SACRAMENTO, Calif. — SEIU United Health Workers West President Dave Regan allegedly tried to “extort” an SEIU state council endorsement of the billionaire tax ballot measure from other California union leaders, according to an investigation commissioned by Service Employees International Union.

The investigation and a second inquiry ...Read more

SEATTLE — As fears mounted over increased immigration arrests and deportations across Washington state, five Snohomish County families believed their favorite campgrounds in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest would always be a place they could feel safe together.

Their belief shattered last Friday, when the families awoke to armed federal...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Rep. David Maloney, a Republican who represents parts of Berks County, wants to rename Lake Erie to “Lake Pennsylvania,” arguing that the state’s only Great Lake has become increasingly important to Pennsylvania’s economy and identity.

Maloney plans to introduce a resolution that would urge President Donald Trump, ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Friday hailed 9/11 victims, survivors and first responders in a poignant Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks, but also invoked the tragedy to defend his controversial war with Iran.

Trump, who skipped the main memorial at ground zero, eloquently paid tribute to a long and varied ...Read more

A six-member bloc of Gulf states is weighing a meeting with Iranian officials next week to discuss the future of the Strait of Hormuz, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the first gathering with the Islamic Republic since war erupted more than six months ago.

Oman is aiming to get foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation ...Read more

BALTIMORE — In the days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the west side of the Pentagon at 530 mph, killing her husband and 183 others, Devora Wolk Pontell found herself lost in a fog of grief and shock.

Getting a new job helped. So did the support of colleagues, losing herself in her work at the ...Read more

A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts.

The E-Rate program provides about $3 billion annually for internet access and telecommunications to more than 100,000...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Californians just made it through the hottest August on record without having to endure any rolling power outages.

And, as the Southland continues to sweat its way through record-setting heat and humidity this week, there have been no widespread calls to reduce energy.

In fact, the state has not issued a Flex Alert since 2022, ...Read more

NEW YORK — In the days after 9/11, the fear of what might come next beset famously unflappable Gotham. Was another attack in the works? Would large city centers with now-vulnerable skyscrapers become obsolete?

The magnitude of the human carnage and physical destruction was overwhelming.

“It looked, immediately after 9/11, as if Lower ...Read more

One of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, Natalie Harp, worked in the White House for more than a year without completing the normal security clearance process, according to a recent MS Now report.

Harp may have been among the personnel granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information access at the beginning of ...Read more

If you’ve been following the dispute between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., you probably know that it centers on the deaths of two infants in Lancaster County in late August 2026.

And you may be aware that despite the county coroner’s confirmation that one infant died ...Read more

A six-member bloc of Gulf states is weighing a meeting with Iranian officials next week to discuss the future of the Strait of Hormuz, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the first gathering with the Islamic Republic since war erupted more than six months ago.

Oman is aiming to get foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation ...Read more

NEW YORK — The deaths of some 3,000 people killed on 9/11 when the World Trade Center collapsed in lower Manhattan ripped apart families. The dead included firefighters, cops, business executives, office workers and others. They were also moms and dads, wives and husbands, sisters and brothers.

For those left behind, the pain has not gone ...Read more

The Houthis advanced toward Red Sea coastal areas bordering the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as fighting between the militant group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces intensifies.

The Houthis have gained ground in their attempt to seize Mokha near the southern end of the Red Sea, according to several analysts, with some saying the Yemeni port ...Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to deepen ties between their countries, signaling their relationship remains resilient despite mounting pressure from Washington on New Delhi to distance itself from Moscow.

After talks in New Delhi lasting about 40 minutes, India’s Ministry of External Affairs ...Read more

U.S. farmers will produce a record-breaking harvest of 4.52 billion bushels of soybeans in 2026, according to projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At 60 pounds to the bushel, that is roughly 800 pounds of soybeans for every American.

Most people don’t think of themselves as soybean consumers. Few sit down to a plate ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The group of nine had been camped out in the Idaho governor’s office for hours, begging for a meeting with Gov. Brad Little.

It was April 1, the day after Transgender Day of Visibility. It was also the day after the governor signed what the ACLU of Idaho has called the most extreme bathroom ban in the country, making it a ...Read more

The Trump administration is trying to help Americans better afford homes by cutting regulation, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said Thursday on Bloomberg Television.

But he declined to address the effects of rising bond yields that have increased borrowing costs.

“The president made the promise when he came in – and ...Read more