A tropical depression formed off the Gulf Coast of Florida on July 19 and could soon strengthen into a tropical storm.

A tropical depression is drifting erratically in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to gradually strengthen into a tropical storm that could threaten several states later this week

Most of the system's rain would remain offshore over the Gulf of Mexico. Still, several inches of rain are likely along much of the central Gulf Coast.

Tropical Depression Two is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Bertha. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for parts of the Florida coast. The system is currently moving slowly alongside the Florida coast.

A former Army soldier carrying an anti-ICE sign started a fire and shot a pellet gun outside a Manhattan federal office building on Monday morning, injuring three people before being subdued by security officials.

Andrew Arrabaca, who was a mechanic on Patriot missile systems, is accused of setting off fireworks and lighting a fire Monday morning in front of the Javits Federal Building in New York.

The FBI says a person set off fireworks and started a fire on the outside a New York building housing an immigration court and other federal offices before being taken into custody at the scene.

Fox News’ Nate Foy joins ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to report the latest after the suspect was arrested for allegedly setting off an incendiary device outside a New York federal building.

The FDA initially said a Taylor Farms lettuce sample tested positive for cyclospora, the parasite that causes the illness cyclosporiasis.

The ⁠U.S. Food ⁠and Drug ​Administration said on ‌Saturday a ‌sample ⁠of ⁠shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by ​Taylor Farms has tested ​positive for cyclospora. Taylor Farms ⁠has ⁠confirmed that ⁠this product ​is not part ​of ⁠its current recall,

Officials are continuing to investigate a cyclosporiasis outbreak after a sample of iceberg lettuce was found to be a false positive. See latest.

The FDA said laboratory experts rechecked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms and concluded the finding should be considered a false positive.

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, their lawyer told a U.S. magistrate in Miami on Monday after the brothers were were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges.

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Monday after they were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom.

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami after U.K. prosecutors brought further rape, sex trafficking, and other charges against them.

The brothers face new charges related to rape, indecent images of a child and extreme pornography, among others.

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order request by a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, to freeze the deal

A judge is pausing Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger as a California-led antitrust lawsuit moves forward.

A judge has put Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal on ice for now, pending an antitrust hearing later this month.

A federal court issued a 14-day restraining order, siding with states that argue the massive media merger violates antitrust laws.

The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times. The same regions that have been choked with wildfire smoke since the middle of last week are now bracing for severe thunderstorms.

President Donald Trump is threatening to charge tariffs to Canada over record levels of hazardous air drifting into the U.S. from hundreds of wildfires burning in the north. "The United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy,

President Trump is indicating that he may punish Canada over wildfire smoke that’s drifted into the U.S. further inflaming tensions.

Washington DC's air quality plummeted last week as smoke from Canadian wildfires traveled southeast, pushing the District to Code Red and Code Purple.