LOS ANGELES — One of two destructive wildfires burning near Big Sur in Monterey County has nearly doubled in size over the last two days. The aggressive Plaskett fire overtook the Timber fire in size, and together they have blackened more than 50,000 acres.

The twin wildfires have led to the closure of 50 miles of Highway 1, as well as ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Woodland Police Department responded to community concerns about its use of the Flock Safety automated license plate recognition system amid growing opposition to the technology.

In a presentation to the City Council, Chief Ryan Kinnan explained the system and shared recent cases that Flock helped solve, including an ...Read more

DETROIT — A foreign moth that could have stirred up trouble was intercepted for the first time in the United States at Detroit Metro Airport, officials said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers captured the potentially destructive winged bug, a straw crest moth — Mesophleps silacella — at the airport in January, representatives ...Read more

Israeli forces captured a Hamas security chief in a rare raid deep into the Gaza Strip, prompting the Iran-backed militant group to warn that an already shaky ceasefire could break down completely.

The daylight operation on Tuesday to capture Mouin Mohammed Al-Arabeed near Gaza City was accompanied by multiple Israeli air strikes that killed ...Read more

Fighting between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz intensified after a period of relative calm, triggering a fresh jump in oil prices as fears grow that the war may drag on indefinitely.

The U.S. military carried out a second round of strikes in three days overnight, targeting radar systems and mine-laying capabilities ...Read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Middle Eastern nations should reject external interference, as he met with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo.

The Chinese leader’s support for national autonomy was outlined in a four-point initiative to strengthen regional security that included a call for major powers outside the region...Read more

Nepal urged international travelers not to abandon the Himalayas, declaring the country open for tourism as it continues to assess the human and economic toll from catastrophic floods that killed more than a thousand people.

“Our mountain trails, trekking routes are still waiting for you,” Tourism Minister Khadak Raj Paudel said in a video ...Read more

In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through plants that could otherwise burn, lowering the risk of catastrophic fires in the process.

When livestock are ...Read more

Hundreds of first responders have told me they remember exactly how they felt during the World Trade Center attacks, even 25 years on.

They tell me that they remember not being able to think, see or smell anything. They could focus only on digging and pulling debris out of the way. They could not rest because those trapped beneath the...Read more

EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving.

Grandma’s Ice Cream Shoppe, an ice cream parlor owned by a retired preacher and his wife, gets only one or two...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Marvin Reid can’t say how many pedestrians he’s seen get hit while trying to brave the North Hollywood intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue. He gave up keeping count long ago.

One afternoon last spring, he watched as a man was struck while walking toward a 7-Eleven on the corner. Fortunately, the man popped ...Read more

​NEW YORK -- Terrorism in 2026 looks very different than it did 25 years ago when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11.

While the United States has not seen an attack on that scale since then, the risks have become more varied and complex. Now, fighting terror is police focusing on the havoc a lone gunman can wreak in Times Square, a Boko Haram ...Read more

As Cuba’s hot summer nears its end with no sign of regime change on the communist-run island, Cubans continue to suffer miserable living conditions as the country’s humanitarian crisis gets disturbingly worse.

Several years into a deep recession, the near-collapse of the country’s entire infrastructure has upended Cubans’ daily lives, ...Read more

Every state is receiving opioid settlement payouts from companies accused of flooding the nation with prescription painkillers and fueling overdose deaths. But only one state is directing 20% of those payouts to sheriffs — the largest carve-out for law enforcement nationwide.

In Louisiana, sheriffs are elected, do not serve at the pleasure of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ezequiel Romo’s gang had plagued Panorama City for decades.

Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

The city poured millions ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A 56-year-old woman was arrested outside the Lindsay Clancy trial for attempting to photograph the jury, the Boston Herald has learned.

The State Police told the Herald Dawn Light of Sutton was arrested Tuesday at about 3:40 p.m. outside of the Plymouth District Courthouse. She is charged with one count of intimidation of a ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration has extended restrictions on U.S. flights landing in Port-au-Prince for another six months, citing safety risks due to the country’s ongoing instability.

The new FAA notice took effect on Monday and runs through March 2, 2027. It bans U.S.airlines, commercial operators and most U.S. registered civilian ...Read more

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thousands of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are about to trade the steel corridors of an aircraft carrier for the neon-lit bars, beaches and massage parlors of Thailand.

The nuclear-powered carrier is due to arrive early Wednesday at Laem Chabang Port, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the resort city of Pattaya...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A 56-year-old woman was arrested outside the Lindsay Clancy trial for allegedly attempting to photograph the jury, the Herald has learned.

It all hit as the jury was sent home early after declaring they were deadlocked.

The State Police told the Herald Dawn Light of Sutton was arrested Tuesday at about 3:40 p.m. outside the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When the largest fire recorded in the history of Channel Islands National Park erupted on Santa Rosa Island in May, observers feared for the park’s rare Torrey pines.

On Tuesday, the National Park Service released grim news: Up to 80% of the grove’s trees could die as a result of the fire, which burned nearly 40% of the 18,...Read more