After skipping out on the state’s first-ever interparty primary debate between Senate challengers Republican John Deaton and fellow Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton, Sen. Ed Markey called on his primary challenger to release financial disclosure forms and said he was ready to debate.

“I’m ready to debate Seth Moulton, and in the fall, I’m ...Read more

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Poland and Ukraine were committing a “strategic mistake” as a political conflict over the commemoration of controversial World War II fighters continued to escalate.

Tusk said it wasn’t an easy task to “minimize the losses and reduce the tension” from the dispute that took a new turn when...Read more

Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right populist backed by Donald Trump, will be Colombia’s next president after narrowly defeating leftist Iván Cepeda in a runoff election on Sunday.

The criminal defense lawyer who cast himself as a political “outsider” promised to take an “iron fist” to crime during elections in which security was a ...Read more

Conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly won the preliminary vote count in Colombia’s presidential election, likely sweeping aside Gustavo Petro’s leftist movement and realigning Bogota with the US.

De la Espriella received 49.7% of the vote with 99.8% of polling stations reporting on Sunday, according to the electoral ...Read more

Conservative attorney Abelardo de la Espriella led Colombia’s presidential runoff as early results came in Sunday, putting him in a strong position to sweep aside Gustavo Petro’s leftist movement and align Bogota with the Trump administration.

De la Espriella received 50.6% of the vote with 65% of polling stations reporting, according to ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran began talks in Switzerland on a peace deal to settle the issue of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump once again threatened strikes if Hezbollah keeps attacking Israel.

Things got off to a confusing start Sunday when Iranian media reported that Iran ...Read more

No kind of food should have plastic, which is why MorningStar Farms made the latest not-food-in-your-food recall across the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica.

The vegetarian and plant-based protein company pulled 10-ounce packs of MorningStar Farms Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets, expiration July 7 or 8, 2027, and 8-ounce packs of ...Read more

Baltimore Police dispersed an estimated crowd of more than 1,000 teenagers in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore late Saturday night who had gathered in the waterfront area despite the city’s summer youth curfew. No arrests were made.

Police said the crowd was in the area of Thames Street and South Broadway, near Broadway Square.

“I...Read more

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and other top leaders of the city government and the Philadelphia School District will travel to Harrisburg on Monday for a high-stakes trip aimed at securing millions of dollars in new funding for the financially strapped public schools.

Parker will spend much of the day advocating for increased public education ...Read more

A call to Santa Clara County’s child abuse hotline and an email to social workers from a doctor about possible physical abuse of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez sounded the alarm:

An “immediate assessment” was necessary, the hotline report said, “as the child presents with suspicious injuries that have not been explained.”

Two days later, ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to require proposed data centers to provide estimates of their water usage last year, saying he was "reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements" without understanding the impact on businesses and consumers.

Opposition to the mammoth tech hubs and their massive thirst of water, power and land has only ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran began talks in Switzerland on a peace deal to settle the issue of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump once again threatened strikes if Hezbollah keeps attacking Israel.

Things got off to a confusing start Sunday when Iranian media reported that Iran ...Read more

With crews slowly regaining control of the three brush fires in West Miami-Dade that have burned over 20,000 acres in the last week, residents can expect better conditions including road reopenings and better air quality conditions.

The fires have caused both road closures and air quality alerts in the past week, but lead National Weather ...Read more

Allies of Keir Starmer expect him to set out a timetable for his departure as U.K. prime minister in the coming days, putting Britain on course for its seventh premier in a decade and paving the way for Andy Burnham to replace him.

A statement from Starmer conceding power could come as soon as Monday, people familiar with the matter said, ...Read more

Talks in Switzerland between the U.S. and Iran were still ongoing despite Iranian media reports that negotiators had left the venue, according to people familiar with the matter.

Two semi-official Iran media outlets said Tehran had halted talks with the U.S. after President Donald Trump threatened fresh strikes over the actions of Hezbollah in ...Read more

Days before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt its multibillion-dollar budget for the year that begins July 1, a government watchdog group is ringing alarm bells over the fiscal health of the nation’s fifth-largest county.

Most concerning, according to an analysis by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, is ...Read more

More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights cold storage facility that has been burning since Wednesday.

Residents for miles away have been hit by the smoke.

Here is what to know and stay safe.

The latest advisories for Boyle Heights fire

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a Particle Pollution Advisory until ...Read more

The question of whether police should chase a driver often boils down to one main consideration: Does immediately catching the suspect outweigh the risk a pursuit poses to the public?

Most of the time, experts say, the answer is no.

Between 2020 and 2024, 40 people in Florida died as a result of police pursuits, according to the most recent ...Read more

A concertgoer fell to his death inside Madison Square Garden at a show by the jam band Goose, cops said Sunday.

The 51-year-old victim suffered injuries “indicative of falling from an elevated condition” about 9:50 p.m. Saturday inside the world-famous Midtown arena, police said.

Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital but he could not be ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran began talks in Switzerland on a peace deal to settle the issue of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump once again threatened strikes if Hezbollah keeps attacking Israel.

The first high-level meetings of U.S., Iranian, Qatari and Pakistani representatives...Read more