LOS ANGELES — Flames will appear once again over Pacific Palisades this week as federal investigators conduct a controlled fire test to help determine what caused the January fire that killed a dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler braved boos and jeers at a stormy town hall in suburban Rockland County as he seeks to bolster his standing in his suburban swing district.

Hundreds of constituents turned up mostly to roast the self-styled GOP moderate Sunday night over his failure to push back against the right-wing agenda of President...Read more

Rep. Gerry Connolly Monday said he will step aside “soon” as ranking Democratic member of the House oversight committee due to a setback in his battle with cancer, a move that will leave open a key congressional spot that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez previously made a strong bid for.

“The sun is setting on my time in public service, and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced charges against a funeral home owner for deceiving thousands of pet owners who paid for cremation services, but instead received ashes from other “unknown animals.”

Patrick Vereb, 70, owns Vereb Funeral Home, which has locations in Pittsburgh and Natrona Heights. Each ...Read more

For more than five decades, New York and Miami had been the cities of choice for Haitian immigrants, who have gone on to win political offices, head powerful organizations and become leading voices on both their homeland’s turmoil, and U.S. immigration policies.

But in a shifting landscape that speaks both to the community’s changing ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It looked just like a phone charger, like someone took the cord but left the brick plugged into a wall outlet in a bunkroom at an El Cajon fire station.

But it was at such a strange location for a phone charger, nearer the foot of a bed. One woman who uses the room wondered: Why not just charge the phone in the power strip on the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two women who were threatened and harassed during a protest outside a Brooklyn speaking appearance by controversial Israeli official Itamar Ben Gvir Thursday night were urged to come forward and file complaints, Mayor Eric Adams said on X.

One of the protesters was hurt, with the other subjected to “vile threatening by counter ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced it would attempt to shame state and local authorities that aren’t cooperating with its mass-deportation effort, a campaign it described as still “in the beginning stages,” even as the White House celebrates its ceremonial 100th day in office.

Under a new executive order being signed Monday...Read more

The Trump administration escalated its showdown with Democratic-led states and cities over immigration enforcement on Monday, announcing that the president will sign executive orders that will “unleash America’s law enforcement to pursue criminals” and direct federal agencies to publish a list of “sanctuary cities” that do not ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — It’s the fifth day of testimony in the murder retrial of Karen Read, accused of killing her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, in 2022.

It comes as the U.S. Supreme Court has denied her Double Jeopardy appeal, ending her last hope for the case to be dismissed.

The day is expected to be a half-day for jurors, ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — One person died and several passengers were injured Sunday night after an aquatic hit-and-run crash slammed the Clearwater Ferry, a public water taxi touted for its convenience and safety, into a sandbar near the Memorial Causeway bridge.

Clearwater officials announced three hours after the collision that the driver who ...Read more

Marinell Chandler is back at work with the National Park Service in Alaska after being laid off in February, offered a university job in March, given a chance to return as a seasonal employee, and then getting rehired full time as a result of a federal court order.

Yet the emotional roller coaster the 33-year-old park ranger has been riding for...Read more

MIAMI — Another group critical of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign and funding cuts to pro-democracy groups in the Americas is launching an ad campaign on Miami’s highways and airwaves to pressure Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Miami’s Republican U.S. representatives to stand up to the president.

A spokesman for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Five months after announcing his esophageal cancer diagnosis, Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly said Monday that he won’t seek a 10th term and also plans to step down as the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

“The sun is setting on my time in public service,’’ Connolly, 75, said in a ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers are considering several pieces of legislation that could dramatically alter what it means to be a teacher in a public school.

The state House K-12 Education Committee is scheduled to take up 17 bills over the next weeks, trying to get them passed by the full House before next week’s legislative “...Read more

President Donald Trump recently sat down with reporters from The Atlantic. He may have also sat on his phone in the middle of the night.

Atlantic reporter Ashley Parker appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday where she was asked about a new article based on the magazine’s discussion with Trump last week. Her publication had ...Read more

It’s been nearly seven months since United Launch Alliance had its last rocket launch, but the company’s first flight of 2025 could come to fruition on Monday night.

A ULA Atlas V on the Kuiper 1 mission carrying 27 of Amazon’s satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation is targeting liftoff at 7 p.m. Eastern time ...Read more

The Trump administration escalated its showdown with Democrat-led states and cities over immigration enforcement on Monday, announcing that the president will sign executive orders that will "unleash America's law enforcement to pursue criminals" and direct federal agencies to publish a list of "sanctuary cities" that do not cooperate with ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Democratic candidate for Nassau County Legislature has been missing for five days, authorities said.

Petros Krommidas, 29, was last seen Wednesday night in Baldwin and reported missing the following day, Nassau County police said in an alert.

Krommidas was last seen wearing a camouflage sweatshirt and gray sweatpants, cops said....Read more