WASHINGTON — When families flocked to Yosemite National Park during their recent spring breaks, some met two-hour waits at the entrance gates. At a lakeside spot in the North Cascades in Washington state, there hasn't been enough staff to open the visitors center. And in Death Valley, water was shut off at two campgrounds.

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As California’s housing crisis continues to dominate state politics, candidates for governor are increasingly positioning themselves as pro-housing, a shift driven in part by the growing influence of the Yes In My Backyard movement.

Leading candidates to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom are leaning into the issue after a year when affordability ...Read more

Dozens of community members rallied Sunday in North Miami to call on federal leaders to extend Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals at risk of deportation.

The Family Action Network Movement, along with other South Florida immigration advocates, called for the demonstration at the Museum of Contemporary Art plaza, ...Read more

Mike Kennealy suspended his campaign for governor Sunday after failing to clear the 15% delegate hurdle at the Massachusetts Republican Convention necessary to make the primary ballot.

“I am deeply grateful to those that supported me,” Kennealy said in a statement Sunday. “Every meeting, every conversation, every story – I will carry ...Read more

Family members of a man charged in a terror attack on the Boulder Pearl Street Mall were released from immigration custody late Saturday after two federal judges intervened in an effort to deport them.

Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ages 5 to 18, were released in Colorado, their attorney, Eric Lee, said in an email Sunday.

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President Trump was preparing to take the stage at the White House Correspondents' Assn. dinner Saturday night, eager — by his own account — to "let it rip" before a room of Washington's elite and reporters he has spent years calling the enemy of the people.

Then shots were heard. Secret Service agents rushed him off the stage. And within ...Read more

A night devoted to celebrating the 1st Amendment and journalism turned into a breaking story of its own.

The attendees at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday took cover under the tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom when they heard gunshots outside, which led to the evacuation of President Trump and many of his ...Read more

Politicians representing Pennsylvania and New Jersey praised law enforcement and expressed relief that President Donald Trump and members of his administration weren’t injured in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in a Washington hotel Saturday night.

Secret Service agents whisked Trump to safety as gunfire ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An attempted attack at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner is spurring fresh questions about the security around President Donald Trump and other top officials.

The armed assailant, who investigators believe was staying at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was being held, ran past a security checkpoint before ...Read more

A knack for public service was one of Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew’s defining qualities, friends and neighbors recalled Sunday.

Bartholomew, 38, who had been with the police department for a decade, was identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as the officer fatally shot Saturday morning at a North Side hospital.

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BOSTON — A crew member on a cruise ship sailing off the coast of Massachusetts went overboard Saturday, according to the cruise company.

The person fell off the ship that was east of Cape Cod in the late evening, according to a Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson.

After confirming that a person had gone overboard, the ship alerted that U.S. ...Read more

For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear after a gunman stormed the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

As the investigation into the shooting continues, Alfonso Serrano, The Conversation’s politics ...Read more

According to President Donald Trump, Cole Allen, the man accused of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting, had also authored a “manifesto” before the attack, which he had shared with family and which his brother had flagged to local law enforcement in Connecticut.

The New York Post reported on Sunday that Allen ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man taken into custody after gunfire rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday was identified by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County.

Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times the FBI is examining Allen’s electronics and...Read more

Tufts Medical Center has received approval to perform living donor liver transplants effective immediately, the health care provider announced.

“By offering living donor liver transplantation, we are opening new pathways to life-saving care and providing hope to patients with end-stage liver disease who might otherwise face extended — and ...Read more

DENVER — The number of children abused or neglected in Colorado dropped more than 40% in four years, meaning roughly 4,600 fewer kids experienced known maltreatment in 2025 than in 2021.

Last year, the Colorado Department of Human Services reported 6,116 children were victims of substantiated abuse or neglect, down from 10,779 in 2021, which ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Expert veterinary staff at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens report that 13 sloths, donated from planned International Drive attraction Sloth World, have survived the first 24 hours in their care, according to a press release on the zoo’s website.

Upon arrival at the zoo, all of the animals were examined for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man taken into custody after gunfire rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night was identified by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County.

Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times the FBI is examining Allen’s ...Read more

Few Americans knew the exact timing of the ouster of Venezuela’s leader, but for one military insider it was a sure bet.

In the new world of prediction markets, a U.S. Special Forces operative was recently arrested and accused of using secret, classified military information to bet that Nicolas Maduro would be removed from office by a certain...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen journalists and a dozen more residents and onlookers were gathered outside the Allen family’s house in Torrance, California, on Sunday morning.

It was a far quieter scene than the night before, when at one point over 100 journalists and curious people stood behind lines of yellow police tape at each end of ...Read more