OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a high-earners income tax into law Monday morning, enacting a 9.9% levy on earnings of more than $1 million.

The new tax would start on 2028 income for people who meet the threshold, with the first payments due in 2029. It is expected to bring in roughly $3 billion to $4 billion a year, affecting an ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston will become the first public school district in the country ensure AI-fluency in schools, Mayor Michelle Wu announced, with high schools developing curriculum to tackle the use and ethics of the emerging technology for the next school year.

“This is a public-private partnership between city government, higher education and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened Monday to destroy vital Iranian energy and water infrastructure if a peace deal is not reached, as Tehran continued to deny negotiations were taking place and said it was preparing for a ground invasion following the arrival of thousands of American troops in the region.

If a ceasefire agreement...Read more

A predawn assault by heavily armed gang members has once again left a trail of bodies and burned homes in Haiti’s breadbasket, residents and officials said.

The attack began around 2 a.m. Sunday in the locality of Jean-Denis and its surrounding rural communities in the Lower Artibonite region. Attacks continued around 2 a.m. Monday.

A police...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated threats to destroy Iranian energy assets if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened soon, raising fears the war could escalate after more American troops arrived in the region.

The U.S. “is in serious discussions” with what he called a new regime in Iran to end military operations, Trump said in a social-...Read more

Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected to descend on the Space Coast this week for a chance to witness something that has not happened since last century.

Humans will be headed to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program in 1972.

The Artemis II mission, a lunar fly-by, could launch from Kennedy Space Center as early as ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated threats to destroy Iranian energy assets if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened soon, raising fears of a further escalation in the war after American troops arrived in the region.

The U.S. “is in serious discussions” with Iran to end military operations, Trump said in a social-media post on Monday. But...Read more

LOS ANGELES — March in Southern California has been marked almost entirely by unusually warm temperatures, but the month is set to close out with a cooler spell.

A dramatic shift in weather will drop temperatures across the region this week and bring a slight chance of rain — a pattern more typical for early spring than the summer-like ...Read more

NASA's Artemis II mission, the first to send humans around the moon in half a century, is slated to launch Wednesday. It will be piloted by one of Southern California's own.

Victor Glover — a former Ontario High School wrestler and Navy test pilot who often wears his excitement on his royal-blue jumpsuit sleeve — will be the first Black ...Read more

More than 125,000 protesters took to Bay Area streets Saturday as part of the third nationwide No Kings protest, with a primary focus on the war in Iran and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, according to a poll of organizers conducted by Bay Area News Group.

The tens of thousands of local participants were part of the ...Read more

NEW YORK – New York City is inviting some municipal workers to apply for free on-site child care for infants and toddlers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was set to announce at a news conference Monday morning.

The 4,000-square-foot facility at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan is expected to serve 40 children, ages 6 weeks to ...Read more

The Supreme Court on April 1, 2026, will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the case that challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the children of immigrants without legal status from birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the terms of the 14th Amendment.

In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an ...Read more

U.S. and Israeli forces pressed ahead with attacks on Iran while the Islamic Republic launched missiles across the Persian Gulf, sending oil prices higher once again amid no sign of an imminent peace deal.

The Israeli military said on Monday that it’s carrying out airstrikes on Iranian military targets a day after attacks resulted in power ...Read more

Israel’s parliament approved a state budget that should stabilize the ruling coalition until elections later this year and which will see defense spending increase significantly to cover the wars against Iran and in Lebanon.

The spending plan, set to run for the rest of 2026, will be funded by additional borrowing and cuts in some civilian ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The first campground in the state park system catering to the off-road vehicle crowd will open this summer in northern Minnesota.

Years in development, Pyrite Campground opens June 12 in Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, the Department of Natural Resources announced March 26.

While Pyrite will be open to all ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Daniel landed in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and a hard drive containing $350,000 in bitcoin.

The 17-year-old’s lifestyle was intended to draw attention: Parties at the hottest clubs. Rented sports cars. Cuban link chains. Imitation Richard Mille watches.

California is full of young people who were transformed into ...Read more

With the world’s largest sporting event, the World Cup, slated to begin in June, the United States should call a truce in the campaign of terror being waged by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies against immigrants and others.

Major sporting events have long relied on the so-called “Olympic Truce,” which dates ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Eager to assist with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Florida offered extra money to local law enforcement agencies so they could more easily help arrest and detain people. But the list of who’s getting that largesse — and who is missing out — probably isn’t what anyone would have expected.

So far, ...Read more