parameters for ending the war.” The talks are the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat...
Trump stirs talk of ‘new world order’ as leaders signal shifting global alliances
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gives. And he takes away. Offended by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s increasingly assertive posture toward the U.S., Trump revoked an invitation to join his Board of Peace. Many Western allies are suspicious of the organization, which is chaired by Trump and was initially formed...
Luigi Mangione’s murder trial to start Sept. 8, judge says
NEW YORK — A U.S. judge said the federal murder trial of Luigi Mangione over the killing of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson will start Sept. 8 with jury selection. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Garnett said the timing after jury selection will depend on whether she lets prosecutors...
Ukraine, Russia, U.S. discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region would be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion. The UAE’s foreign ministry said the talks, which commenced Friday and...
What Trump officials and immigration lawyers say about ICE detaining a 5-year-old
MINNEAPOLIS — The detention of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy with his father outside their home in Minnesota has become the latest lightning rod for America’s divisions on immigration under the Trump administration. Versions offered by government officials and the family’s attorney and neighbors offer contradictory versions of whether the parents...
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ cars
DENVER — Immigration agents operating near Vail placed branded ace of spades playing cards — similar to “death cards” left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War — in cars left behind after immigrants’ arrests this week, an advocacy group alleged. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is investigating,...
U.S. carries out 1st known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Friday it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this month. U.S. Southern Command said on social media the boat...
Review confirms journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s 2005 death was a suicide
DENVER — A review of the 2005 shooting death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson has confirmed authorities’ original finding that his death was a suicide, Colorado investigators said Friday. The review by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation was announced in September after Thompson’s wife, Anita Thompson, contacted authorities with “new...
Vance touts Trump administration’s record against abortion at Washington rally
Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration’s accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services. “There is still much road ahead...
Lee, Deluzio oppose funding for ICE
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s two Democratic members of Congress voted against a spending bill that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security, citing its concerns over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. The Republican-controlled House managed to pass the spending bill Thursday despite objections from Democrats, 220 votes to 207. “My...
Icebreakers, the key tech to unlock Greenland, are only made by either U.S. allies or adversaries
BRUSSELS — The cold, hard reality facing any U.S., NATO or European plans for Greenland is the ice. It chokes harbors, entombs minerals and freezes shorelines into minefields of white and blue shards that threaten ships all year. And the only way to break through all that is, well, with...
Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat
ATLANTA — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina. Avery has dealt with...
Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers
SAN DIEGO — Since coming to the United States 30 years ago from Mexico, Fernando Perez said U.S. immigration officers have stopped by his home numerous times, but he has never once answered the door. “There are rules and I know them,” said Perez, speaking in a mix of English...
Canada’s Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump comment that “Canada lives because of the United States” on Thursday by saying Canada thrives because of Canadian values. Carney said Canada can show the world that the future doesn’t have to be autocratic after returning from...
Iranian prosecutor denies Trump’s claim 800 prisoners were spared execution
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there “completely false.” Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,032, activists said. Activists fear...
After 15 days, county medical examiner classifies Renee Good’s death as homicide
More than two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death of Renee Good a homicide. The office released the information on Jan. 22 in a form that was posted to its public data portal. The disclosure...
