ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects, report finds

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely ...

US cybersecurity agency releases election infrastructure plan 40 days before midterms

The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems ...

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta’s zoo

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as ...

NATO chief calls for calm as intel agency warns Russia may ramp up hybrid attacks

NATO is capable of handling sabotage and drone incidents in Europe and has good action plans in place to deal with them, the alliance’s secretary general said Thursday as a ...

Weekend events canceled due to impending storm

Saturday’s Turkish Airlines Finals and Sunday’s All Charity Day have both been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3. Newport Polo said all tickets are valid for the new date and the regular gameday ...

Rights group says some people it classified as journalists killed in Gaza were militants

The Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or ...

Senate to vote on resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms

Increasingly anxious about the Iran war, senators are set to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump ‘s military action, which has ...

Palestinian president, again denied a visa to speak at UN, addresses leaders on prerecorded video

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his ...

Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico’s coast from offshore as Nolo nears Hawaii

Powerful Hurricane Polo sent bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday as a growing Tropical Storm Nolo approached Hawaii with the potential for ...

Driver dead after fiery crash in Easton

EASTON, Mass. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway into a deadly head-on crash in Easton, the Bristol County District ...

US stocks slip after the bond market keeps up the pressure and oil prices rise

Asian shares were trading mixed in early Thursday trading, as investors tried to digest the recent swings in oil prices and the U.S. bond market. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 ...

8 sailors in USS Lincoln group attempted suicide on extended deployment, Navy leader says

Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the ...