All Americans should be worried with Noem in charge of DHS Thank you for finding the eminently qualified William Bedsworth to educate us in his commentary on abuses of the Fourth Amendment by ICE agents, who have been breaking into homes of citizens and non-citizens alike in their unrestrained quest to bully anyone they please.…
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By ADRIAN SAINZ MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still…
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By JACK DURA Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, have been released following a judge’s order. They have returned to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro. The boy and his dad, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally…
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By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on…
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By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on recent nationwide protests. The comments from the…
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By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement…
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By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sunday’s Grammys mark a return to normalcy after the 2025 show was altered to focus on Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts. “I think we will see some history-making moments,” Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr. told The Associated Press. “With artists being nominated in categories they haven’t been previously…
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The snow-covered slopes near Grenoble, France, have always held a special place in Olympic history. It was there at the 1968 Olympic Games that France’s Jean-Claude Killy swept all three Alpine skiing gold medals then available, becoming, along with American figure skater Peggy Fleming, the first Winter Olympic superstar of the TV era. Yet when…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, February 1, 2026. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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This is a follow-up to the column published Jan. 18, 2026; that piece was about making the decision whether to age in place or move to an assisted living residence. In it, I quoted Sara Zeff Geber, who said, rather than aging in place, the real issue is to “age in the right place.” After…
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