LOS ANGELES — Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment he got home from school.

His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing. His father, who'd walked him to the bus stop that morning and promised to take him to dinner when he got back, wasn't there.

Saúl Zermeño, a 45-year-old single dad, had gone to a routine check-in ...Read more

The fast-spreading national debate over the effects of AI data centers on the environment has reached Southern Nevada, this time taking over Henderson City Hall.

At a meeting Tuesday, officials said they would explore a 180-day pause on data center permit approvals while city staff studies ways city codes could be changed to address concerns ...Read more

The two major reservoirs on the Colorado River face dire outlooks that will likely spur federal officials to restrict the amount of water flowing downstream — and decrease hydropower generation — in the coming months, even after they ordered recent emergency measures.

Projections released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation show ...Read more

A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul.

Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with little or no health insurance. Title X money ...Read more

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