President Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday — appearing to fall a bit short of an earlier claim. After it launched in December, Lutnick said that […]
Amnesty International and dozens of U.S. civil and human rights groups issued a “ World Cup travel advisory” Thursday, warning tournament visitors of “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence” in the United States during President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement. The groups said the advisory was necessary “in light of the deteriorating human rights situation in […]
Virginia’s redistricting referendum, which could net Democrats a 10-1 House seat advantage, is spurring Republican legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost the state Democratic voters. Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick said Thursday he introduced the Make DC Square Again Act, a bill that would undo the 19th century return of […]
OFF THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND (AP) — Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Three professors at Atlanta’s Emory University filed a lawsuit Thursday over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over the Israel-Hamas war, saying the university broke its own free speech policies when it called in police and state troopers to aggressively disband the protest, making 28 arrests. “The judicial system would find […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Havana will not abide by any American “ultimatums” to release political prisoners as part of new talks, a Cuban diplomat said Thursday, while asserting that leaders are “preparing for all scenarios” if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on threats to intervene in the island nation. In an interview with The […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all, an announcement coming days after Gov. Andy Beshear questioned decision-making at the school that included Barnhart’s move. Barnhart and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued statements Thursday confirming Barnhart wouldn’t become the […]
A couple from Utah face parental kidnapping charges after federal authorities said they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba in the midst of a complicated custody fight involving the child’s gender identity. The child was returned to their biological mother this week when President Donald Trump’s administration took the unusual step of sending a government […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The governor of Louisiana said there’s an “active shooter scene” Thursday at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. “I am in coordination with law enforcement and we will update as we know more. Please avoid the area,” Gov. Jeff Landry said on social media. Landry said he and his […]
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release from immigration custody of the family of a man charged in a fatal 2025 firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, against demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages in Gaza. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in San Antonio said Hayam El Gamal and her five children can be released from a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Chinese nationals face charges in the U.S. that they managed a sprawling compound in Myanmar where authorities say workers were forced to participate in cryptocurrency investment fraud scams, according to court records unsealed Thursday in Washington, D.C. A complaint filed in federal court charges the suspects — Huang Xing Shan and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada jet last month on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing both pilots, heard an air traffic controller warn “stop, stop, stop” but didn’t know who it was for, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has reclassified medical marijuana, which is already licensed in most states, as a less dangerous drug. The order signed Thursday by the nation’s acting attorney general is a first step toward broader federal acceptance of one of the nation’s most commonly used drugs. The action could facilitate new research on medicinal […]
After a school bus rolled on a West Virginia highway two years ago, forcing one boy to have his leg amputated and seriously injuring two other children aboard, police quickly discovered the driver was drunk. But the National Transportation Safety Board then discovered something even more troubling: School bus drivers driving impaired was not an […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to attack members of a Texas synagogue designed to “kill as many Jews as possible by driving through a congregation,” according to court documents. Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, was being held Thursday in the Davidson County jail […]
DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan was cleared of liability Thursday in a disastrous 2020 dam failure that flooded communities, destroyed more than 100 homes and drained a popular lake. Court of Claims Judge James Redford acknowledged the “real and lasting damages” of the Edenville Dam failure. But he said days of relentless rain […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center this week was met with much outrage but little surprise from civil rights leaders, who have for more than a year prepared for heightened legal scrutiny from the Trump administration, and how to mount a coordinated response. In rounds of calls immediately following […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s treasurer refused Thursday to approve payments for more than $1 million in security systems and other upgrades to the private home of Gov. Josh Shapiro, changes that were made after an intruder set fire to the state-owned governor’s residence last year in an attempt to kill the Democrat. The treasurer, […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House’s signature most-favored-nation drug pricing initiative. The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of current and future drugs on Medicaid and selling a cholesterol drug called Praluent for $225 on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog said Thursday that it is reviewing the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
NEW YORK (AP) — The seeming incongruity of President Donald Trump’s expected attendance at an event that honors the press has brought renewed scrutiny to the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner, a fixture on Washington’s spring social calendar that is scheduled for this weekend. Between berating individual reporters, fighting organizations like The New York […]
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities said Thursday that they arrested nearly two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia during an early morning crackdown across Southern California. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the operation was ongoing, with search and arrest warrants being executed mostly in Orange County, south of Los Angeles. Officials […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two 27-year-old University of South Florida doctoral students have been missing for a week, and authorities have asked for any assistance in locating them. Both Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, a couple from Bangladesh, were last seen on April 16 at the campus in Tampa, Florida, according to a statement from […]
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of planning a mass shooting at a large New Orleans festival was arrested at a Florida hotel with a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The event was not named, but the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, commonly known as JazzFest, runs from Thursday […]
