NEW YORK — A relative of the family of six tourists killed in the doomed helicopter crash in the Hudson River laid flowers at the crash site Saturday as he went about the grisly task of bringing their bodies back to Spain to be buried.

“They left together. They left without suffering and they left with a smile on their faces,” Joan ...Read more

President Donald Trump and his family have taken a interest in just about every corner of the crypto industry.

There are nonfungible tokens and digital collectibles; a decentralized finance project; a proposed stablecoin; an effort at Bitcoin mining; and a pair of memecoins, one for the president and one for first lady Melania Trump.

Taken ...Read more

NEW YORK — The pilot of the doomed tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was remembered as a driven Navy veteran who died “doing what he loved,” friends and loved ones said Saturday.

“Flying wasn’t just his passion — it was his purpose. He found pure joy in the skies, and it was there that he felt most alive,” Tara...Read more

DENVER — A male gray wolf collared by Colorado Parks and Wildlife was reported dead in Wyoming this week, according to the agency, which did not comment on the circumstances of the animal’s death.

The wolf was one of 15 relocated from Canada to Colorado in January and is the second of that group to die recently in Wyoming. Four weeks ago, ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The three people who died after a Cessna 310R crashed and burned in Boca Raton on Friday morning as it tried to return to the airport have been identified as a teenage girl, her father and her grandfather, all from Palm Beach County.

The small plane, built in 1977, took off from the Boca airport just after 10 a.m. and ...Read more

Iran said the first formal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over its nuclear program were “constructive,” and the two sides said they’ll meet again in a week.

The two sides discussed Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions “in a constructive atmosphere and with mutual respect,” the Iranian ...Read more

Harvard University’s professors sued the Trump administration on Friday over its threat to scrutinize billions of dollars of federal funding.

The lawsuit, filed by Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, accuses the administration of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to “coerce universities into ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, a trickle of visitors traversed the sidewalks of star-studded Hollywood Boulevard, which is usually bustling this time of year with families and students on spring break trips. Parked open-air tour buses and vans were largely empty.

But Jose Ayon, manager at La La Land, a souvenir and gift shop, was not surprised. ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the country will continue boycotting group of 20 meetings in South Africa, repeating unsubstantiated claims that white farmers are being killed and their land confiscated.

“How could we be expected to go to South Africa for the very important G20 Meeting when Land Confiscation and Genocide is the primary ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, representing a major reprieve for global technology manufacturers including Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. even if it proves a temporary one.

The exclusions, published late Friday by U.S. Customs and Border ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, representing a major reprieve for global technology manufacturers including Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. even if it proves a temporary one.

The exclusions, published late Friday by U.S. Customs and Border ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this week put an important check on President Donald Trump's power to arrest and quickly deport people who are alleged to be members of a foreign crime gang.

Those who face deportation "are entitled to notice and opportunity to challenge their removal" before a federal judge, the court said. They must be given "...Read more

Iran said the first formal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over its nuclear program were “constructive” with both sides agreeing to meet again next week.

The two sides discussed Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions “in a constructive atmosphere and with mutual respect,” the Iranian foreign ...Read more

ATLANTA — The first trial in hundreds of Georgia lawsuits alleging people were injured by exposure to a chemical used to sterilize medical products is due to start Monday in Gwinnett County.

Retired truck driver Gary Walker, 75, claims his decades of exposure to ethylene oxide at and around a sterilization facility in Covington caused him to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Just weeks after the deadly Eaton fire ignited near three Southern California Edison transmission towers, the utility quietly changed an internal policy on how crews should ground idle electrical pylons.

The change attracted little attention at the time — due mostly to the fact that early suspicion about the cause of the blaze...Read more

Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.

The world’s largest online retailer tested a program, called Project Pulse, as a pilot in Amsterdam in November 2023, and expanded it to London and Bologna, Italy, according to...Read more

CHICAGO — It was a typical Thursday night for the financial analyst, who was watching “Lord of the Rings” when he got the email with the subject line “visa revoked.” At first, the University of Illinois Chicago grad from India thought it was a joke — just a scam email from some Indian website trying to mess with him.

But then he ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a directive expanding military control over federal lands near the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his efforts to crack down on undocumented migration.

In a memorandum released on Friday evening, Trump ordered several Cabinet secretaries to give the Defense Department jurisdiction over federal...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An L.A. County judge denied District Attorney Nathan Hochman’s bid Friday to revoke a petition to resentence the Menendez brothers that was filed by his predecessor, setting the stage for a hearing that could offer the brothers a path to freedom next week.

Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic denied Hochman’s request after a ...Read more