In a news conference loaded with “Back to the Future” and “The Jetsons” references, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that Florida would become a national hub for testing ultralight electric aircraft, generally considered the next frontier of electric vehicles.

Although many people call them “flying cars,” without wheels or landing...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman is expected to lose her leadership role on the L.A. City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, which she has chaired since 2023, according to people familiar with the situation.

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson is planning to announce this week that the committee will...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom directed California agencies on Monday to better prepare for threats from artificial intelligence cyberattacks by using the technology to find vulnerabilities in the state’s systems.

“The digital environment is rapidly evolving before our eyes,” Newsom said in a statement. “Attacks are faster, more sophisticated and ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Staten Island judge temporarily hit the brakes on the Mamdani Administration’s controversial rollout of the pied-à-terre surcharge on expensive second homes in a Monday order.

Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi, in a ruling on a lawsuit challenging the city’s rollout of the tax on second homes, ordered the city ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump made sweeping new demands on Iran after Tehran reiterated requests for reparations as part of talks to wind down the conflict, dimming hopes of a quick deal that would reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz as oil prices surged once again.

“I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A fire that started Saturday night in steep, rugged terrain in Big Sur quadrupled in size Monday, prompting the evacuations of residents and visitors from luxury resorts including the Ventana Big Sur hotel and Post Ranch Inn, along with the Nepenthe restaurant and other popular tourist attractions.

The Timber Fire, burning ...Read more

MIAMI — An OnlyFans model who stabbed her boyfriend to death inside a luxury Miami high-rise will serve about two years in prison, and she won’t be able to profit from the saga.

On Monday, Courtney Clenney — sandwiched between her attorneys and wearing orange jail attire — pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a charge lesser than second-...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis can add “author” to his resume.

Last week, the North Carolina Republican announced on MS Now he wrote a book, “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents: The Trouble with Sycophants, Courage Outsourcing, and Partisan Group Think.”

Here’s how his publisher, HarperCollins, explains the book: “...Read more

BOGOTA, Colombia — A deadly earthquake hit Colombia on Monday morning, toppling buildings, burying people under rubble and leaving more than 100 dead in the Pacific region and the central Andes.

The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 7:34 a.m. local time near the town of San Jose del Palmar, Choco province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump renewed his administration’s efforts to dismantle the childhood vaccination schedule with a direct attack on the measles shot, returning to a politically unpopular issue and making unproven scientific claims just months ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump issued an executive order that recommends ...Read more

NEW YORK — A mail carrier has been arrested for fatally striking a pedestrian in Hell’s Kitchen with his U.S. Postal Service box truck and then driving off without stopping, police said Sunday.

James Simmons was arrested Saturday afternoon for leaving the scene of a fatal accident that killed a beloved performer from the downtown Manhattan ...Read more

SpaceX on Monday scrubbed what would have been the Space Coast’s 51st orbital launch of the year on what’s lining up to be a busy month. It will try again Tuesday.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-19 mission with 29 Starlink satellites had been aiming to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on Monday ...Read more

For over a year, Burlington-based TS Designs has been swept up in a chaotic business environment caused by changing tariff policies.

The T-shirt manufacturer lost customers, paid more for shipping, raised prices and now, is working to navigate the refund process, trying to recoup some money that the Supreme Court decided was charged illegally. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds a system in the Atlantic could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while keeping tabs on two more systems.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, the most developed of the three was an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota voters on Tuesday will pick the Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican nominees for offices — including for U.S. senate and governor — in primary races that have attracted millions in spending and record early voting.

As of Monday, more than 206,000 Minnesotans voted early ahead of the primary election, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After a weekslong battle with a mysterious illness, Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle Jackie died early Monday morning at an Ojai rehabilitation center. She was 14.

Jackie and her mate, Shadow, delighted millions of viewers as stars of a nonstop livestream of their nest, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake. ...Read more

Food company executives intervened in recent weeks to persuade the Trump administration not to release a proposed definition of ultra-processed food, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Chief executives and trade group representatives sent letters and called the White House in a bid to delay the release of a white paper marking ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for the LAPD officer charged with multiple felonies for secretly recording his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments issued a scathing response to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, accusing the D.A. of making “a desperate effort to save face” and attempting to discredit their client ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A U.S. citizen, her fiancé and two other undocumented family members were detained Friday morning by federal agents in Norfolk.

Britney Ramirez-Corona said she was buying food to make breakfast with her 4-year-old sister at a Harris Teeter when she got a call around 7 a.m. from her fiancé’s sister. She told Ramirez-Corona ...Read more