The Trump administration’s order to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams has prompted upheaval and resignations inside the Justice Department and calls for the mayor to quit or be removed. The Trump administration’s order to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams has prompted upheaval and resignations inside the Justice Department and calls for the mayor to quit or be removed. LiveUpdated Feb. 14, 2025, 4:32 p.m. ET Live Updates: Bondi Praises Adams on Immigration and Says Case Will Soon Be Dismissed The Trump administration’s order to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams has prompted upheaval…
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Sierra Hastings stood at a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources bird-banding site, cradling a small gray-crowned rosy finch in her hands. After a nearly four-hour journey to Vernal from the Salt Lake Valley, this was the moment she had been waiting for. Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior and how to protect it in harsh mountain environments. Sierra Hastings stood at a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources bird-banding site, cradling a small gray-crowned rosy finch in her hands. After a nearly four-hour journey to Vernal from the Salt Lake Valley,…
More states are lining up in an attempt to enshrine state protections for same-sex marriage in their constitutions as some conservatives target it.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services oversee coverage for 160 million.
A judge says she will continue to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems while she decides whether to issue a preliminary injunction.
More states are lining up in an attempt to enshrine state protections for same-sex marriage in their constitutions as some conservatives target it.
LOS ANGELES — The unbeaten streak is over for UCLA. The top-ranked Bruins lost 71-60 to sixth-ranked USC and JuJu Watkins on Thursday night, ending their school-record run of 23 consecutive victories to open the season. They were the nation’s last undefeated women’s team. Their roll included taking down then-No. 1 South Carolina at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 24, which began the Bruins’ stretch of 12 straight weeks atop the AP Top 25. “It sucks right now but can’t sit and sulk forever,” a downcast Kiki Rice said. The Bruins (23-1, 11-1 Big Ten) have five games remaining in the…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State women’s volleyball coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley has agreed to a contract extension through the 2030 season two months after leading the Nittany Lions to the national championship and days after completing cancer treatments, the school announced Friday. Schumacher-Cawley became the first female coach to win a national championship in women’s volleyball when her team beat Nebraska and Louisville in the final four. The Nittany Lions finished 35-2. “I am beyond thrilled and deeply honored to be a part of Penn State,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “Representing this incredible University, our storied volleyball program, and the passionate Penn…
Denny Hamlin will try to win his fourth Daytona 500, defending race winner William Byron will go for the repeat and 2024 NASCAR champion Joey Logano also will be among the star drivers in the field for “The Great American Race” on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin would become just the third driver with at least four Daytona 500 victories, while Byron is trying to become the first repeat winner since Hamlin pulled it off in 2019-20. They’re part of a field that includes NASCAR’s most popular driver, Chase Elliott, who won the exhibition Clash and will try to…
A report of a car theft in Oak Park sparked a police chase through the south suburbs early Friday morning, police said. Oak Park police said at about 1 a.m., a woman reported her vehicle was taken by her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, a 25-year-old man identified as Thomas Kozie. Police said Kozie was in phone contact with the woman’s daughter and agreed to come back to the home in the 100 block of North Kenilworth to return medication belonging to the woman. While her daughter was getting the medication from Kozie, he pulled her into the vehicle and drove off east…
TAMPA, Fla. — Marcus Stroman reported to New York Yankees spring training on Friday after missing the first two days of workouts and said he will refuse to pitch out of the bullpen. “I won’t pitch in the bullpen. I’m a starter,” he said, repeating ”I’m a starter” seven times in a 13-second span. Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt are the Yankees’ top five starters, and a bullpen role for Stroman appears possible if he isn’t traded and the others don’t get hurt. “We’re building him up to be a starting pitcher and that’s…
A young boy was killed and three others injured, including two Chicago firefighters in a fast-moving blaze that heavily damaged an apartment building in the city’s West Ridge neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side, officials said. According to Chicago Fire Department officials, fire crews were called to the blaze in the multi-story brick apartment building in the 2700 block of West Granville Avenue just after 11 a.m. Arriving crews quickly raised the still-and-box alarm to a 2-11 alarm, which summons additional manpower and firefighter equipment to the scene. The building had between 12 and 15 units, authorities said. Two of…
Skokie residents who live near Church Street and McCormick Boulevard got a rude awakening Friday morning after a broken water main flooded the areas of the neighborhood and the cold turned much of it to ice. Skokie and Evanston officials issued a boil order for drinking water and closed down streets while some schools switched to e-learning. Skokie officials said the flooding was caused by a burst water main at East Prairie Road and Emerson Street. Both Skokie and Evanston sent out communications instructing residents to boil any water used for drinking for at least five minutes, then let it…
A look inside 2025 Chicago Cubs spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. Get more news from Cubs camp here — and sign up for our Cubs Insider newsletter here. Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga walk near a practice field on the first day of full-squad workouts during spring training at Sloan Park Friday Feb. 14, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs infielder Matt Shaw runs drills on a practice field on the first day of full-squad workouts during spring training at Sloan Park Friday Feb. 14, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz.…
Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly all probationary employees, according to an audio recording of a National Institutes of Health department meeting. In that meeting, an NIH office director told employees that some probationary staff with specialized skills might be spared. Probationary staff being terminated would receive an email Friday afternoon, according to audio shared with The Associated Press. Among those being cut are nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system, after Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team. The audit will also review the past two years of the system’s transactions as it relates to Musk’s assertion of “alleged fraudulent payments,” according to a letter from Loren J. Sciurba, Treasury’s deputy inspector general, that was obtained by The Associated Press. The audit marks part of the broader effort led by Democratic…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services oversee coverage for 160 million.
Denny Hamlin will try to win his fourth Daytona 500, defending race winner William Byron will go for the repeat and 2024 NASCAR champion Joey Logano also will be among the star drivers in the field for “The Great American Race” on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin would become just the third driver with at least four Daytona 500 victories, while Byron is trying to become the first repeat winner since Hamlin pulled it off in 2019-20. They’re part of a field that includes NASCAR’s most popular driver, Chase Elliott, who won the exhibition Clash and will try to…
A loving moment between a mother polar bear and a cub was captured on video at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada.
A loving moment between a mother polar bear and a cub was captured on video at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada.