SEATTLE — If you thought this past winter was warm and dry, wait until El Niño comes to town.

Should the famed warm weather generator’s trajectory hold, next winter could see even warmer and drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest, experts say.

There is about a 61% chance that El Niño will emerge in the region between May and July and ...Read more

The man arrested in connection with the shooting of two Chicago police officers over the weekend has been criminally charged, authorities said.

Prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Alphanso Talley with murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, escaping from police, aggravated unlawful restraint, armed robbery, ...Read more

Advocates are warning the Trump administration’s proposed federal budget could leave libraries in North Carolina without longstanding funding that pays for services across the state.

President Donald Trump this month rolled out his federal spending pitch for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. The plan calls for defunding the ...Read more

President Donald Trump angrily erupted at CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell after she read portions of the White House Correspondents Dinner gunman’s writings on ’60 Minutes.’

Even as he expressed hope for a better relationship with critical media after the shooting, Trump blew his top when O’Donnell asked him about his reaction to the ...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told President Vladimir Putin he’s committed to strengthening the country’s partnership with Russia, as talks with the U.S. on ending an eight-week war remain at an impasse.

Araghchi said on a visit to Russia that the Iranian people are able to resist “U.S. aggression and will be able to overcome ...Read more

Mali’s defense minister was killed in a suicide attack on his home on Saturday, during a coordinated assault by an al-Qaeda affiliate across several locations in the West African country.

Sadio Camara’s assailants struck his residence near a military barracks close to the capital, Bamako, with a car bomb, Interior Minister Issa ​Ousmane �...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking the public to help find a truck driver who went missing in Central Florida.

FBI officials said on April 16, 41-year-old Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez picked up multiple vehicles from the Port of Brunswick, in Georgia.

Gonzalez left for Miami, where he was expected to drop off the ...Read more

A decade after Fidel Castro’s death, the fate of his communist revolution might be tied to an unlikely figure: his great-nephew, a colonel who goes by the nickname “El Cangrejo,” the Crab, and has a penchant for the sort of capitalist luxuries — yachts, VIP parties, private jets — that Castro made sure most Cubans could not even dream ...Read more

Researcher Caitlin Gerdts planned to release a new study about abortion access for active-duty military service members, much like the one in 2019 that was published with input from 323 participants.

But over a six-month period in 2024, in a new legal environment for abortion access, the research team was only able to find three service members...Read more

WASHINGTON — When families flocked to Yosemite National Park during their recent spring breaks, some met two-hour waits at the entrance gates. At a lakeside spot in the North Cascades in Washington state, there hasn't been enough staff to open the visitors center. And in Death Valley, water was shut off at two campgrounds.

National parks ...Read more

As California’s housing crisis continues to dominate state politics, candidates for governor are increasingly positioning themselves as pro-housing, a shift driven in part by the growing influence of the Yes In My Backyard movement.

Leading candidates to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom are leaning into the issue after a year when affordability ...Read more

Dozens of community members rallied Sunday in North Miami to call on federal leaders to extend Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals at risk of deportation.

The Family Action Network Movement, along with other South Florida immigration advocates, called for the demonstration at the Museum of Contemporary Art plaza, ...Read more

Mike Kennealy suspended his campaign for governor Sunday after failing to clear the 15% delegate hurdle at the Massachusetts Republican Convention necessary to make the primary ballot.

“I am deeply grateful to those that supported me,” Kennealy said in a statement Sunday. “Every meeting, every conversation, every story – I will carry ...Read more