Before authorities charged him with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and top administration officials in a brazen attack at the Washington Hilton, Cole Tomas Allen lived what those who knew him described as a quiet, simple existence.

He worked as a tutor and enjoyed video games, manga and riding his blue scooter. Acquaintances ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law the congressional map his office created.

DeSantis’ proposal could add four more seats for the Republican Party. It also threatens to dismantle Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment, a voter-approved part of the constitution adopted in 2010.

“Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,”...Read more

Rudy Giuliani remained in critical but stable condition while recovering in a Florida hospital from pneumonia Monday, though he was breathing again without the use of a ventilator, according to his spokesman.

“On September 11th, Mayor Giuliani ran toward the towers to help those in need, which later led to a diagnosis of restrictive airway ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois parents are continuing to get their kids vaccinated at high rates despite ongoing controversy nationally about vaccines, according to data released by the state health department Monday.

More than 95% of children statewide had received 10 school-required vaccines as of October, including those against chickenpox, whooping ...Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was set to secure its first-ever election victory in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, expanding its support base across the country and bolstering his standing as the nation’s most popular leader.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 50 seats and was leading in 154 seats in vote counting for the state ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The debate over immigration issues has reached a fever pitch nationwide, and Angelica Salas said it's putting her employees at risk.

Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, said her staff experiences harassment and death threats.

"They ask themselves, what if someone who disagrees with our...Read more

SAN DIEGO — County supervisors recently voted to hit restart on a proposal to put a 25-acre community park in Alpine, unanimously approving a new environmental impact report after a conservationist lawsuit derailed the project last year.

The county-led effort to secure a community park for the backcountry community has stretched over 30 years...Read more

The couple from Fallbrook was returning from a dentist appointment in Tijuana when they were pulled over by a Tijuana traffic officer. What unfolded next made them swear to never drive across the border again.

The husband and wife were trying to enter the SENTRI lane to cross back into San Diego. As traffic moved through a busy Tijuana ...Read more

Colombians face a hard, familiar choice in this month’s presidential election: negotiate with violent criminals, or go back to war against them.

Voters must decide whether to continue President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” strategy, which has brought seven drug-trafficking militias to the negotiating table, even as their leaders get ...Read more

The U.S. denied a report by Iranian media on Monday that the country had struck an American naval vessel with missiles, Axios reported citing a senior official. Oil prices and stocks pared back some of their earlier moves.

Brent crude had jumped around 5% to over $113 a barrel and stocks fell after Fars reported a strike on a U.S. frigate near ...Read more

Embarking on a second term about six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down the federal right to abortion, Gov. JB Pritzker declared in his January 2023 inaugural address that the new realities facing those seeking the procedure “demand that we establish a constitutional protection for reproductive rights in ...Read more

The big winner in the successful push to allow mining in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is a company from Chile, led by one of the country’s richest families, with a business empire that stretches across transportation, food and entertainment.

Antofagasta, which owns the Twin Metals project that would mine copper, nickel and other ...Read more

In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spread throughout his body (but not to his ever-willful brain), and, having trained as a doctor, I had jury-rigged a hospital at home, aided by specialists who got me pills to boost blood ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Bouyer has been on a suing spree around the San Fernando Valley.

On Sept. 24, the 55-year-old internet marketer confronted a counter at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican spot that was difficult to reach over in his wheelchair. He sued the business for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. In L.A. County, it was at least...Read more

Over the past several months, an intense marine heat wave has developed in the Pacific from Washington to Baja Mexico, with a particularly extreme hot spot between the Bay Area and San Diego. Ocean temperatures have spiked to as much as 7 degrees hotter than average, with many places breaking records for this time of year.

The heatwave off the ...Read more

Father of two Waleed Atawneh has urged his southwest suburban high school district to add Arabic to its world language program, contending it would boost job prospects for students, serve a national interest and provide an opportunity for many children — including his own — to identify with the subject matter they’re studying.

“It would...Read more

After decades of selling insurance, Illinois-based broker John Jaggi had never seen anything like it.

More than 80 of his customers who were enrolled in the same Medicare supplemental plan from the insurer Chubb got hit last August with a 45% increase.

“In my 49 years of doing biz as a broker, I’ve never seen a premium increase be ...Read more

India begins counting votes in several key states on Monday, providing a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity in the face of heightened economic challenges.

The stakes are particularly high in the eastern state of West Bengal, where Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking its first win against Chief Minister Mamata ...Read more