CHICAGO — Extreme weather usually doesn’t scare Mary Beth Uretz, but she spent Tuesday morning crying in her Homewood basement, clutching her pets as the storm pounded.

“Psychologically, it’s a lot to deal with,” said Uretz. “I’ve never gone to bed at night and worried about my house falling over, until this summer.”

Indeed, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump deflected criticisms about a decision to secretly fly him out of Turkey on a different aircraft while the White House indicated he was aboard Air Force One, saying the Secret Service and military demanded it in response to unspecified safety threats.

“They wanted me to go on a different flight, a ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The City of Fort Worth has proposed an $11.25 million settlement with the family of Atatiana Jefferson, who was killed by one of the city’s police officers in 2019, according to a statement.

The settlement will “result in a complete dismissal and release” of all civil claims asserted by all plaintiffs against all ...Read more

Pakistan’s defense minister said the U.S. and Iran are “close to some sort of arrangement” over the Strait of Hormuz, even after both sides appeared to toughen their positions in the long-deadlocked negotiations.

“Things are shaping up in favor of peace,” Khawaja Asif told reporters in Islamabad on Tuesday, without giving details of ...Read more

The University of Michigan's largest academic college is planning a pilot program of "grade covering" for first-semester freshmen in a year, a potential move that is meeting pushback from critics who said it doesn't allow students to prepare for the rest of their time at college or after.

College of Literature, Science and the Arts Dean Rosario...Read more

BIG SUR, Calif. — Two endangered California condors recovering from lead poisoning were stranded Tuesday after the Timber fire engulfed the only road to their remote sanctuary near Big Sur, preventing staff members from replenishing their food and water.

With firefighting aircraft making a helicopter rescue impossible, wildlife workers faced ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday said an overflow room would be provided to members of the press and the public at alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s upcoming murder trial and that jurors would remain anonymous for their own safety.

Taking the bench a few minutes before 10 a.m., Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said ...Read more

Guides leading a backcountry-skiing group near Lake Tahoe knew avalanche danger was high, had observed warning signs in the snow and expected a brief break in a raging blizzard to “shut quickly” before a slide killed nine people in February, according to a new report commissioned by the guiding company.

The 56-page report by Blackbird ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As a federal judge weighs whether to block the Trump administration's suspension of the region's lead homelessness agency, two members of the president's Cabinet came to in Los Angeles to plead their case.

At a press conference Tuesday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Health and Human ...Read more

NEW YORK — A group of undisclosed documents related to government investigations of Jeffrey Epstein can be made public under the 2025 law requiring release of the Epstein files, a federal judge ruled.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in New York on Tuesday granted a disclosure request by the Justice Department, rejecting arguments by ...Read more

A more than $15 billion spending plan is on its way to the governor’s desk 89 days after the General Assembly was supposed to be done with its work for the year.

But a plan to separately provide money for member-initiated community investment projects, commonly referred to as earmarks, fell apart.

Lawmakers on Tuesday gave their final ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Coastkeeper and the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation have settled a yearslong Clean Water Act lawsuit against the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission and its contractor, Veolia Water West Operating Services, over alleged pollution violations at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday further raised already high odds that an Atlantic system could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm this week.

If it were to spin up into a named system, it could become Tropical Storm Cristobal.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, showers and thunderstorms were showing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — “One bald eagle changed the world.”

So wrote Victoria Novak of Georgia, referring to Jackie, the internet-famous bald eagle who died Monday after weeks of intensive care for a mysterious illness.

Novak was far from alone. Her sentiment echoed nearly 200 responses to a callout asking readers what Jackie meant to them. ...Read more

California will begin phasing out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with birth defects, thyroid issues and other serious health problems.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation said this week all manufacturers of pesticide products containing the active ingredient have voluntarily agreed to withdraw the product from the ...Read more

DETROIT — Lawsuits are mounting from Michigan's largest outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness that causes extreme gastrointestinal issues, as some of those infected seek compensation for what they've endured, and at least one legal expert sees hundreds more claims coming down the road.

Fourteen people have filed federal lawsuits ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Senate Republican group said Tuesday it’s adding $6 million this month to the $45 million it was already planning to spend on Michigan’s open U.S. Senate race for a total of $51 million to help GOP nominee Mike Rogers flip the seat from Democratic control.

The $6 million represents half of an additional $12 million that the...Read more