LOS ANGELES -- Even in a region known for its dead shopping malls, Hawthorne Plaza holds a unique distinction.

It has been closed longer than it was ever open, and the sprawling property in the center of the South Bay suburb has been the subject of debate and fascination for decades.

It opened along Hawthorne Boulevard in 1977, at the height ...Read more

Since baby Phoenix Castro’s fentanyl overdose death at home in 2023 forced a fundamental reckoning at Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency, the number of children removed from their troubled homes has nearly tripled.

Parent advocates say this is a sign of a “foster care panic,” an overcorrection fueled by intense media scrutiny and...Read more

Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch.

More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gear up for a new term, a ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The fallout from the Hope Florida scandal, which was reignited last month after a grand jury report leaked to the public, has been far-reaching.

When the state launched Hope Florida in 2021, it was meant to wean people off of government assistance. But in 2024, the organization and an affiliated foundation became enmeshed ...Read more

Canada imposed tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the U.S. on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner.

Carney’s government increased the import tax on many U.S. steel items to 50% from 25%, and ...Read more

Australia is in the process of finalizing a treaty with another Pacific island nation, with the national broadcaster reporting that Canberra has struck an “in-principle” agreement with the Solomon Islands.

The two nations will work to sign the deal in the coming weeks, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing unidentified government ...Read more

North Korea’s newly appointed defense minister criticized ongoing U.S. drills with South Korea and Japan and vowed to punish what he described as hostile forces threatening the country’s national security.

“If the US and its allies attempt to provoke a new military confrontation with the DPRK, the latter will take strong and reflective ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Days of more intense weather are ahead — extreme heat and high humidity — after a dramatic weekend of coastal flooding, rain and dangerously high surf brought by remnants of Tropical Storm Marie.

A big jump in temperature is expected by Tuesday, with heat "10 to 20 degrees above normal" starting to build across even coastal ...Read more

Foul play is not suspected in the deaths of two men who died at this year’s Burning Man festival, authorities said Monday.

Sampson Tshombe was pronounced dead by a doctor on festival grounds Thursday, and another man, Craig Mann, was found dead inside a trailer on Saturday, Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said in a news release. Festival ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two men were injured by suspected gunfire near the University of Minnesota early Sunday, reviving concerns about student safety as classes begin Tuesday.

University of Minnesota Police Chief Michael Davis told The Minnesota Star Tribune his department understands the fears and said “we’re making the needed adjustments to do ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — For more than an hour, waves of union members and their families marched and chanted along a half-mile stretch of Washington Avenue late Monday morning, their steps amplified by the percussive thunder of drum line groups.

Some could have easily opted to spend their Labor Day — balmy as it was, with blue skies and occasional ...Read more

MIAMI — Federal investigators are just beginning their probe into the crash of an Amazon plane that overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five more, but those with years in the cockpits of big jets have their theories on what went wrong.

Bob Thomas, who had a 43-year career flying planes...Read more

NEW YORK — Three people were shot and three people were stabbed and wounded, one critically, in Brooklyn on Monday leading up to and during the borough’s annual J’Ouvert and West Indian Day celebrations.

A 37-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 19-year-old man suffered graze wounds to both legs in a shooting near Nostrand Ave. and ...Read more

BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands of people in Serbia attended the funeral of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes, while the European Union warned against glorifying him.

A long procession followed Mladic’s coffin from a church to a cemetery in the capital Belgrade, where the authorities of President Aleksandar Vucic...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of union workers, their family members and supporters marched through the streets of industrial Wilmington on Monday, taking part in a Labor Day parade whose festive mood overshadowed their serious concerns about the future.

Jesse Munoz, a 63-year-old longshoreman, who belongs to International Longshore and Warehouse ...Read more

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that’s important to his governing Labour Party but may anger U.S. President Donald Trump.

A new sanctions regime targeting Israel, but limited to Jewish settlements in...Read more

The Boeing Co. 767 cargo jet that crashed at Miami International Airport overran the runway, and plowed through two vehicles before stopping roughly a quarter-mile past the paved surface, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its first detailed federal account of Sunday’s fatal accident.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy described the ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s latest positive spin on the city’s $163 million redesign of Blue Hill Avenue didn’t do much to tamp down the community’s fierce opposition to a center-running bus lane that highlights the project.

Wu held an invite-only virtual press conference last week, which the Herald was not invited to attend ...Read more

A climber on Castle Peak died Sunday after falling while climbing the 14,274-foot peak between Aspen and Crested Butte.

The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that it was notified Sunday that a climber had fallen on the north face of Castle Peak. The agency requested assistance from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran by proposing that Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its stonewalling of nuclear inspectors, who have been unable to verify the location of the country’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium.

The maneuver is expected to unfold at the ...Read more