California companies that produce single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware have until Monday to comply with some of the terms of the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54).

They can participate in an approved producer responsibility organization plan by registering with Circular ...Read more

The swirl of anger and disappointment was palpable among Minneapolis City Council members and other leaders at Police Chief Brian O’Hara’s resignation following “concerning substantiated findings” regarding concealment of evidence during a probe into sexual misconduct allegations.

But in interviews with more than a dozen residents ...Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum launched her strongest criticism to date against what she says are blunt U.S. attempts to interfere in Mexican domestic politics.

What had been a recurring theme in her recent speeches became on Sunday a rallying cry to stir up her supporters at a rally in Mexico City, where she claimed that since the deaths ...Read more

Most of the nation’s leading grocery sellers, including Publix, Walmart, Costco and Target, have been hit by another salmonella-related recall, this one of frozen pizza bread.

Champion Foods announced a recall of Motor City Pizza Co.’s 5 Cheese Bread sold in single boxes and two-packs, the latest recall rippling from California Dairies dry ...Read more

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has denied Bill Cosby's request for a new trial after a civil jury recently found he was liable for $19 million in damages in a sexual assault case.

Judge Bradley S. Phillips ruled Friday that Cosby did not prove there was "any irregularity" in the court proceedings that would have prevented him from ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran traded messages over the weekend seeking changes to a draft agreement that would extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz, but it was unclear if the sides were making much progress.

As the diplomatic exchanges continued, Israel expanded its ground assault in Lebanon, shattering a brittle truce with its northern ...Read more

Donald Trump’s ongoing use of the Justice Department to settle scores became highly personal this week, with the federal government’s vast investigative resources turned on an old grievance stemming from the sexual assault and defamation cases he lost to E. Jean Carroll.

Following CNN’s bombshell report on Wednesday that the feds were ...Read more

Former Vice President Mike Pence said it’s “deeply offensive” that a new $1.8 billion settlement fund created by the Trump administration to resolve the president’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service could be used to pay participants of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

The Justice Department said the fund would be used to ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — City and county governments across Florida are sounding the alarm on the proposal by Gov. Ron DeSantis to drastically cut homeowners’ property taxes, force them to follow a state-approved formula for future tax assessments and dictate how those dollars are spent.

“It is a complete takeover by the state government,” House ...Read more

The Supreme Court heads into the final month of its yearly term facing decisions on birthright citizenship, gun rights, transgender athletes and President Trump's power over independent agencies.

Unlike in years past, the term's most significant rulings were not left for the last week in June.

The court dealt Trump a major defeat in February ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’s expanding the scope of his special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, to include Iraq.

Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, became Trump’s Syria envoy in 2025, soon after President Ahmed al-Sharaa took power. His now-renewed appointment to that post had expired on Friday.

“As we advance our strategic ...Read more

Colombians are voting in presidential elections in which the economic model, counter-narcotics policies and relations with Washington are all at stake.

Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of leftist President Gustavo Petro, has pledged to tax the rich, boost social spending, seek peace deals with cocaine-trafficking militias.

His main opponents, ...Read more

After being released from nine months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, Jesus Ramirez Ramos needed help.

The clothes he wore when he was arrested stank from spending the better part of a year in storage, unwashed. ICE lost his cellphone at the Michigan jail where he was held, cutting off important contacts. He was arrested and ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Education wants to grease the wheels for college mergers and acquisitions, a rare Trump administration proposal with broad support from university leaders who see the policy helping the sector withstand a wave of financial distress.

The agency aims to expedite and simplify M&A reviews within the next year, according to ...Read more

A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States, even if they have a legal right to stay.

Voluntary departures during the second Trump administration reached 89,494 cases as of May 1, according to a Stateline ...Read more

COSTILLA COUNTY, Colo. — Kim Wisdom and her husband packed up a trailer and their belongings from the Western Slope, plopping down on a 10-acre plot of arid land in the San Luis Valley with views of the towering 14,000-foot Blanca Peak.

The couple dreamed of filling the property with animals and building their retirement home alongside their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a few days, Los Angeles voters will be casting ballots for city attorney — and in a few months, they could be voting to sharply diminish the city attorney's authority.

The city's Charter Reform Commission has proposed splitting the city attorney's office into two parts — an elected city prosecutor, charged with handling ...Read more

SEATTLE — Eleven employees of the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill who died when a tank imploded Tuesday have been identified.

At a news conference Saturday, the Clark County coroner's office confirmed nine victims had been recovered from the site. Two others had died after being rushed from the scene by ambulance. Of seven other workers who ...Read more

WASHINGTON— U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised defense allies in Asia and hailed newly stable ties with China, while taking swipes at longstanding security partners in Europe.

The comments, made Saturday at an Asia security forum in Singapore, are the latest sign of the Trump administration shifting attention toward the Indo-Pacific ...Read more