Prior to his capture this year, Sebastian Marset was reputed to be one of the world's most prolific drug traffickers, allegedly sending mountains of cocaine — 10 tons or more per shipment — from South America to Europe.

A native of Uruguay, where authorities say he proclaimed himself "King of the South" and led a criminal network dubbed "...Read more

DENVER — Metro Denver and the northern Front Range this summer documented one of the worst ozone pollution seasons of the past 30 years, jeopardizing the region’s standing under federal air quality standards and possibly placing a higher financial burden on businesses.

The nine-county region logged 66 days during which ozone pollution ...Read more

After a federal judge said last week that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner may have committed federal crimes, questions quickly emerged about the prosecutor’s political future.

Krasner, an outspoken Democrat and one of the nation’s most well-known progressive prosecutors, has recently entertained entreaties to run for higher ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Joshua and Ashley Durham run a family medicine practice, and for the first time in their lives, they have no health insurance.

When the Durhams began their practice at the end of 2023 — he as a primary care physician and she as a pharmacist who handles the billing — the couple bought coverage for themselves and their two ...Read more

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”

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Paul Nestadt is about as steeped in suicide prevention as a person can be.

He treats suicidal patients as a psychiatrist, has co-authored scores of research papers on how and why people kill ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six Flags Magic Mountain has long considered itself “The Thrill Capital of the World,” a competitive title in a world of extreme amusement parks vying to be the biggest, baddest and most intense.

And the X2 ride has for years been the Valencia park’s crown jewel, the first roller coaster in the world that spun riders 360 ...Read more

President Donald Trump denounced reporting by MS NOW that administration officials have floated attaching his name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where an assassin killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

“The story that the White House, or me, want to affix my name to Ford’s Theater, in Washington, D.C., where Abraham Lincoln was ...Read more

NEW YORK — The son of a hero firefighter who died on Sept. 11 says in a lawsuit that the city’s archaic age restrictions have kept him from following in his dad’s footsteps — because a last-minute delay to the FDNY test meant he turned 29 by the time he was able to apply for the job.

Skylar Mercado says the FDNY is violating the state�...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — A road connecting visitors to a popular Yosemite National Park vista is closing due to wildfire smoke.

Glacier Point Road will close at 6 p.m. on Thursday as a result of smoke from the Dome fire, park officials announced.

“This public safety closure is a result of reduced visibility along the road due to smoke and to ...Read more

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won’t allow freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while sanctions and a U.S. blockade remain in place, underscoring the difficulty in reaching a peace deal with Washington despite efforts to revive talks this week.

The Islamic Republic “cannot accept that everyone benefits ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to San Diego County Wednesday, visiting a Neighborhood health center in Escondido to announce $51 million in grants to develop dental services for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders.

It was the secretary’s second visit in a little more than one month. ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allegations of racist remarks and comments about sexual orientation lodged by Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken’s chief of staff had at least one City Council member calling for an investigation at Tuesday night’s meeting and several residents pushing for her resignation.

City spokesperson Mike Lyster confirmed Wednesday ...Read more

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to permanently restore about $19 million in University of California research grants — including studies into wildfire-smoke health effects and water management — it had previously canceled, according to a settlement filed in federal court Wednesday.

The settlement would resolve one part of a ...Read more

He once was billed as a "boy genius." Now the former child phenom is accused of picking up a permanent marker and scrawling antisemitic graffiti on Southern California homes, according to authorities.

Kristoffer Von Hassel, 18, was arrested Tuesday in Imperial Beach in the alleged vandalism, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office said.

On Sept....Read more

One of the newly indicted defendants in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is in custody in Canada, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States.

Ashkard Pierre, who once worked in the Haitian consulate in Montreal, was arrested over the weekend as part of the sweeping expansion of the United States ...Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the United States and China have sealed a two-month extension to their trade truce, as Xi Jinping landed in America for his first state visit in 11 years.

Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan, a celebrated soprano, touched down at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington shortly before 6 p.m. local time on ...Read more

A blood test to detect multiple forms of cancer received support Wednesday from a federal health panel, one day after a Mayo Clinic-led study showed it discovered undiagnosed cases of lung, breast, colon and other cancers.

The results raise hopes that a single test could one day replace multiple tests, such as mammograms for breast cancer and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

The White House had reportedly held a meeting earlier this week discussing plans for the potential order that ...Read more

DENVER — An Adams County district judge on Wednesday ruled that there’s enough evidence to move forward with the criminal case against Brandon Booth, a Geo Group employee at the Aurora immigration detention center who is accused of shooting a protester in July.

Booth, 42, is charged with first-degree assault and attempted assault, both with...Read more