Pennsylvania tallied more than two dozen new cases of measles in the last week, including several in the Philadelphia region.

In Chester County, health officials confirmed 13 cases in the suburban Philadelphia county since April, with seven identified since Monday.

The rising counts come as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...Read more

California House Republicans are asking the Trump administration to prevent Democratic state leaders from implementing a new tax on health insurers.

Six House members, including Reps. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, sent a letter Friday to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ...Read more

Roughly a week before she was killed along with her six children, Amanda Karolkiewicz of Grand Haven Township, Michigan, posted multiple TikTok videos of a trip she took to China earlier this month with her two daughters.

Smiling and dressed in one post in a traditional Hanfu style of clothing with her makeup and hair done, the 39-year-old ...Read more

As a data center developer moves its project forward on federal land in Boulder City using an unusual regulatory mechanism, a heated land use debate has sparked appeals and a resolution in Congress that would ban data centers on federal land.

On Monday, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club jointly filed a petition for a stay ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In its latest move to restrict the legal immigration system, the Trump administration announced a sweeping change Monday that could lead to the deportations of thousands of asylum seekers.

The change from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services eliminates the requirement that asylum officers interview certain applicants and ...Read more

BOSTON —Prosecutors sought to paint Lindsay Clancy, a Duxbury mom on trial for allegedly murdering her three children, as a “manipulator,” an accusation the defense tried to flip right back on the Plymouth DA’s office.

In opening statements Monday, Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham described Clancy as an “extremely ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The alleged pay-to-play bribery scheme between former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao and the city’s recycling contractor hit a snag in 2023, when word began to leak of “suspected drug use and activity involving prostitutes” by another East Bay politician during their high-profile shared delegation trip to Vietnam, federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran were engaged in diplomatic talks to end the Middle East conflict, but warned the two sides would return to fighting if negotiations didn’t yield a deal.

“The only reason they want to meet is because we’ve been hitting them very hard,” Trump told reporters Monday aboard Air ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kai Sato, 39, embarked on an odyssey, but the trip he got was not the one he planned.

Two weeks into his first solo voyage from Catalina Island to Hawaii in June, the mast on his sailboat snapped, setting off an ordeal that lasted several weeks.

Sato, who could not be reached for comment, recalled his perilous journey to Hawaii...Read more

MILFORD, Mich. — President Donald Trump touted his administration's efforts to boost manufacturing and combat inflation during a speech in Michigan on Monday, telling people they will "see results very soon."

Trump's remarks came eight days before the battleground state's Aug. 4 primary election and 99 days before the November general ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has released audio recordings of interviews that former President Joe Biden taped with his memoir-writing partners years ago after he lost a court fight to prevent the disclosure.

An advocacy group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation on Monday made the tapes available online, ending a yearslong ...Read more

CARACAS, Venezuela — U.S.-backed political negotiations in Venezuela that ultimately aim to set a course for future elections will begin later this week but without the full backing of either the opposition or the ruling coalition.

The early lack of consensus underscores the steep challenges faced by the oil-rich South American nation that ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Four years ago, Lake Mead hit a historic low, a harbinger of the threat facing Southern Nevada’s primary water source.

Lake Mead reached its record low of 1,040.58 feet above sea level on July 27, 2022. As Lake Mead’s water level continues to trend downward over the past 20 years, conditions this year have stressed its supply ...Read more

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A small two-seater airplane made an emergency landing on Huntington State Beach after losing engine power shortly after takeoff from John Wayne Airport Monday afternoon, July 27, according to tower communications.

The fixed-wing, single-engine Piper Cherokee 140 took off from the airport about 2 p.m. and, minutes ...Read more

For the second time in the past year, North Carolina and 25 other states are suing FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security for threatening to withhold millions of dollars in disaster relief and counterterrorism funding.

FEMA and DHS manage several grant programs that give states millions each year to respond to natural disasters and fight ...Read more

As the Senate speeds toward its upcoming August recess, President Donald Trump is turning up the pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep his chamber in session and in Washington instead.

So far, that’s unlikely.

“You could stay here till Christmas” and the situation wouldn’t change, Thune said. “If I thought there was ...Read more

The federal judge in Florida overseeing President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times has deferred ruling on the newspaper’s request to toss the case, and instead is allowing Trump to revise his complaint.

The president has until Aug. 27 to file an amended suit, U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled ...Read more

President Donald Trump headed to Michigan on Monday to again try selling the U.S. economy to voters ahead of November’s midterms, hitting the state’s competitive 7th District with control of the House on the line.

After making a campaign stop last week in Georgia, he was back in a state with races that are expected to help decide which ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Celeste Rivas Hernandez told the singer D4vd she would destroy his career and ruin his life roughly 24 hours before prosecutors say he killed the teenager, according to text messages made public Monday in court.

After an argument about a relationship between a woman and the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, the 14...Read more