The Kelvin wave bearing down on Southern California this week is not the kind that draws surfers.

You don't see it crash on shore, and by itself, it's probably not even noticeable. But it can have a profound effect, adding 6 to 12 inches to background sea levels, potentially for months.

This is a major concern when combined with other sources ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s decision to move U.S. B-1B bombers from a UK airbase citing terror threats may embolden Iran and Russia’s use of proxies to carry out sabotage attacks, according to current and former British officials.

While stressing any decision about American military hardware is for Washington, the UK is concerned that hostile ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio used a dramatic backdrop in Greece to remind the world of the Trump administration’s focus on the “unapologetic” pursuit of power, and issued another warning to Europe about the dangers of Western decline.

In a speech on a hill in front of the Acropolis in Athens, the top U.S. diplomat invoked Renaissance ...Read more

The founder of a Bronx wellness clinic previously arrested in connection with the death of a 27-year-old woman during a botched unlicensed medical procedure was ordered held on $2 million bail after he was slapped with a much more serious charge — depraved indifference murder, authorities said Wednesday.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Luis ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House has been unable to describe how it could ensure over $1 trillion President Donald Trump has promised American citizens in exchange for their midterm election votes would be spent in the United States.

During a GOP midterms convention in Dallas last month, Trump promised all U.S. adult citizens a $5,000 payout if ...Read more

CHICAGO — Months after former President Barack Obama’s museum’s opening this summer, employees at the museum foundation announced Wednesday they are organizing a union.

“Every day we come together across departments and across the country to bring President and Mrs. Obama’s vision to life,” the Obama Workers United open letter to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $50,000 payment to outside lawyers representing Gov. Wes Moore in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by Baltimore Sun co-owner David Smith.

The governor, who chairs the board, was not present at the meeting, and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller stood in for him. Miller, however...Read more

In the heated news coverage of what’s at stake in the 2026 midterms, state supreme court races are drawing relatively little attention. Yet these are highly significant elections.

Thirty-one states are holding supreme court elections in 2026, with voters nationwide picking judges to fill more than 60 open seats.

As a law ...Read more

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration regulation used to impose massive immigration fines, granting relief in a lawsuit brought by two women, including a South Florida resident, who were hit with a $1.82 million penalty while pursuing a path to permanent residency.

U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. in ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After a dizzying legal battle that drew national attention, Missouri’s map fight is now headed to the ballot box.

Missouri voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve or strike down a gerrymandered congressional map lawmakers passed last year. The measure, called Proposition A, will mark the culmination of a fight that ...Read more

Brazil presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro won the backing of two center-right parties on Wednesday, a day after a veteran lawmaker endorsed him, bolstering his campaign ahead of a tight runoff.

The União Brasil party and the Progressistas, known as PP, endorsed the right-wing hopeful, Senator Tereza Cristina Dias told reporters in ...Read more

A pair of undocumented immigrants with criminal histories wanted for stabbing an off-duty NYPD cop during a botched chain snatch robbery in the Bronx have been arrested, police said Wednesday.

D’Angelo Carabello, 25, and Sneider Mejia, 24, were nabbed overnight in Lynn, Mass., by NYPD detectives assigned to the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive...Read more

BOSTON — Two illegal immigrants accused of stabbing and robbing an off-duty New York Police detective sought refuge in the basement of a Lynn home, where authorities arrested them overnight Tuesday.

The New York Police Department announced Wednesday morning that detectives assigned to the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to intensify close to a Category 3 storm before bearing down on the Gulf coast and threatening Florida.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. advisory, the center of Isaias was located about 260 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico and 540...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If you’ve noticed your water bills are getting a lot more expensive, you’re not alone.

In a new nationwide survey of 500 large drinking water utilities, researchers found that average water bills have gone up 1.6 times faster than inflation, and Californians are paying some of the highest bills.

The report by Food & Water ...Read more

The International Space Station got a little less crowded Wednesday as the four members of Crew-12 climbed aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, undocked and headed back to Earth.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway along with European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev had been on board the ...Read more