Safiyah Riddle – Page 2

Dr. Zahra Shokri Varniab poses for a photo Friday, May 1, 2026, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

May 8, 2026 at 8:31 a.m.

Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing...

FILE – Hip hop DJ pioneer Afrika Bambaataa speaks at a news conference in New York on Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68

April 10, 2026 at 7:39 a.m.

Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68.

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Pulse nightclub in Orlando is demolished to make way for a memorial to the 2016 mass shooting

March 18, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

Crews began demolishing Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday to make way for a memorial that will pay tribute to the 49 people killed in the attack at the...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Pope Army Airfield, in Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, en route to Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A lawsuit seeks to stop Donald Trump’s overhaul of a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington

February 14, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

Two golfers in Washington, D.C., sued the federal government on Friday to try to prevent the Trump administration from overhauling a more than 100-year-old public golf course.

This combo from images provided by the FBI shows surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)

Video in investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s abduction raises questions about surveillance technology

February 10, 2026 at 8:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s release of video surveillance footage showing an armed, masked person at Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep on the night she was abducted has raised a host of questions about why it...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Appeals court affirms Trump administration policy of jailing immigrants without bond

February 7, 2026 at 6:35 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration can continue to detain immigrants without bond, marking a major legal victory for the federal immigration agenda and countering a slew of recent lower court decisions...

FILE – Taylor Swift, center, watches the teams before the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs with Ice Spice, left, and Blake Lively, right, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift’s texts exposed in lawsuit against Justin Baldoni

January 22, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

A trove of text messages and emails sent by Blake Lively, including exchanges with her longtime friend Taylor Swift, have been made public by actor-director Justin Baldoni's lawyers.

A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

’60 Minutes’ segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online

December 24, 2025 at 6:29 a.m.

A news segment about the Trump administration’s immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from “60 Minutes” was mistakenly aired on a TV app.

An Amtrak Empire Builder train prepares to depart on March 28, 2017, at Union Station in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Amtrak’s 18,000 workers to receive bonuses, funded by executive cuts

December 12, 2025 at 12:44 p.m.

More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Thursday evening.

This photo provided by The Strong National Museum of Play shows Lite-Brite toys created by Burt Meyers part of the museum’s collection sitting in an arrangement at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. (The Strong National Museum of Play via AP)

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

November 26, 2025 at 9:15 a.m.

Burr Ridge resident Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99.

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