For one weekend only, speed limits don’t apply to cars circling the National Mall in Washington as the Trump administration brings an IndyCar race through the capital, part of the president’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday.

President Donald Trump rode in his presidential motorcade around the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) track ...Read more

Ukraine offered Russia a truce on attacks against ships carrying agricultural commodities through the Black Sea, but Moscow rejected the deal because it wanted guarantees against strikes on its energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

“It looks like their position is that they will not attack our grain corridor ...Read more

Fifteen years after the federal government set out to replace the FBI’s aging Washington headquarters, taxpayers are still paying to maintain the deteriorating building as construction costs rise and work on a relocation site has yet to begin.

Federal officials warned Congress years ago that delays would come with a price.

In 2018, the ...Read more

When teacher assistant Jared Edwards was laid off at Curtis Elementary in Roseland this summer, it was the second consecutive year his position had been cut. This time, he hopes it won’t be permanent: As Chicago Public Schools moves to reverse some layoffs, his principal told him he could be called back.

But with classes beginning Monday, a ...Read more

Older adults may be better judges of their moment-to-moment mental sharpness than scientists once assumed, according to a UC Davis study — which relied on familiar technology: the smartwatch.

The study found that when an individual rated their mental sharpness below their own average, their performance on the objective cognitive tasks also ...Read more

For one weekend only, speed limits don’t apply to cars circling the National Mall in Washington as the Trump administration brings an IndyCar race through the capital, part of the president’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday.

President Donald Trump is set to do a motorcade lap around the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) track before the...Read more

Almost 2,000 sea turtle nests have been spotted along North Carolina’s coast this year — the second-most since the state started tracking nests in 2009.

North Carolina’s 300-plus miles of coastline are a crucial habitat for endangered turtles, especially loggerhead turtles, the most common species on the state’s beaches.

As female ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday increased the odds again that a tropical wave headed for the Atlantic could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. It was one of three systems being watched for development.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the forecast expects the tropical wave to move into the eastern Atlantic ...Read more

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a package of childcare benefits to support families as the city-state grapples with a record-low birth rate and rising concerns over the cost and pressures of raising children.

Each Singaporean child will receive almost S$70,000 ($55,150) in direct assistance through age 17, starting with a S$10,...Read more

China said it continues to support a diplomatic end to the U.S.-Iran war, in a delayed statement released shortly before the U.S. is set to unveil measures to punish Tehran’s economic partners.

“China is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East and is actively committed to promoting peace talks,” Vice Foreign Minister Miao Deyu...Read more

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How many ice ages has the Earth had, and could humans live through one? – Mason C., age 8, Hobbs, New Mexico

First, what is an ice age? It’s when the Earth has cold ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors have alleged that the 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur — the subject of a long-awaited, ongoing trial — was a Las Vegas crime involving gang-connected players from Los Angeles.

But the fatal shooting did not occur in a vacuum.

Multiple former law enforcement officials who worked on Las Vegas gang cases in the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With its top-tier schools, large residential lots and quiet living, generations of wealthy Chinese families have seen Arcadia as an ideal location to build a life in the United States.

The influx of investment and dedicated citizenry has helped the San Gabriel Valley suburb flourish economically and culturally, earning it the ...Read more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Diablo Canyon doesn’t look like a nuclear power plant that’s getting ready to retire.

Beneath its twin concrete domes here on the edge of the Central Coast, neutrons slam into uranium atoms billions of times each second, workers respond to blinking lights in a seafoam-green control room, and thunderous turbines ...Read more

Families who believe local officials prematurely ruled their loved ones’ deaths suicides or accidents — rather than investigating whether domestic violence played a role — are pushing lawmakers in a growing number of states to require additional scrutiny.

Advocates call the deaths “hidden homicides” — killings they say may be staged...Read more

Switzerland will soon go to the polls on the issue of food, in yet another test of voters’ appetites to answer big questions at the ballot box.

The popular initiative up for consideration on Sept. 27, alongside another one on neutrality, will be the 28th of its kind since 2020. It will ask citizens if more of their food supply should be ...Read more

The governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state announced Saturday he is once again taking leave — a day after returning to office following a months-long absence after being indicted in the United States on drug-trafficking and other charges.

In a social media post, Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya said he had requested another leave of absence ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed legislation that allows workers and volunteers at organizations that aid immigrants to shield their home addresses from public records, and makes it illegal to post their personal information online with the intent to incite violence against them.

Assembly Bill 2624, by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, a Democrat, ...Read more

Reform UK is struggling to professionalize its insurgency against the British political establishment, with infighting over its direction spilling into the open just as Nigel Farage’s party seeks to convince voters it’s an enduring electoral force.

The right-wing outfit has appointed a slew of issue-specific spokespeople since the start of ...Read more

India‘s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Russia and co-chair the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission meeting on trade, science, technology, and culture.

During the two-day visit beginning Sunday, Jaishankar will also meet his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to discuss regional and global issues, the Indian ...Read more