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CHICAGO — As Sharon Brown, 60, walked along the Jackson Park pathways, she paused to pick up an old chip bag from the ground. After dropping it into her trash bag, she looked up. In the distance, she could see the new ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department said a protester was arrested after spraying a chemical agent on two officers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

The department said on X ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening after an incident led to a security response and reports that gunshots were fired.

A Los ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida bill meant to protect the state from China and other foreign enemies is backed by right-wing, dark money groups and could endanger some student exchange programs and sister-city initiatives,...Read more

Two San Diego men have been sentenced for smuggling vulnerable birds into the United States, with one heading to prison and the other getting hit with thousands in fines.

Ricardo Alonzo was sentenced to three months in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tornadoes aren't completely out of the question in California's Central Valley. Over the last century, the region has had scores of them.

But this week, as several thunderstorms moved through, the region ...Read more

CHICAGO — One Chicago police officer was killed and another critically injured after they were shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital Saturday morning by a man they brought in for treatment at the emergency room, ...Read more

U.S. naval forces intercepted a sanctioned vessel in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of Iranian energy exports, according to U.S. Central Command.

The M/V Sevan was among 19 �...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Dirk Kempthorne, the charismatic former Idaho governor who went on to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, died Friday night of complications from late-stage cancer. He was 74.

Kempthorne, who also ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World will not open following dozens of animal deaths, conservation groups said late Friday, as its 13 remaining sloths were placed in the care of ...Read more

Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he had information that wealthy figures linked to Viktor Orban’s outgoing government were moving assets abroad and called on authorities to detain fleeing “oligarch�...Read more

U.S. officials reversed themselves and will now allow Nicolás Maduro and his wife to pay lawyers with Venezuelan funds as they defend themselves in the drug-trafficking case against them in New York.

The reversal clears ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s time in Congress was nearing an end, she depleted almost all her campaign cash — to pay legal fees to her criminal defense attorney.

Combined with anemic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s renewed pledge to support the U.S. crypto industry’s growth fell short of rekindling appetite for his own memecoin, with $TRUMP falling 14% on Saturday even as the president addressed some...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A teenager killed in a drive-by shooting in Santa Ana is one of several cases Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping to crack with a newly announced slate of $50,000 rewards.

It's been almost seven years since ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Two-term Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar hasn't filed a complete campaign finance report that discloses the value of his congressional campaign's crypto investments covering the first three months of the ...Read more

Prediction markets have quickly grown from a niche corner of finance to a multibillion-dollar industry with big Wall Street investment, but a growing list of insider trading allegations is bringing concerns about the ...Read more

Megan Thee Stallion has split from Klay Thompson after hinting he had been unfaithful to her.

The 31-year-old singer had been dating the NBA star for just under a year but she has confirmed they have gone their separate ...Read more

One of Michael Jackson's abuse accusers has warned the late singer's new biopic is "triggering" for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

James Safechuck - who claimed in 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland that he was ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jack Bass, journalist, historian and professor, whose work chronicled South Carolina’s civil rights era and the state’s transformation from a Democratic Party segregationist enclave to a hard-right ...Read more