Lake Jesup, one of Central Florida’s largest water bodies, is also one of its sickest.

Urban runoff filled with a noxious brew of fertilizers, stormwater and sewage has flowed into the Seminole County lake from as far as Orlando, Winter Park and Altamonte Springs for decades.

Even the state’s Department of Health regularly alerts the ...Read more

Cal Robinet woke on the morning of June 16 to federal agents smashing the window in the door of his St. Paul home. They burst in outfitted with bullet-resistant vests and masks, guns trained, and ordered him to put up his hands.

Bringing up the rear: a film crew.

Robinet and a dozen of his friends were simultaneously arrested across the Twin ...Read more

As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income and disabled people.

California lawmakers seek to revive an expired ...Read more

President Donald Trump said a Boeing Co. 747-8 gifted by Qatar serving as the stopgap Air Force One will be outfitted with additional security features later this year.

The remarks appear to acknowledge the retrofitted plane, which Trump began using earlier this month, may lack some of the defensive measures and capabilities of its predecessor....Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for its support in the war in Ukraine during talks with Pyongyang’s top diplomat.

“I highly value the mutual understanding on all issues and friendly relations between us,” according to the Russian state-run news service Tass on Sunday, which cited Putin’s comments in a meeting with ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran engaged in a quickening series of tit-for-tat attacks, with the U.S. military carrying out its ninth consecutive night of strikes.

U.S. Central Command on Sunday announced the latest wave of attacks — along with the death of a third U.S. service member in the past two days — as fresh chaos spread in the Middle East.

A U.S...Read more

The fast-growing Kaiser Canyon wildfire in northeast Washington was raging across more than 50,000 acres Sunday morning, despite firefighters working through the night to protect the town of Nespelem, Okanogan County.

The blaze, believed to be sparked by a lightning storm before the weekend, is feeding on dry and windy conditions, the Northeast...Read more

Traffic fatalities dropped 9% in the first quarter of 2026 in Massachusetts from 2025 projections, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data – outpacing a national decline of about 4%.

“A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2026 shows an estimated 7,770 people died in motor ...Read more

A new state law targeting illicit cannabis took effect earlier this month, sparking backlash from some residents who say it has cut off access to therapeutic hemp they rely on.

A coalition of California families said Senate Bill 378 bans direct-to-consumer sales of full-spectrum hemp products in a virtual press conference Thursday. Speakers ...Read more

The only retail lettuce products recalled by Taylor Farms around ongoing investigations into cyclospora were on the shelves of the grocery seller with 20 to 25% of the U.S. market.

Late Friday, Taylor Farms de Mexico announced it was recalling 12-oz and 24-oz packs of Walmart’s Marketside Iceberg Salad and 8-ounce and 16-ounce packs of ...Read more

Troy Jackson, a former senior state lawmaker, is on track to secure the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in Maine, replacing Graham Platner, a progressive favorite who was pushed out of the race amid sexual assault allegations.

Of the roughly 430 delegates across 11 counties that reported as of Sunday afternoon, more than 90% were included on ...Read more

Local and federal authorities have enhanced burning restrictions in Minnesota, while an air quality alert took effect Sunday as smoke from wildfires spread from northern Minnesota to the state’s southern border.

Wildfires, which began after a July 6 thunderstorm caused more than 1,000 lightning strikes across northeastern Minnesota and Canada...Read more

Smoke from Canadian wildfires returned to Illinois on Saturday night as air quality remained at “unhealthy” levels, according to AirNow, a website that combines data from county, state and federal air quality agencies nationwide.​

Gino Izzi, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said he expected the smoke to “kind of ...Read more

The fast-spreading Kaiser Canyon wildfire in northeast Washington forced about 1,000 people to evacuate Saturday, as a small army of firefighters prepared to defend the town of Nespelem, Okanogan County, overnight.

The fire was believed to be sparked by a lightning storm that rumbled across Western Washington before the weekend.

Pushed by ...Read more

A section of Sunset Boulevard remained closed on Sunday because of last week's destructive water main break, with officials saying they didn't know when repairs to the 110-year-old pipe would be completed or the street reopened.

"While there is no set completion date yet, our crews remain dedicated to finishing the repairs as quickly and safely...Read more

Casey Fiesler suspects she wound up in the federal government’s crosshairs for attempting to combat misinformation.

The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded the University of Colorado Boulder information science professor a $268,428 grant in the fall of 2024. The funds were slated for a project teaming up CU media and communication ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran engaged in a quickening series of tit-for-tat attacks, causing fresh chaos in the Middle East as the U.S. military announced the death of a third U.S. troop in the past two days.

A U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed Saturday while trying to conduct a controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian one-way attack ...Read more

An unusual legal shortcut has allowed a developer planning a data center on federally owned land in Boulder City to avoid public scrutiny and additional environmental review while securing approval under a Trump administration executive order, according to a former Bureau of Land Management official.

It could make Boulder City a test case for ...Read more

Eight new plaintiffs have come forward with allegations that they were sexually abused by guards while being held in San Diego County juvenile detention facilities.

The abuse claims, which landed in San Diego federal court last week, come as the county departments of Probation and of Child and Family Well-Being already are confronting similar ...Read more

Growth has slowed on many wildfires burning across Colorado, but crews are still working to secure the fires’ perimeters.

At least 12 people have been injured by the Willow fire burning near Leadville in Lake County, fire officials said in a Sunday morning update. Fire officials did not specify if those injured were firefighters or residents....Read more