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Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member Ja ...
Activist arrested for vandalism after painting Los Angeles crosswalk deemed unsafe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frustrated by the city’s slow progress in painting crosswalks at intersections they believe are unsafe, activists in Los Angeles have been picking up paint rollers and doing it themselves. Now one of them has been arrested on a vandalism charge. In a video posted online, Jonathan ...
European leaders agree to fund Ukraine for 2 years but using Russian assets poses a major test
BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, European Union leaders have committed to funding Kyiv’s economic and military needs for the next two years, one way or another. Ukraine is desperate and needs the money by early 2026. At a summit next week, the 27 EU leaders ...
Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to publicly release grand jury transcripts and other material from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime confida ...
Why Japan has issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country's north
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu, and just south of the northern island of Hokkaido. Damage from this quake was modest — 34 mostly mild injuries ...
Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country. “Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. ...
Cambodia vows fierce fight against Thailand in escalating border conflict
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Cambodia’s powerful Senate President Hun Sen on Tuesday vowed a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between the Southeast Asian neighbors drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas. Fighting broke out following a skirmish on S ...
Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month. The directive against the Council on American-Islamic Relations comes in an executive order DeSanti ...
Where Trump Claims to Have Brought Peace, Conflicts Continue
The self-styled “President of Peace” touts ending conflicts around the world. Renewed fighting in Cambodia is just the latest example of how many actually remain unresolved. ...
Why Mike Johnson Is Miserable and House Republicans Are Furious
Speaker Mike Johnson is losing control of the House Republican Caucus ...
A'ja Wilson Is TIME's Athlete of the Year
Her fourth MVP award. Her third WNBA title. It was a very good year ...
U.S. Shows Signs of ‘Rapid Authoritarian Shift,’ Report Warns
Civic freedoms in the U.S. have declined following President Trump's return to office, the report from CIVICUS found. ...
Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned Monday as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully. In a statement posted on social media, Habba assailed the court’s ruling as political ...
Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody while she fights potential deportation, an immigration judge ruled Monday. Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resid ...
Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
NEW YORK (AP) — Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear. The discovery, recounted in court Monday as Mangione fights to keep evidence out of his New York murder case, ...
Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a tsunami
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) in Pacific coast communities, officials said. The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and lat ...
Pakistan's top general calls on Afghanistan to pick between ties with Islamabad or Pakistani Taliban
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s newly appointed armed forces chief called on Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Monday to choose between maintaining ties with Islamabad or supporting the Pakistani Taliban, the militant group blamed for a surge in deadly attacks in recent years. Gen. Asim Munir made his ...
EU leader warns of US interference in Europe's affairs as Russia praises Trump's security vision
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official on Monday warned the United States against interfering in Europe’s affairs and said only European citizens can decide which parties should govern them. European Council President António Costa’s remarks came in reaction to the Trump administration’s new ...
A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the US, Iran says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A second flight carrying Iranians deported from the United States has left America, Iranian officials said, as Washington reportedly planned to send hundreds of prisoners back to the Islamic Republic. The deportations come as tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S. after ...
What to know about changes to Disney parks' disability policies
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder proposal that seek to expand eligibility. The battle over ...