President Xi Jinping is shifting tactics in his campaign to pressure Taiwan, ramping up diplomatic isolation of the island while dialing down provocative displays of military aggression.

Taiwan recorded a daily average of five Chinese war planes crossing the Taiwan Strait’s buffer line with China through May this year — half the number ...Read more

The risk of flooding and dangerous surf at California beaches will continue until Wednesday, weather officials said Sunday.

Waves are not expected to be as big as those that pounded the shore last week and led to the deaths of two people.

The National Weather Service said San Francisco recorded its highest-ever summer ocean water level late ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran have reached a peace deal, including the end of military operations, President Donald Trump said.

“The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump said in a social media post. “I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Agriculture subpoenaed the California Department of Social Services on June 4 for SNAP participant data as a part of the federal agency’s latest efforts to root out fraud in government spending.

USDA is requiring California, and three other states, to turn over records with personal information related to individuals’...Read more

Longtime Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized Sunday morning, according to his spokesperson.

McConnell’s spokesperson, Stephanie Penn, said in a brief statement the senator was hospitalized and was receiving “excellent care.”

Penn did not disclose why or where McConnell, 84, was hospitalized. His condition was not available ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Three Philadelphia police officers were wounded in a shooting late Saturday after an argument with a retired city firefighter escalated, and the man opened fire on them in the street, law enforcement sources and city officials said.

The gunman was killed by officers in response, officials said.

Police responded to reports of ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is opposed to having Congress renew now-expired spy powers for U.S. intelligence agencies unless lawmakers also pass a controversial voter identification bill.

Trump’s fresh demand adds another barrier to efforts to renew powers under the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, which grants U.S. intelligence ...Read more

CHICAGO — A light 2-mile jog Sunday morning was all that stood between Joabe Barbosa and the finish line of a journey more than 5,000 miles long. His goal: to run every street in Chicago.

“I’m the first person to run every single street, every single dead-end,” Barbosa said. “I don’t know if I’m happy that I’m done, or if I’m ...Read more

July 1 is the annual feast day for Episcopal saint Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the denomination: an affirmation of her many contributions not only to the church, but to social justice in the United States.

Saints exemplify “what it means to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and make a difference in the world...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly half of educator preparation programs are failing to adequately train future teachers in how to teach reading, according to a new report, even as states across the country have passed laws to overhaul reading instruction.

And in Pennsylvania, even more teacher preparation programs may be falling short, according to the ...Read more

BLACKDUCK, Minn. — This small northern Minnesota city surrounded by pines has had a Police Department since 1910, when there was a jail in City Hall and a constable walked the streets telling kids to get home at dark.

That long tradition of local policing faded years ago in Blackduck and it’s about to end altogether.

With just one squad ...Read more

When her son was a teenager, Connecticut mom Amy Wadsworth said, he was the type of kid parents rarely worry about.

He played sports, cared about his health and stayed away from drugs. In 2018, when he left West Hartford to start his freshman year at American University in Washington, D.C., she expected his biggest challenge would be adjusting ...Read more