To understand how important weather and climate risks are to the economy, watch investors. New research shows that two long-range seasonal weather forecasts in particular can move the stock market in interesting ways.

We often think about forecasts as telling us what the weather will bring in coming days, but the National Oceanic and ...Read more

DULUTH, Minn. — The Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids could come to permanently display the same ruby slippers that were famously stolen from them — with help from $100,000 marked for the purchase within the Legacy Amendment Funds.

Earlier this year the museum's keepers appealed to state lawmakers for money to buy the ruby slippers, an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES - SpaceX plans to launch 90 rockets into space from a Santa Barbara County military base by 2026, tripling the number of blasts rocking the coastal community — and raising concerns from neighbors and environmental groups about the effects on marine life.

Owned by billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX has ramped up the number of rocket ...Read more

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels wore a bulletproof vest under her outfits while she was testifying at former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, her lawyer said Monday.

The former adult film star was “paralyzed” with fear ahead of the proceedings, attorney Clark Brewster said on CNN’s “AC360.”

“She was concerned ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former Riverside resident who shot and wounded two Jewish men, putting the community on edge last year, has agreed to plead guilty to hate crimes and firearms offenses, federal officials said Tuesday.

Jaime Tran, 29, will plead guilty to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators with Jewish Voices for Peace shut down a street in Center City for an hour on Tuesday to protest the investment of private and taxpayer dollars in Israel Bonds, the latest action in an unrelenting local campaign against the war in Gaza.

The rally, which coincided with Israel's Independence Day, is ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Adams’ administration is planning to restructure the Police Academy to consolidate training for several agencies outside the NYPD’s purview, including the correction, sanitation, probation and parks departments, sources with knowledge of the situation told the New York Daily News.

The newly envisioned police academy with ...Read more

DENVER — The reintroduced Colorado wolf found dead last month in Larimer County likely died after being attacked by a mountain lion, according to a necropsy conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The gray wolf was one of 10 released in December in Colorado’s central mountains as part of a voter-mandated reintroduction effort. The ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit's Chief of Police is requesting 4% pay increases for police executives, including himself, and the ability to give merit-based bonuses, according to documents submitted to the City Council Tuesday.

Chief James White has submitted resolutions to the council requesting approval of two pay bumps for non-union, uninformed police...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A tense encounter between police and advocates for the homeless precipitated the dismantling of a Kensington encampment last week, according to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration and witnesses who said the episode altered plans for the clearing and led people to scatter through the neighborhood.

But the sides describe ...Read more

SACRAMENTO — Yolo County has settled with parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty over an incident that took place at a Davis library last summer.

On Aug. 20 at the Mary L. Stephens Library branch, library staff abruptly ended a presentation, “Forum on Fair and Safe Sport for Girls,” in which members of Moms for Liberty, and other anti-...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s loyal lawyer-turned-chief antagonist, told a jury Tuesday he discussed hush money reimbursement with Trump at the White House upon returning to the witness box at his Manhattan trial Tuesday.

‘Everything’s going to be OK’

After the FBI raided his residences in April 2018, Cohen said he felt ...Read more

ATLANTA — A ruling that Houston County and its sheriff violated federal law by refusing to provide health care coverage for a deputy’s gender transition surgery has been upheld by the Atlanta-based federal appeals court.

Sgt. Anna Lange, a transgender woman who has worked for the Houston County Sheriff’s Office since 2006, said her court ...Read more

ATLANTA — The lawsuit over the Cobb County School Board electoral district map made its way to federal appeals court Tuesday, after the school district appealed a lower court’s ruling that the map likely violated federal law.

In 2022, voting rights groups filed suit against the Cobb Board of Elections, alleging the school board and state ...Read more

A former Marine from New Jersey has been arrested for threatening in violent social media screeds to slaughter “as many” white people as possible, federal prosecutors announced.

Joshua Cobb of Trenton, who is Black, is facing one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce, according to a statement issued Monday by the...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Daytona Beach teen accused of firing gunshots last month into a crowd during a brawl at a late-night party at Cabana Live in Sanford will be tried as an adult and faces life in prison.

Ten people were reported injured in the April 28 melee, including Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell, before a security guard tackled and...Read more

The first crewed flight for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will have to wait a little bit longer but is still targeting a May launch. The mission is now slated for no earlier than May 21 at 4:43 p.m, NASA revealed Tuesday.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were sitting in the capsule last week atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sponsoring a bill that would push cities to take homeless residents into account when crafting their housing goals.

But would this legislation actually result in more affordable housing? There are concerns the state is not providing enough money to get it built.

Cities have struggled to ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she’s bringing her children to a climate summit she and the governor are attending in Italy this week on the taxpayers’ dime.

Wu’s office sent an itinerary Monday of the mayor’s six-day trip, which begins Tuesday and includes mention of a stop her two sons will be partaking in that ties back to ...Read more