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Transgender medical treatment for children and teens is increasingly under attack in many states, labeled child abuse and subject to criminalizing bans. But it has been available in the United States for more than a decade and is endorsed by major medical associations. Many clinics use...

Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which levels out...

Officers in Miami-Dade County have arrested a man in connection to a murder that took place over a year ago. According to Miami Gardens police, 27-year-old James Hardwick has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The arrest is for the shooting death of...

Four years after university students led protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his government is minimizing chances of a reoccurrence by seizing a dozen private universities and closing them or shifting control to the state. A generation of students who participated in the April...

The Biden administration is making it easier for refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine to come to the United States from Europe while trying to shut down an informal route through northern Mexico that has emerged in recent weeks. A program announced Thursday will streamline refugee...

Ford is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail. The recall covers certain F-150 pickups, and Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from the 2020 and 2021 model years. Also included are F-250, 350, 450 and 550...

Police arrested a man in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood for allegedly groping a woman as she walked by. According to a police report, 43-year-old Emmanuel Bradley was identified by a woman who said he grabbed her buttocks as she was walking down the sidewalk. It happened on Tuesday at...

Just days before France's crucial presidential runoff vote, the center-left leaders of Germany, Spain and Portugal urged French voters Thursday to choose centrist President Emmanuel Macron over far-right nationalist rival Marine Le Pen. And in another sign of the wide international influence...

Union Pacific hauled in 22% more profit during the first quarter because it charged more and delivered 4% more shipments even as it struggled to clear up congestion along its rail network. The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad said Thursday it earned $1.6 billion, or $2.57 per share, in the quarter...

Miami police are searching for a 78-year-old woman who they said suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. According to police, Bernadette Joseph was last seen around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the Upper Eastside area of the City of Miami. She was wearing a floral, long-sleeve dress. Joseph is described by...

President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a White House official. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said...

The United States will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Ukraine to help it sustain salaries, pensions and other government programs, a Treasury official said, while the beleaguered country fends off Russia's invasion. The official was not authorized to speak...

American Airlines lost $1.64 billion in the first quarter, a wider loss than a year ago, but said Thursday that it expects to turn profitable in the spring as travel demand strengthens. The airline’s shares soared more than 10% higher in early trading before the market opened. Air travel was...

Viola Davis' latest honor is not for her acting, but for her writing. The Oscar winner's upcoming memoir, “Finding Me,” is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick. “Finding Me,” which comes out next Tuesday, traces Davis' journey from what she has called a “crumbling apartment in Central Falls...

The Federal Aviation Administration says it's reviewing an apparent communications breakdown that led police to think an aircraft carrying military parachutists for a baseball stadium stunt was "a probable threat,” prompting an alert and urgent evacuation of the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Capitol...

Miami Gardens police are investigating a possible shooting that led to a crash. The incident happened early Thursday morning at a 7-Eleven gas station in the area of Northwest 199th Street and Second Avenue. A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as a car with front-end damage was propped up...

A Florida man has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison followed by a year of home confinement for his part in a scheme to smuggle illegally harvested Florida turtles to China, Japan and other places. Court records show 55-year-old Michael Van Nostrand was sentenced Tuesday in Miami...

British lawmakers looked likely Thursday to order an investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly lying about whether he broke coronavirus restrictions by attending illegal gatherings during the pandemic. The opposition Labour Party has called a House of Commons vote that, if...

Europe is struggling to find ways to stop paying Russia $850 million a day for energy and hit the Kremlin's finances over its invasion of Ukraine. Leaders of the 27-member European Union are finding that reversing decades of dependence on Russian oil and natural gas is not a simple matter. The...

Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured Thursday morning. The shooting occurred around 3:45 a.m. in the area of Northwest Seventh Street and 13th Terrace. Sources told Local 10 News that an Uber driver had been carjacked and shot, but authorities have not...