Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed Friday in part amid a last-minute standoff over cutting U.S. tariffs on Canadian medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, people familiar with the matter said.

Both countries had the outline of a deal, which would have lowered U.S. sectoral tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and lumber, and were locked ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday increased the odds a tropical wave headed for the Atlantic could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. It was one of three systems being watched for development.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. advisory, the forecast expects the tropical wave to move into the eastern ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury awarded $28 million to a motorcyclist whose leg was crushed by a city fire truck, the latest eye-popping sum carved out of city coffers for alleged reckless driving by a city employee.

Robert Danbom was heading northbound on Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood on Sept. 2, 2021, when a city fire truck traveling ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Far-right agitator Jake Lang was arrested Saturday after the vehicle he was in drove onto a sidewalk in front of Minneapolis City Hall and toward a crowd of people.

Minneapolis police intervened and arrested all occupants following the incident at about 11:50 a.m., according to a news release. Police say everyone in the two ...Read more

President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.

The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the U.S. Office of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking more and more steps to avoid oversight by local and state authorities of immigration detention centers amid growing complaints alleging unsanitary and unsafe conditions at the facilities.

The efforts to sidestep laws in California and elsewhere take many forms. In some instances, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A tornado touched down in Downingtown during a barrage of severe storms Thursday evening, the National Weather Service confirmed Saturday.

The tornado landed in the Chester County borough at 5:40 p.m. Thursday, the weather service said in a statement, as major thunderstorms passed through the area.

The twister was considered ...Read more

MIAMI — A former Republican state lawmaker and close ally of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of allegations that he sexually battered a child under a controversial law he supported in 2023.

But secret grand jury proceedings would have to happen before he’s charged.

Under Florida’s rules of ...Read more

A Republican lawmaker questioned President Donald Trump’s decision to cut short a joint military exercise with South Korea, saying the US should show more allegiance to a longtime Asian ally.

The U.S. and South Korea agreed to curtail this month’s military drills after Trump ordered a reduction of such joint exercises in a social media post...Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will apply counter-tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. products on Sept. 8, escalating the feud rocking one of the world’s biggest trading relationships.

“We take this step reluctantly,” Carney said Saturday, acknowledging it will raise costs and reduce choice for Canadians, hit innocent U.S. companies, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The mountain lions have won the day in Woodland Hills, as oppostion to building nearly 400 residences on a local golf course stalled a real estate developer's plan to turn the private club into a residential community.

Woodland Hills Country Club, a century-old golf course near the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The first week of evidence in the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur brought a few moments of drama and engaging testimony, but little new information.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is the only person ever prosecuted in connection with the 1996 shooting near the Strip that fatally wounded the ...Read more

President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.

The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the U.S. Office of ...Read more

The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule that would add extra hurdles to mail-in voting, pressing ahead with one of President Donald Trump’s priorities even as court orders keep the push on hold.

The new rules deviate slightly from Trump’s original plan. The Supreme Court is still weighing a lawsuit challenging the order from a California-...Read more

President Donald Trump’s envoy for Syria and Iraq issued a stern warning after Israel’s recent strike on a long-shuttered military base near the Turkish border, invoking the downing of a Russian jet more than a decade ago that escalated regional tensions.

Raising the possibility that Israel was baiting Turkey with the Aug. 18 airstrikes in...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s stunning eleventh-hour guilty plea to federal stalking charges is expected to send him to prison for decades, but the risky gambit might result in his release before his 60th birthday.

Mangione on Aug. 14 admitted in Manhattan Federal Court to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson with the intent to kill ...Read more

Haitian police are investigating the killing of a U.S. citizen who headed security for one of Haiti’s largest and best known employers and was found stabbed to death inside his office Port-au-Prince.

Michael Gallagher, the head of security for Compagnie des Tabacs Comme Il Faut S.A., was found dead of stab wounds at the cigarette company ...Read more