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DUBAI – Major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international travel hub, were shut on Saturday after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian missile retaliation rippled through the region, unleashing one of the most severe disruptions to global aviation in years.

Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran’s long-running nuclear dispute with the West.

Another step has been taken in the Trump administration’s efforts to expand offshore drilling in California — but the process is still in its early stages, and it’s not clear if oil companies are interested in building new platforms off the coast of the Golden State. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for sales of ...

Newly unsealed federal indictments level charges against 30 more people involved in an ICE protest at during a St. Paul church service last month and reveal what prosecutors say was a carefully crafted operation that terrorized and physically threatened congregants and pastors. “At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day,” Attorney ...

A 27-year-old man from Guatemala died in South Florida in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement this month, federal authorities said. Jairo Garcia-Hernandez “collapsed unexpectedly” and died on Feb. 16 at Larkin Community Hospital in South Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a press release. The cause of death is under investigation, said ICE, describing ...

WASHINGTON – FedEx was sued in federal court on Friday on behalf of customers seeking refunds from the global shipping company after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this month that President Donald Trump unlawfully imposed billions of dollars in emergency tariffs on imported goods.

BOSTON – The Trump administration scheduled a Friday flight to bring a deported college student back from Honduras after a judge ordered her return, but she declined to board the plane after U.S. authorities said they may detain and deport her again.

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is directing the government to stop work with Anthropic, and the Pentagon said it would declare the startup a supply-chain risk, dealing a major blow to the artificial intelligence lab after a showdown about technology guardrails. 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges against 30 more people involved in an anti-ICE demonstration at a St. Paul church last month. “At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day,” Bondi said on social media. “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and ...

Scouting America, the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, will make several concessions to the Pentagon - including getting rid of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and limiting participation to those joining in their biological gender - to retain its longtime relationship with the U.S. military, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.

The U.S. has told non-emergency staff at its embassy in Jerusalem that they’re allowed to leave Israel, citing heightened safety risks. Other countries including the U.K., China and India have advised citizens or diplomats to leave some parts of the Middle East.

Amid the desperate search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy, sources say the “Today” show host is expected to return to work, though when that will happen is anything but certain.

Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office is leading a large-scale animal cruelty investigation in Delmar after authorities seized more than 100 cats from a residential property on Wednesday morning.

Former President Bill Clinton denied wrongdoing in his relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as House Republicans grilled him about the late financier's fundraising, numerous visits to the White House and pictures in Justice Department files.

Paige Blumer always loved horses. She started taking riding lessons when she was 5, after launching a campaign to convince her parents to sign her up.

The U.S. climate forecasting service will be absorbed into other federal departments as part of a re-organization announced to staff Thursday.