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Fireworks-ignited explosions and raging fires injure several across Southern California over July 4 weekend
Firefighters battled a number of blazes across the Southland that damaged buildings and caused injuries over the Fourth of July holiday.
A vehicle fire on the 5600 block of D Street in Chino at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, severely injured three adults and a child, and engulfed a second car in flames, according to a police department news release.
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Trump heads to NATO summit to meet Zelenskyy, face wary allies
President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday that will be charged with tension over the U.S. leader’s views on Greenland, European defense spending and the Iran war.
Trump arrives in Turkey on Tuesday, when he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a summit...Read more
DTE power won't be restored until Wednesday for some in Michigan
Power is not expected to be restored until late Wednesday for some Michigan victims of the extreme weather that left as many as 500,000 without electricity over the July 4 holiday weekend.
DTE Energy, the provider for most of eastern Michigan, estimates that 85% of customers will be restored by end of day Sunday and 95% by the end of Monday. ...Read more
Florida enters new era of AI policing, politically connected firm gets contracts
TALLAHASSEE — Florida is expanding the role of artificial intelligence to help local police track down immigrants, and one well-connected technology firm is getting most of that business from the Republican-run state.
Peregrine Technologies of San Francisco, whose lobbyists have close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis, has an agreement with the ...Read more
This lawsuit could upend Nevada water regulation -- and cost taxpayers billions
A lawsuit that some say could cripple the state’s top water regulator is headed to trial in a Las Vegas courtroom next week.
Decades of back-and-forth between developers and the state has effectively ruined any chance of establishing Coyote Springs as an outpost of Las Vegas akin to Scottsdale, Arizona. Not one home stands in Coyote Springs ...Read more
Lombardo campaign adviser leads water lawsuit seeking billions from Nevada
Questions about political conflicts of interest have surfaced days ahead of a civil trial that experts say could hamstring the state’s top water regulator and cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
The trial over water rights at Coyote Springs, what was once a proposed satellite city northeast of Las Vegas, is the final act of a long saga ...Read more
California is one of worst states for ticks. How to keep kids and pets safe
Summer means more time outdoors — but it also means a greater chance of encountering ticks, according to pest experts.
California ranks among the nation’s worst states for ticks in 2025, according to a new report from pest control company Terminix.
The Golden State — particularly the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas — is one of the ...Read more
Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire 13% contained, new evacuations for Willow fire near Leadville
New mandatory evacuations were ordered Sunday morning for a nearly 4,000-acre wildfire burning near Leadville in Lake County, and a large swath of residents was placed on pre-evacuation.
The Willow fire is one of four active fires in Colorado that together have consumed more than 160,000 acres, forced thousands of evacuations and destroyed ...Read more
Anti-migrant protests draw thousands across South Africa
Thousands of people joined anti-migrant protests in South Africa on Tuesday, watched over by a massive police contingent that was deployed to prevent violence and intimidation.
The demonstrations in Johannesburg, Pretoria, the port cities of Durban and Cape Town, and other towns were called by an organization known as March and March to demand ...Read more
Farage retreats from view as finance probe looms large
The loudest person in U.K. politics has suddenly gone quiet.
Rather than exploiting the interregnum between Keir Starmer and his likely successor as prime minister, Andy Burnham, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage appears to have taken an unusual break from public appearances.
It follows a string of election bruises for Farage, and some ...Read more
Shooter in ski mask wounds 4 kids, 4 adults at Coney Island Fourth of July barbecue
Eight people were shot and wounded, four of them children, by a gunman in a ski mask at a Coney Island family barbecue as the city grappled with a wave of overnight Fourth of July gun violence, police said Sunday.
A crowd was gathered for the cookout on W. 31st Street near Surf Avenue, just a block from the Brooklyn neighborhood’s famed ...Read more
Putin, Trump discuss Ukraine in call ahead of NATO summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Ukraine and the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey in a phone call Saturday, while Trump also spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart.
Putin congratulated Trump on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in the call that lasted 85 minutes, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri ...Read more
A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about
Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that can escalate to the point of requiring emergency care.
The culprit isn’t food poisoning – it’s the fallout...Read more
Behind a Pittsburgh group's awareness campaign for HIV funding
Popping up in some Pittsburgh neighborhoods are flyers with black-and-pink block print and an urgent message: "The AIDS crisis is not over. ADAP cuts are killing us.”
The flyers, referring to AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, are part of a larger campaign by the revitalized nonprofit Act Up Pittsburgh to raise awareness about state funding cuts ...Read more
Inside Pa.'s measles outbreak: A family rides out the virus, doctors treat severely ill children
On a small Lancaster County farm last month, five of the eight King siblings sprawled on the living room floor, sucking on ice pops and listening to calming music, trying not to scratch their itchy skin.
The next county over, in Hershey, children were lying in hospital beds as their immune systems battled an infection damaging their organs.
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San Diego poised for legal win against Trump administration in suit over anti-child exploitation funds
San Diego and San Jose are on the verge of a legal victory in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s alleged withholding of funds from the cities’ task forces that are focused on investigating and prosecuting online child sexual exploitation.
The two cities sued the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year in San Diego federal court,...Read more
These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Some issues, like immigration or student loans, are too divisive to unite Trinity Moravian Church.
"We've got quite a spread of political beliefs," said the Rev. John Jackman, who leads this 114-year-old red-brick church near Winston-Salem's old textile mills. Conservative Republicans sit with liberal Democrats. ...Read more
Trump puts himself centerstage for Independence Day celebrations
President Donald Trump put himself centerstage for U.S. Independence Day celebrations on Saturday with a speech and a show that celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary and highlighted his own political priorities.
Trump spoke after 11 p.m. at the National Mall after thunderstorms earlier in the evening prompted the area to be cleared out of...Read more
Storms prompt evacuations at Washington's July 4 festivities
Thunderstorms are set to batter July 4 celebrations in Washington, DC, and New York as a waning heat dome continues to test electricity grids in the eastern U.S., following record power demand over the past few days.
Attendees at Washington’s Salute to America celebration were told on Saturday evening to vacate the event grounds and find ...Read more
Trump puts himself center stage for US Independence Day
President Donald Trump was set to headline U.S. Independence Day celebrations on Saturday with a speech and a show that seek to place him at the center of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Trump has made no secret of his joy at presiding over the July 4 festivities, portraying the timing as a side benefit of winning a second term starting in ...Read more
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