NEW YORK (AP) — The 911 call came in at 6:32 a. m. on Thursday: Two “suspicious” men wearing dark clothing were lingering inside a Columbia University residential building. But when New York Police Department officers were dispatched to the scene, they came across U. S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in the midst of an unusually elaborate operation. According to a statement later released by Columbia, the agents had gained access to the building by posing as police in search...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump ’s push to exert more control over the federal workforce. The union contract for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service was also terminated this week, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not to...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river in Florida and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation, officials said. Drone pilots provided the rescuers with an aerial view, guiding their boat toward the manatees on Wednesday then buzzing overhead to document the animals being pulled from the Orange River near Fort Meyers. Video shared by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office shows the boat carrying Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...