Iran is ready for a more intense war and will escalate counterstrikes if the United States continues attacking its territory and infrastructure, according to a senior official from the Islamic Republic.

Tehran has no intention of backing down in the face of an American naval blockade and attacks on its oil tankers, said the official, who asked ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — A former volunteer involved in the farmworker movement is alleging union leader Cesar Chavez raped her in the 1970s while she lived with her family on the Unifed Farms Workers compound, according to a new lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed Sept. 1 in Kern County Superior Court against the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the UFW ...Read more

MIAMI — The pilots of the Amazon Prime plane that crashed at Miami International Airport Sunday may have been trying to go airborne again as they struggled to regain control of the Boeing 767 jet before it overshot the runway and killed five people, federal investigators said.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators reviewed the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Prosecutors told a federal jury Wednesday a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese sex workers in a series of brazen attacks in 2022 that turned his duty to serve and protect on its head.

But a lawyer for Luis Uribe said in his opening statement ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court wants Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to explain himself.

Chief Justice W. Brent Powell late Tuesday ordered Hoskins, a Republican, to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for ordering local election officials to use a gerrymandered congressional map that ...Read more

MIAMI — After a cargo plane overshot a runway and killed five people outside Miami International Airport, members of the county board overseeing that facility are considering whether to spend big on a potential safety upgrade.

Some airports employ collapsible surfaces to slow or stop a plane that overshoots a runway — though that’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The city of Malibu declared a local emergency and issued evacuation orders for 31 homes after a massive and expanding sinkhole opened up in the driveway of Nicolas Cage’s oceanfront residence.

The Los Angeles County Fire and Sheriff’s departments responded to the sinkhole at a home on the 31600 block of Sea Level Drive ...Read more

President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash as Christmas gifts last year to his assistant Natalie Harp, as well as two other female aides, financial disclosure documents revealed.

The president doled out the large bonus to Harp, who has raised eyebrows for her ubiquitous presence by his side, and the same amount to communications adviser Margo ...Read more

Acting wasn’t always the goal for Rob Riggle while he was at Shawnee Mission South and then the University of Kansas.

Hoping to be a naval aviator, Riggle joined the Marines at age 19 while in Lawrence. But he later decided to take a leap into show business and started working two jobs. During the day, Riggle was on active duty with the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Astronaut Victor Glover, a Southern California native who piloted NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon this year, is stepping back from the space agency.

He began a full-time leadership position at his alma mater, Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the university.

As the only pilot to...Read more

Brent oil topped $101 a barrel for the first time since July, as escalating attacks across the Middle East heightened concerns about further disruptions to energy flows out of the crude-rich region.

The global crude benchmark rose over 3% in New York, while West Texas Intermediate traded near $96. The U.S. military said it destroyed five ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A 2.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Cecil County early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was recorded around 12:41 a.m. near Rising Sun. It had a 6.2-kilometer depth, officials with the USGS said.

Rising Sun Town Administrator Calvin A. Bonenberger Jr. told The Baltimore Sun that officials ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom's pending defamation case against Fox News could go to trial in early 2028, around the same time the governor could be running a 2028 campaign for president.

Newsom sued the news network last year over its coverage of a phone call that took place between the governor and President Donald Trump in June 2025, as ...Read more

Brent oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July, as fresh tensions between the U.S. and Iran heightened concerns about energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

The global crude benchmark rose about 3% in London. The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian tankers in response to attempts to hit a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic ...Read more

European countries will buy Ukraine more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems and send missiles from their own stocks to help Ukraine repel an expected Russian winter onslaught.

The influx of missiles will arrive both through individual donations and a NATO program that lets European countries purchase U.S. weapons for Kyiv. The commitments ...Read more

Serbia will hold a snap vote on Oct. 25, setting in motion a political playbook that may see the embattled President Aleksandar Vucic transition to the role of prime minister.

Vucic signed an official decree on the snap ballot and parliament’s dissolution on Wednesday. The vote, long demanded by opposition groups, seeks to try to resolve ...Read more

NEW YORK – With the start of the release of hidden World Trade Center 9/11 documents held by New York City, we can begin to understand the critical questions of who knew what and when about the environmental health disaster released when the twin towers fell and the soaring plume of white dust rose, covering Downtown.

Mayor Mamdani and the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A 2.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Cecil County early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was recorded around 12:41 a.m. near Rising Sun. It had a 5.1-kilometer depth, officials with the USGS said.

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