PHILADELPHIA — Warning of the potential of triple-digit temperatures and conditions that could make it feel like it’s 108, the National Weather Service has issued an “extreme heat” warning for Sunday through Wednesday.

The City of Philadelphia also has declared a heat emergency, as has Montgomery County.

Meanwhile, more than 40,000 ...Read more

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 14 imprisoned opposition activists after meeting with a U.S. presidential envoy in the highest-level contact between the two countries in years.

President Donald Trump’s envoy, General Keith Kellogg, visited Lukashenko — an ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin who’s under a range of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter wasn’t acting like a man ready to go to war.

On the afternoon of June 11, the barrel-chested 57-year-old sat with his wife, Jenny, and sister watching family members play softball, his casual demeanor belying what brewed behind his dark eyes.

“Everything seemed fine,” said Mary Kavan, a longtime friend of ...Read more

Israel and Iran launched new strikes in a second week of hostilities, with the Isfahan nuclear facility targeted again, as Donald Trump deepened uncertainty about his readiness to join the conflict.

The U.S. military dispatched several B-2 bombers and refueling tankers over the Pacific Ocean from a base in Missouri, according to several media ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Protesters gathered in southeast Los Angeles County on Friday evening, facing off with masked men in fatigues after federal agents detained at least three people at a car wash in the city of Bell, according to witnesses, and visited another car wash in neighboring Maywood.

The immigration action in Bell took place at Jack’s ...Read more

The U.S. is demanding the European Union make what the bloc’s officials see as unbalanced, unilateral concessions as part of ongoing trade talks, setting up a tough decision over whether to move ahead with countermeasures if the terms of any deal don’t improve.

The best-case scenario remains an agreement on principles that would allow the ...Read more

Pakistan said it will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a move that may annoy rival India while building stronger ties to Washington.

The recommendation is being made for Trump’s “decisive intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis,” according to a social media post on ...Read more

Ukraine has accumulated $43 billion for its defense industry so far this year between local funding and aid from allies, using it to ramp up the production and purchase of drones, artillery and other weaponry, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Kyiv has also launched a “Build with Ukraine” program and announced new agreements to be signed...Read more

Romania is heading toward a broad coalition government to tackle the European Union’s biggest budget shortfall after the largest pro-European party voted to join the Cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Ilie Bolojan.

The Social Democrats, which control most seats in parliament, overwhelmingly voted on Saturday to form a new majority with ...Read more

Eli Lilly & Co.’s experimental weight loss pill helped patients shed pounds without serious side effects in a clinical trial, burnishing the drug’s blockbuster potential in the company’s competition with Novo Nordisk A/S.

The highest dose helped patients with Type 2 diabetes lose 7.6% of their body weight, during the 40-week study, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Beginning Saturday, Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several days. The National Weather Service has declared an extreme heat warning in Cook County from 10 a.m. Saturday through midnight Tuesday.

Daytime temperatures may reach 97 degrees on Saturday, with a peak afternoon heat index of 106...Read more

LOS ANGELES – Missed childhood vaccinations. Skipped blood sugar checks. Medications abandoned at the pharmacy.

These are among the health care disruptions providers have noticed since Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations began in Southern California earlier this month.

Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — New laws from the 2025 legislative session aim to increase accessibility to Nevada’s elections and improve voters’ experiences.

Election reform was a major focus in Carson City, though bills that sought to drastically change Nevada’s elections were blocked by the governor, including legislation to implement voter ID ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was tackled to the ground and arrested after filming federal agents at Home Depot on Thursday said he was held for more than an hour near Dodger Stadium, where agents boasted about how many immigrants they arrested.

“How many bodies did you guys grab today?” he said one agent asked.

“Oh, we ...Read more

WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel’s assault on Iran, foreign policy veterans and analysts argue that a negotiated settlement, not bombs nor commandos, is the only way to eliminate the threat of Tehran gaining a nuclear weapon.

“I don’t believe there’s a lasting military solution to the Iranian ...Read more

China’s coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the latest friction in a longstanding rivalry in the strategic waterway.

“The China Coast Guard gradually took necessary measures such as shouting warnings, following and forcing, and water cannon warnings to drive away the Philippine ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Vice President JD Vance on Friday castigated California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, arguing that the elected leaders are endangering the lives of law enforcement officers because of their opposition to federal immigration raids in Los Angeles and surrounding communities.

Vance, while meeting with federal,...Read more

BOSTON — Israeli Consulate employees are on high alert after “anti-Jewish” flyers with staffers’ personal details were distributed in the city.

Boston Police are investigating after they responded to a Jewish establishment in Brighton this week for a report of a threat.

A piece of mail to the Jewish institution contained a letter with ...Read more