Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday called for the United States to “dramatically increase” aid to Gaza as he joins a national conversation about the deepening humanitarian crisis there as the death toll of Palestinians waiting for food and other aid grows.

“I think it is fair to say that I’m both praying for the return of the hostages and ...Read more

DENVER — Three wildfires that started over the weekend on Colorado’s Western Slope have consumed more than 21,000 acres and destroyed at least three buildings, according to fire officials.

All three lightning-sparked fires are burning near Meeker, a town in Rio Blanco County that sits about 70 miles northwest of Glenwood Springs and 40 ...Read more

NEW YORK — A second person has died and 58 others have fallen ill amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease wreaking havoc in the Harlem area, New York City health officials announced.

It marks an increase from previous figures released by the New York City Health Department on Thursday, when there was a total of 22 reported cases and a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Women who allege Jeffrey Epstein abused them have accused the Trump administration, in new court filings, of trying to protect enablers of the well-connected wealth manager and criticized the government for treating victims as pawns “in political warfare.”

In letters filed late Monday with Manhattan Federal Judge Richard Berman...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Under the governor’s threat of removal, Orange County commissioners on Tuesday ratified an agreement that could allow county jailers to transport immigration detainees to federal detention facilities.

The vote — coming after pleas to resist from dozens of community advocates — was 5-2 with commissioners Nicole Wilson and...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated a plan to grant legal status to undocumented immigrant farmworkers, claiming that foreign-born migrants are “naturally” better suited than “inner city” Americans to menial agricultural jobs.

In what would be a controversial partial break from his hard-line mass deportation plan, Trump said he ...Read more

WASHINGTON — “Give me a break.”

That was the response of a combative President Donald Trump when asked Tuesday morning on CNBC about former federal officials — including his onetime Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao — saying that a Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner would essentially be unable to doctor data to make him look ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The message for the dozens of volunteers who would soon be supporting immigrants at their court hearings was clear.

“We’re not there to obstruct or prevent any arrest,” said the Rev. Hung Nguyen, associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Logan Heights. “We’re there to accompany people.”

The orientation ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased the chances an expected low pressure area off the northeast coast of Florida could develop into a tropical depression or storm while keeping an eye on another Atlantic system plus Tropical Storm Dexter.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, forecasters expect...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A controversial episode of NBC’s “Dateline” about the Bryan Kohberger student murder case, aired just before his planned trial, remains at the center of a court-ordered special investigation into suspected leaks even after the killer pleaded guilty and is serving life in prison.

The defense requested the investigation in ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — While the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature wages “maximum warfare” to carve new GOP House seats for the 2026 election and solidify President Donald Trump’s lock on Congress, significant obstacles impede Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desire to do the same in Florida.

The Texas Legislature met in a special session at ...Read more

Residents of historically redlined communities experience slower response times from emergency medical services, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open.

Redlining refers to the discriminatory practice under which the federal government and banks systematically denied mortgages to Black and Hispanic residents. The practice ...Read more

DENVER — The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by an Aurora police officer as he walked toward the officer after a physical altercation has sued the police officer.

Aurora police Officer Brandon Mills shot and killed Rashaud Johnson, 32, on May 12 in a private parking lot near Denver International Airport, according to ...Read more

The Department of Justice published a new list Tuesday of 'sanctuary' jurisdictions that it claims have policies, laws or regulations that obstruct enforcement of federal immigration laws.

But while the list includes the Trump administration's typical targets — the city of Los Angeles and the state of California — one local area is not on ...Read more

In one of the earliest scenes in the 2019 Netflix docuseries, “Living Undocumented,” produced by actress and singer Selena Gomez, the camera focuses on a young immigrant, Luis Diaz Inestroza, in the country illegally from Honduras and carrying out a wrenching and precarious task.

In the scene, he is driving Noah, the 3-year-old son of his ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Trump administration published a dramatically shortened list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday, winnowing the number of places that the president plans to target for their refusal to help enforce federal immigration laws.

Philadelphia is still on the list.

Hundreds of other cities, counties, and states ...Read more

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants President Donald Trump to commute the prison sentence of her disgraced former colleague George Santos, who’s been locked up less than two weeks.

Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison for committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in April. He checked into New Jersey’s Federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed the Justice Department for files tied to the sex trafficking case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein — a controversy the White House has sought to move on from.

Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., gave Attorney General Pamela Bondi a two-week ...Read more

The Kremlin is weighing options for a concession to U.S. President Donald Trump that could include an air truce with Ukraine to try to head off the threat of secondary sanctions, even as Russia remains determined to continue its war.

Officials recognize that U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia this week offers a late opportunity for ...Read more