The task force aims to prepare for potential military or covert actions, such as influence operations, against the Cuban regime.

The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.

Several central Ohio law enforcement agencies and prosecutors are teaming up to crack down on organized retail crimes, which leaders say cost Ohio businesses up to $3 billion each year. Leaders announced the Fraud & Organized Retail Crime Engagement (FORCE) task force on Thursday.

The Fraud & Organized Retail Crime Engagement Task Force was created following the passage of House Bill 366, known as the FORCE Act.

Key agencies do not require nonfederal officers to finish mandated training before task force duties, the Government Accountability Office found.

The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.

The fatal shooting of a man in Memphis by an armed Tennessee National Guardsman on Sunday brought shock and concern to some members of the community. Those feelings were still fresh Wednesday when word arrived that another person had been killed by a member of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

State officials are providing an update after Vermont Gov. Phil Scott issued an executive order in May to explore artificial intelligence. The EO created a task force whose charge is to find impacts and opportunities that AI could create in Vermont.

A new central Ohio law enforcement task force is targeting organized retail theft after a state law expanded investigators' ability to pursue theft rings.

Michael Simpson was arrested after allegedly turning off a Brownie diving system, a floating compressor that pumps fresh air to divers.