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California wants to list Jewish as an ethnicity. Jews are divided over the idea

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California is poised to be the first state in the nation to allow people to identify their Jewish heritage on state forms, sparking debate within the community about identity and the merits of being singled out.

Some Jews believe the move would help people understand the community better, particularly on issues such as health and hate crimes. ...Read more

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Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes along prominent SoCal urban fault line

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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck near the city of Compton early Sunday morning, delivering light shaking to the southern Los Angeles area.

The temblor jolted the area at 12:13 a.m., with an epicenter about three miles south-southeast of Compton. People reported feeling shaking as far away as Santa Clarita, according to the United States ...Read more

Two men reported dead at Burning Man festival

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A day after reporting a death at Burning Man, festival organizers announced a second death on Saturday.

The Burning Man Project said in a statement that Craigh Mann, 60, was found dead by campmates at approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday.

“Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the participant’s family, friends, campmates, and all those...Read more

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Trump's 'erratic' tariffs undermine economy, House Democrat says

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Democratic Representative Haley Stevens blasted the “erratic” tariff war that President Donald Trump started with Canada, saying her home state of Michigan is bearing much of the economic fallout from the trade dispute.

“They are really exhausted,” Stevens said on Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg "This Weekend," referring to ...Read more

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Miami International Airport shut down after an Amazon cargo plane crashes off a runway, catches fire

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An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport Sunday afternoon, causing a full ground stop that halts all flights.

Anyone heading for the airport to fly out or pick up passengers should check with the airline. Also, Northwest 67th Avenue is closed from 25th Street to 36th Street.

The FAA said flight 7598 from Miami-based 21 Air,...Read more

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Labour says Farage must answer for foreign donations scandal

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Britain’s Labour Party said Nigel Farage should take responsibility for fresh allegations about illicit funding that enveloped his Reform UK party as members gathered for its annual conference last week.

The insurgent leader denied that his party received foreign donations in a BBC interview on Sunday. His remarks came after two of his aides ...Read more

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Zelenskyy sees no fast end to war after meeting with US envoys

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Ukraine is resigned to Russia’s war dragging on through another tough winter and is looking for a “package” from allies that would cover air defense reinforcements as well as energy, including U.S. liquefied natural gas.

Zelenskyy spoke to reporters after talks in Kyiv with President Donald Trump’s negotiating duo, Jared Kushner and ...Read more

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Across the nation, Salvadoran immigrants brace for loss of temporary protected status

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Weeks after thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants saw the end of their protected status in the U.S., exposing them to ICE arrest and deportation, more than 170,000 people from El Salvador now face the same fate.

And soon.

Temporary protected status for the Central American nation is set to end on Sept. 9, a deadline that’s provoked ...Read more

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New details emerge about the victims of mass shooting at Minneapolis apartment tower

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The seven people wounded by gunfire in Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Shoreline Plaza apartment building in downtown Minneapolis ranged from residents to building staff to police officers who rushed to the scene. Two who lived there were killed by gunman and fellow resident Carlton Johnson II before he was killed in an exchange of gunfire ...Read more

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US energy chief says Navy to defend Hormuz until Iran backs down

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U.S. Navy escorts that are helping tankers cross the Strait of Hormuz are essential to sustaining crude flows through the waterway, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday, suggesting they won’t end anytime soon.

“We’re getting a lot of ships through, but of course it requires the U.S. military to do that,” Wright said on CNN’s ...Read more

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Hurricane Marie won't hit SoCal, but we're not in the clear yet. What to know

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Though Hurricane Marie continues to weaken in the southern Pacific Ocean — and is expected to remain hundreds of miles off the Southern California coastline — the region can still expect to feel some effects from the storm over the next few days.

Tropical moisture began to move into the region Saturday night, bringing the chance for some ...Read more

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Iran, US trade tit-for-tat tanker attacks as war drags on

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Iran said it targeted three oil tankers using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a number of U.S.-linked ships, in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian tankers over the weekend.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gave no further details about the incidents, nor did its Telegram post late Saturday ...Read more

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US envoys, Zelenskyy joined by European allies in Kyiv meeting

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump’s envoys in Kyiv, a day after Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Moscow with President Vladimir Putin in pursuit of a way to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The trio, along with Ukraine’s negotiating team, are now meeting with top national security ...Read more

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New app to provide California wildfire updates to the public directly from fire agencies

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SAN DIEGO — As wildfires ravaged Southern California in January 2025, millions of people turned to Cal Fire’s website for information on the Eaton and Palisades fires, checking on evacuation orders and looking at maps tracing the destructive path of flames.

Looking back, state fire officials noted that around 75 million users had visited ...Read more

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Climate change is taking some of the shine out of Pure Michigan summer

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DETROIT — The mid-summer heat dome kept Oak Park resident Chi Walker stuck in her house, fearing the extreme temperatures would trigger her asthma and land her in the hospital.

Wildfire smoke that rained ash onto the Upper Peninsula city of Marquette turned the popular Blackrocks Brewery patio into "a ghost town" during what should have been ...Read more

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The bridge that became an absolute necessity after 9/11

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LAS VEGAS — Touted as a civil engineering marvel before construction even began, the immense Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge hangs about 90 stories above the Colorado River, overlooking the storied Hoover Dam.

There was a time when the most viable artery connecting Southern Nevada to neighboring Arizona — for cars and big ...Read more

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Vannacci, Italy's rising right-wing star, has tet to meet Meloni

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Italy’s Roberto Vannacci, the insurgent ultranationalist, has yet to meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni or have contact with her circle, as his rise begins to reshape her right-wing alliance before next year’s election.

“I’m not formally in touch with any representative of the center-right alliance,” Vannacci told Bloomberg News ...Read more

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Florida leaders vie to bring newly announced US Space Academy to the state

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The countdown is on for where the new U.S. Space Academy will call home — and Florida leaders are throwing the state’s name in the ring.

“We strongly believe Florida is uniquely positioned to host this important institution,” a bipartisan letter from the state’s congressional delegation argued.

President Donald ...Read more

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Police bust suspected catalytic converter theft ring across LA and Orange counties

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LOS ANGELES — Five people were arrested Thursday after local and state law enforcement officials discovered about 2,400 catalytic converters they say are linked to a theft ring.

The Orange County Sheriff's Department announced Friday that it worked with several assisting agencies to serve search warrants across Orange and L.A. counties. Two ...Read more

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Family of MTA trackworker killed by oncoming Bronx subway train want 'truth' about fatal crash

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NEW YORK — The grieving family of an MTA trackworker killed by an oncoming D train in the Bronx is demanding a full and thorough investigation into the fatal crash that tore a cherished mom away from her three children and twin sister.

“There’s no way to go around it. We just want the truth,” Thomas Tyrell, the brother-in-law of MTA ...Read more