DENVER — Xcel Energy is considering preemptively cutting power to parts of western Colorado on Wednesday as fire danger peaks in the state, utility officials announced Sunday evening.

A combination of strong winds, low humidity and “unseasonably warm and dry” conditions will create critical fire danger in Colorado’s Eastern Plains, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors formally charged David Anthony Burke — the 21-year-old music star better known as D4vd — with murder on Monday in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose badly decomposed body was found in the trunk of a car in Hollywood last summer.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said D4vd ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional, a divided Commonwealth Court ruled Monday.

In reaching that conclusion, the statewide court that oversees government-related matters recognized “a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy” in the Pennsylvania Constitution.

The finding likely sets up...Read more

Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologized for his appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K.’s ambassador to Washington, as he criticized civil servants for failing to inform him that the Labour grandee had failed security vetting.

“I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson,” Starmer told the House of Commons on Tuesday. “...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could shrink Congress’ power to let agencies internally decide legal and regulatory violations, as two telecommunications giants challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s power to impose forfeitures.

AT&T and Verizon have contested determinations ...Read more

With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever.

It’s our job as turfgrass researchers hired by FIFA, the game’s governing body, to make sure those pitches feel the same for players and that the grass thrives.

That’s not so simple....Read more

Iran expressed reluctance to send diplomats to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks after the U.S. maintained its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and seized an Iranian ship.

Tehran has no plans to attend the potential negotiations — which would aim for an agreement to formally end the seven-week conflict — though a final decision ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — More than 25,000 assaults on Kentucky school staff have been reported in the past five years, according to the Kentucky Education Association, a union that represents teachers statewide.

Now, using a new survey, KEA wants to gather on-the-ground data from thousands of public school employees to help develop related ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A new UC San Diego study strengthens the growing body of evidence that marijuana use impacts adolescent brain development.

Researchers observed slower gains in cognitive tests that measured memory, focus and thinking speed among middle and high school-age kids who used cannabis when compared to those who abstained.

Scheduled for ...Read more

The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made from oil – literally everywhere. Federal data shows that the price at the primary crude oil hub in the U.S. was US$66 a barrel in late February 2026 – before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran – and $...Read more

For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff’s department after Joe Arpaio made it into a national flash point for extreme immigration tactics. After a legal immigrant sued Arpaio and the county Sheriff’s Office, a federal district court ruled in 2015 that Arpaio and his deputies relied on racial ...Read more

On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special.

The miners waged a pitched battle with the National Guard for 10 days before President Woodrow...Read more

Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was an accomplished dentist and a loving mom to two teenage children. On April 16, 2026, she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who then killed himself, according to news reports. This apparent intimate partner murder-suicide has garnered widespread media attention because ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry, landfills and dairy farms. It’s also coming from another lesser-known source: reservoirs.

As plants break down underwater, they form methane, which then bubbles to the surface. California doesn’t monitor ...Read more

Lucas Da Silva was born in Brazil but came to the United States as a baby. His first language was English. He speaks Portuguese but only at home with his family. He’d like to visit his native country — but doesn’t want to move back for good.

“That’s like moving to a foreign country, like I don’t really know Brazil,” he said. “I�...Read more

When 25-year-old Alex LaMorie called Howard County Police for help during a mental health crisis, his family expected officers trained to de-escalate the encounter. Instead, police fatally shot the Columbia man, who had autism.

Advocates say LaMorie’s March 1 death reflects a broader problem across Maryland and nationwide: Police are often ...Read more

For years, Nino Orsini Jr. thought his restless nights were normal.

“I would go to bed at a decent hour. I would log six to eight hours of sleep where I was unconscious, but I wasn't getting what is ‘actual’ sleep,” said Orsini, 48, of Seven Fields, Pennsylvania.

Like an estimated 30 million Americans, Orsini was living with ...Read more