LOS ANGELES — Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape.

The "Danger" rapper was arrested in the summer of 2022 and booked into the Ascension Parish Jail in Louisiana and charged with first-degree rape, simple robbery, domestic abuse battery–strangulation, false imprisonment and simple ...Read more

The Trump administration hailed its interim peace deal with Iran that’s meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as hawks in the U.S. pointed to the billions of dollars of economic gains set to come Tehran’s way.

Iran will be allowed to restart oil exports immediately under the so-called memorandum of understanding, with the U.S. granting...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s emerging nuclear accord with Iran risks securing fewer restrictions than the deal negotiated by the administration of Barack Obama — one he derided and later scrapped.

The potential agreement, set to be negotiated over a 60-day period, will build on a memorandum of understanding that states only that Iran’s ...Read more

A Texas-based satellite company had a much better day with SpaceX early Wednesday than it did the last time it tried to get a payload to space with Blue Origin.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched at 2:39 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 carrying three satellites for AST SpaceMobile, which were all deployed ...Read more

CHICAGO — Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” late Tuesday asked a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of court.

The 33-page motion said the investigation should focus on prosecutors’ conduct “during the grand jury proceedings ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's Civilian Oversight Commission is suing the county's Sheriff's Department, asking a judge to order the release of records related to two incidents in which deputies are accused of beatings and a third involving a controversial on-duty shooting.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione plans to mount a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial this fall, an attempt to justify killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson because he was experiencing an extreme emotional disturbance, a Manhattan judge revealed Wednesday.

The stunning development was included in a defense motion unsealed by ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s emerging nuclear accord with Iran risks securing fewer restrictions than the deal negotiated by the administration of Barack Obama — one he derided and later scrapped.

The potential agreement, set to be negotiated over a 60-day period, will build on a memorandum of understanding that states only that Iran’s ...Read more

One of Keir Starmer’s leadership rivals, Wes Streeting, says he is ready to force an immediate contest if the U.K. Prime Minister does not step down after a special parliamentary election on Thursday.

Streeting, who is planning to compete in any race to replace Starmer, told the BBC in an interview the PM must set out a time line for his ...Read more

Iran would be allowed to start oil exports immediately under an interim deal with the U.S. and gain access to a $300 billion economic development program following negotiations for a permanent peace that’s meant to address Tehran’s nuclear activities, according to a draft of their agreement.

The two sides plan to formally sign the ...Read more

CHICAGO — At the new Obama Presidential Center museum — between the former first lady’s gowns and the exhibits about how the former president tackled the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the financial crisis and healthcare reform — sits a display fit for some of the country’s most die-hard obsessives: political button collectors.

A ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday forecast a system moving up the Texas coast could become the season’s first tropical storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of what is now named Potential Tropical Cyclone One was located about 15 miles east-southeast of Port O’Connor, Texas and 220 miles southwest ...Read more

Taking carbon out of the atmosphere was never going to be easier than keeping it out of the skies, but the cleanup strategy is already hitting a wall, according to a new report on the state of carbon dioxide removal published in early June.

Removing carbon dioxide, in addition to rapid and deep emission cuts, will now both be necessary to limit...Read more

DENVER — Only one candidate for Colorado governor, of any political party, has helped write the state budget, led a state executive branch and spent decades overseeing local government.

Yet state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, a Weld County Republican who checks all of those boxes, is millions of dollars behind the leading primary competitor in ...Read more

Josue Barreiro stood in front of a crowd of 200 people seated inside a church last week in Haddonfield, New Jersey. He was there to speak about his experience as one of 61 protesters arrested in one night outside Delaney Hall immigrant detention center after Gov. Mikie Sherrill had sent over state police.

He told the crowd, gathered for a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Signs of the exploding popularity of e-bikes are everywhere.

Riders are showing up in massive groups at the beach, kids are popping wheelies on quiet residential roads and scores of others are showing up in emergency rooms with cuts, broken bones or worse.

An 81-year-old was allegedly killed in Lake Forest after a 14-year-old ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Obama Presidential Center, which opens to the public on Friday, on Juneteenth, hugs the north end of Jackson Park, runs alongside a lagoon, rises 225 feet at its highest, and rolls backward down Stony Island Avenue, settling into 58,000 square feet of brilliantly green sloping lawn.

Michelle Obama wants you to sled here in the ...Read more

When Congress allowed COVID-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs for residents with low incomes.

But the reach has been limited.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom negotiates his last budget with the legislature, the Democrat wants to offer financial help to more than 1 in ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly easily passed bills to increase taxes on software programs and health insurance premiums and extended a cap on corporate tax credits Monday, with the Democrat supermajority muscling in unity past Republican outrage during a late night debate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom first proposed the revenue raising ...Read more