By ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina's largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations. "Americans should be able to live without fear of ...
By ED WHITE Associated Press U.S. immigration agents are targeting Charlotte, North Carolina, despite objections from local leaders, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable residents. President Donald Trump's administration ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died of an infection Friday at a hospital in San Francisco, said Sandy Ho, a close friend who has been in touch with Wong's family. Ho called ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river doused Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfire. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles and Oxnard reported ...
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press A wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. capsized in stormy seas near San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard said Saturday. The U.S. Border Patrol found the vessel in the surf off ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information. The laws are the most ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JEFF AMY Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When President Donald Trump addressed Congress earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there holding an American flag and wearing a red baseball cap that said "Trump was right about everything." After ...
ROSHARON, Texas (AP) — Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley was arrested and charged with felony assault in what police in Texas called a "family violence" incident. Beverley, 37, was arrested early Friday at a home in Rosharon, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said. Bail was set at ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59. His record label said Saturday in a statement posted to his social media accounts that Snider died ...
JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu. Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs. The ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — A Texas trooper who had an altercation with South Carolina's Nyck Harbor after his touchdown on Saturday was sent home from the game, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Harbor scored on an 80-yard ...
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A former Federal Reserve governor who retired in August listed several stock trades in her financial disclosure documents for 2024 that violated the central bank's ethics rules. The transactions are outlined in a report released Saturday by the U.S. Office ...
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he first came to the United States after escaping civil war in Sierra Leone and spending almost a decade in a refugee camp, Dauda Sesay had no idea he could become a citizen. But he was told that if he followed the rules and stayed ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she ...
JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu. Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs. The ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A district attorney based in Salt Lake City is declining to file charges against the founder of an anti-child-trafficking organization — made famous by the 2023 movie "Sound of Freedom" — in the wake of sexual assault claims by several women in lawsuits. Salt Lake ...
DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged six more people with a new terrorism-related charge in the July shooting outside an immigration detention center near Dallas, and said six others are scheduled to enter guilty pleas in the case. The latest indictment in the case, issued ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man has been arrested after federal officials alleged that he destroyed property while trying to confront New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, Alina Habba. Keith Michael Lisa, 51, has been arrested, FBI spokesperson Emily Molinari confirmed Saturday. Molinari did not ...
By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit two groups particularly hard for months to come: federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent. Thousands of ...
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 ...