More than one-third of American households rely on natural gas stoves to prepare their meals.

Burning natural gas generates carbon dioxide, which is the main driver of climate change. But cooking on gas stoves is also an under-recognized and important source of indoor air pollution. Combustion of natural gas creates nitrogen dioxide ...Read more

It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion.

In the immediate aftermath of the decision, national attention centered on implementation of state bans and a rapidly shifting legal landscape.

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The 2026 primaries are resurfacing controversies about mail-in ballots that were at the heart of election disputes in 2020.

California’s June 2 primary – in which candidates from every party ran together and the top two advanced to the general election – raised eyebrows because of its so-called “red mirage.” A mirage is a ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed proclamations on July 13, 2026, cutting the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90% – meaning nearly 3 million acres will lose monument status and revert to ordinary public lands management in September. The Antiquities Act of 1906 requires presidents to use ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States will collect duties of between 10% and 12.5% on imports from most major trading partners, its biggest move yet to reconstruct President Donald Trump’s tariff wall that was pierced by the Supreme Court.

The new levies follow an investigation into the alleged failure of around 60 economies to prevent forced ...Read more

California and two other states have avoided the harshest water cutbacks the Trump administration could have imposed over the next two years to deal with the deepening crisis on the Colorado River.

The Los Angeles Times has learned that federal officials have agreed with an offer made earlier this year by California, Arizona and Nevada to ...Read more

Spotted lanternflies, the pest that has infested Maryland for 8 years, are shifting their populations across the state as increased predators, effective management techniques and community reporting play a role in the bug’s presence.

Although scientists disagree on whether the bugs are on the decline within the state, they agree that the ...Read more

The U.S. war with Iran escalated again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, causing global oil prices to surge amid fears of yet another vital energy corridor being choked off by the conflict.

The attacks came after the Trump administration threatened additional strikes on Iran’s ...Read more

BALTIMORE — More than a month after a Baltimore father was arrested by federal immigration agents outside a pre-kindergarten graduation, Baltimore City Public Schools officials said Thursday they have changed district policies and are preparing additional guidance aimed at better protecting immigrant families when classes resume next month.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and other Democratic attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over imposing what they contend are "unlawful" conditions on federal grants intended to help states prepare and respond to disasters.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island on Thursday, argues that the Department of ...Read more

MIAMI — The FBI’s investigation into hundreds of millions of dollars in soccer sponsorship payments routed through local businesses to Argentina’s football association has escalated with a federal grand jury in Miami scheduled to hear testimony and review records on July 30.

A partial screenshot of a grand jury subpoena, which has ...Read more

A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Vice President JD Vance has reportedly been put on administrative leave amid an investigation into leaks of embarrassing information about his “inappropriate” travel requests including a planned helicopter ride to ferry his son to a golf lesson.

The unnamed agent is suspected of being the anonymous...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta is backing Harvard University in its legal fight over frozen federal research funding, arguing the Trump administration’s actions could ultimately threaten California’s public universities and the state’s research economy.

Bonta joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Coral Springs man was supposed to use COVID relief loans he and his co-conspirators obtained from the U.S. government to cover business expenses such as payroll and rent.

Instead, they put the money toward helping finance the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Keegan Harricharan, 42, was sentenced to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened to step up strikes on Iran and said he’ll hold the country responsible for any further attacks by the Yemen-based Houthis on Red Sea ships, as the widening Middle East war puts new strain on global energy supplies.

Trump told Axios in an interview that he’s considering a “massive attack” ...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice sued Colorado on Thursday for offering in-state tuition rates to undocumented students who live in the state, the latest turn in an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to end such tuition breaks for students who are in the country illegally.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the ...Read more

Canadian officers have seized more than $101.5 million worth of illegal drugs, plus electronics and an anti-tank rifle, in what officials called one of the biggest single-investigation seizures in Ontario's history.

The investigation, dubbed Project Bay, focused on disrupting Canada's international drug trade and included support from U.S. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES —A federal grand jury this week indicted a famous Los Angeles sneaker seller for his role in an organized theft ring that stole more than $2 million worth of shoes from a Nike distribution hub.

Bereket Abraham, owner of Coolkicks, and 11 others are accused of operating the theft ring from July 2021 to June 2024, mainly targeting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The number of people living on the street — both in the city of Los Angeles and across much of Los Angeles County — is up compared to the previous year, dealing a fresh blow to Mayor Karen Bass as she runs for reelection.

Homelessness went up by 3.4% across the city compared to the previous year, according to two people ...Read more