At least 5 dead, 100,000+ told to evacuate in Los Angeles wildfires
1 of 13 | One of a thousand structures destroyed by four Southern California wildfires in Los Angeles County is seen in the Eaton Canyon…
Russian-Canadian sentenced for shipping U.S. electronics Russia has used in Ukraine war
A Russian-Canadian man was sentenced to 40 months in prison for illegally shipping electronic components to Russia. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo…
DeSantis proposes NASA headquarters in Florida, lauds new space consortium
1 of 2 | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested moving NASA headquarters to Florida's Brevard County during a memorandum of understanding signing event creating the…
Southern states brace for blast of winter snow, sleet and rain
1 of 2 | Trucks and cars are stuck on Interstate 264 Sunday in Louisville, Ky., during the first winter storm of 2025 with snow,…
Airports serving L.A. affected by southern California fires, heavy winds
Dead palms blow in the wind in the wake of the Palisades wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Wednesday. Photo by Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE Jan. 8…
Justice Department: Merrick Garland will release partial special counsel Trump Jan. 6 report
The Justice Department said Wednesday in a court filing Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the alleged felony…
Officials accuse JetBlue passenger of opening emergency door of plane
A JetBlue passenger allegedly opened the emergency exit door and deployed the slide of a taxiing airplane before leaving Boston's Logan International Airport on Tuesday…
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block hush-money sentencing
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block criminal sentencing in his hush-money case in New York set for…
ADP: December private payroll growth lower than expected at 122,000
Private employers added 122,000 seasonally adjusted U.S. jobs in December, according to a Wednesday report from payroll company ADP. Dow Jones economists expected 136,000. File…
Biden administration expands cancer coverage for vets exposed to burn pits
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that Veterans Affairs more cancers have been added to the list of those presumed related to veterans affected by…
U.S. seizes luxury Miami condos linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the seizure of two Miami condos tied to sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Perevalov. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI |…
U.S. declares Sudan’s paramilitary and proxy forces are committing genocide
Sudanese people sit on a bus as they traverse the Nile River on a ferry after crossing the border from Sudan, in Abu Simbel, southern…
Trump threatens sovereignty of Panama, Denmark, Canada
U.S. President Donald J. Trump (R) meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.,…
Palisades Fire, windstorm force mass evacuations as Los Angeles declares state of emergency
1 of 5 | Multiple homes burn Tuesday in Pacific Palisades, California. According to the National Weather Service, large portions of the Los Angeles area…
CBP seizes $30K in counterfeit Tiffany jewelry in New York
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Champlain, N.Y., seized several shipments of counterfeit jewelry containing fake Tiffany & Company branding throughout December and the…
U.S. sanctions key ally of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban for alleged corruption
1 of 2 | On Tuesday, the United States unrolled a series of financial sanctions under the Global Magnitsky program on senior Hungarian government official…
U.S. district judge blocks special counsel’s report on Trump investigation for 3 days
1 of 2 | A U.S. district judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the release of a report of the investigation into President-elect Donald Trump (pictured…
CFPB announces final rule to remove medical bills from credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday announced a final rule to remove medical bills from credit reports. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo…
Biden to name two new national monuments in California
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation naming two new national monuments in California, protecting 848,000 acres of land the White House says…
Opinion: Trump wants to rekindle his Kim Jong Un bromance, but North Korea has other suitors now
To say that President-elect Donald Trump has a lot of plans for his second term would be a gross understatement. He has vowed to implement…