LOS ANGELES — Between disease, pesticide contamination and starvation, seabirds are fighting multiple battles along the California coastline this year.

Since March, beachgoers have discovered dozens of sick or dead seabirds along the coastal stretch between Santa Barbara and San Diego. Among them have been “tremendous numbers” of dead ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland residents who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could see higher premiums next year, with insurers requesting an average rate increase of 13.7% for 2027, according to filings submitted to the Maryland Insurance Administration.

The proposed increases would affect about 482,000 Marylanders ...Read more

In Wiesbaden’s leafy Neroberg neighborhood, a steady stream of Americans rented Birgit Bug’s apartment with underfloor heating and a balcony. The tenants typically stayed for two to three years while being deployed at the nearby U.S. Army command post in the German city.

The situation worked seamlessly for a decade, but after the former ...Read more

One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who was assigned female at birth, told his parents he was a boy — and would be using he/him pronouns.

"OK, cool," his mother, J, remembered saying. (J asked to be identified by only her first initial, and Bug by his nickname, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the latest twist over Pennsylvania’s participation in President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair, Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman announced Saturday that the state where America was founded will be represented after all.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro initially signaled the intention...Read more

The U.S. conducted a fresh round of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, as a weekend of tit-for-tat attacks led both sides to claim violations of the ceasefire underpinning peace talks.

The first American strikes on Friday came in response to Tehran’s strike on a container ship on Thursday, but Iran then hit another ship ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Before Los Angeles schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigned, the Board of Education warned him in a confidential letter that it had potential grounds to dismiss him, citing several allegations, including that Carvalho allowed a district contractor currently under federal investigation to pay for his travel to Washington, ...Read more

Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado is planning to return to the country as soon as possible, according to people with direct knowledge of her plans, a move that could reshape the political landscape as acting President Delcy Rodríguez struggles to respond to the nation’s worst natural disaster in decades.

Several U.S. ...Read more

NEW YORK — As the cancerous mass that would ultimately kill him grew unchecked in his lungs, Terrence Wise desperately wrote message after message to the staff of the MDC Brooklyn federal jail, begging for medical help.

“I need to be seen by someone plz,” wrote Wise, 56, in a sick call request to staff at the Sunset Park jail, coughing up...Read more

NEW YORK — A high-flying drone nearly struck a United Airlines jet landing at Newark Liberty International Airport Friday, authorities said.

The circular-shaped drone, which was about three feet wide, came within 100 feet of the descending Boeing 737 as it made its final approach to the New Jersey airport at around 5:30 p.m., according to ...Read more

The U.S. conducted a fresh round of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, as a weekend of tit-for-tat attacks led both sides to claim violations of the ceasefire underpinning peace talks.

The first American strikes on Friday came in response to Tehran’s strike on a container ship on Thursday, but Iran then hit another ship ...Read more

DENVER — At least one tornado touched down in southeast Colorado on Friday night, capping off a week of severe thunderstorms, flooding, high winds and hail on the Front Range and Eastern Plains.

A storm chaser confirmed a “very brief” tornado near Fort Lyon in Bent County at 6:52 p.m.,said Eric Petersen, meteorologist with the National ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

DETROIT — A man believed to be Michigan’s last original Montford Point Marine, Robert Armond Hassler, was buried Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery.

Hassler served in World War II as one of the first Black men to enter the United States Marine Corps.

Hassler died June 16 at age 101. He's survived by three children: Kevin, Ina and Lisa, six ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The roughly 1,500-foot elevation gain up to the summit of Angels Landing is enough to frighten even the most experienced hikers. It’s a long fall to the bottom.

Twenty years ago, New York-New York casino cocktail waitress Bernadette Vander Meer, 28, made it all the way to the highest peak with her husband before, according to ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic says he’ll quit his post within weeks to help his political party win early elections expected later this year, a move that would enable him to stay in power as prime minister if the party prevails in the ballot.

“I’ll be the president for just several weeks. Then I’ll resign,” Vucic said at a large ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social-media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

The U.S. and Mexico took a major step in the battle against New World screwworm, opening a facility to produce sterile flies that authorities believe is the best method for stopping the flesh-eating parasite from spreading through cattle herds.

The production facility in Metapa, near Mexico’s southern border, is expected to produce up to 100...Read more