The rapidly expanding Aspen Acres fire, first reported Monday morning, has exploded in size, consuming more than 23,000 acres, or 36 square miles, by early evening, according to an update from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.

The wildfire is being fueled by 100 mph winds, making it impossible for crews to provide any aerial support, ...Read more

DENVER — A Colorado priest who has been in the United States for 24 years is on the brink of being deported to Uganda, where his supporters say he could face political persecution from the regime ruling his home country.

The Rev. Edward Nalwamba, 78, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on September 18, according to...Read more

A top Iranian official reiterated the country’s determination to maintain control over maritime traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes ahead of fresh negotiations with the U.S. on ending their war for good.

In remarks to Iranian state television, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran wants to work out an...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione got stuck in an elevator on the way to his federal court appearance on Monday, where the delays only continued as a judge pushed back his stalking trial to early 2027.

The suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was around 20 minutes late to the hearing “due to elevator problems” inside the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A tabletop fireplace that was recalled after it was linked to two deaths in the United States is apparently still injuring consumers, with two children in Southern California rushed to the hospital over the weekend with serious burns, according to officials.

Firefighters responded to the 500 block of the Strand North at a ...Read more

For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas. He was among 146 migrants deported from the United States who arrived in Venezuela on the very day two powerful earthquakes struck the country.

A member of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service who identified ...Read more

Wildland firefighters use a variety of longstanding safety measures to assess risk while working in increasingly dangerous conditions.

Federal investigators are examining the deaths of three wildland firefighters killed battling the Snyder Mesa fire in western Colorado over the weekend in what officials called a “burnover” event.

A ...Read more

Nearly $1 billion in state homelessness funding will flow to California cities and counties after Gov. Gavin Newsom shifted his stance on limiting new spending on the state’s centerpiece program for shelters, services and permanent housing.

In a victory for cities, counties and advocates for homeless Californians, the 2026-27 budget agreement...Read more

In April of last year, Alianna Grant was walking back to her dorm near the student union at Florida State University when she made eye contact with a young man who would fire three bullets into her chest, stomach and finger.

Wearing an AirPod in one ear, she managed to tell her iPhone to call her mother in Miami.

“I could see I was bleeding,...Read more

BALTIMORE — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan did not commit to supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox, whom he also declined to endorse in 2022, renewing questions about whether Maryland Republicans can win statewide without the coalition Hogan built.

In a Sunday Fox 5 interview, Hogan said Maryland Republicans are “...Read more

A SpaceX launch Sunday night sent up a Sirius XM satellite under a nearly full moon, capping off the final launch planned from Florida in the first half of the year.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the SiriusXM SXM-11 mission headed to geosynchronous transfer orbit lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:25 p.m...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson added pressure to aldermen Monday as they began to vet his plan to overhaul Chicago renters’ rights with changes like capped move-in fees and a rental registry.

Johnson pitched the plan as a way to strike back at corporate landlords who he blamed for soaring housing costs. His proposal won support from allies...Read more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A crowd of North End beachgoers hurried to the water’s edge at 47th Street on Thursday afternoon as an aquarium team released a rehabilitated loggerhead turtle.

Wearing blue shirts and gloves, two team members lifted the animal out of a plastic bin they had carried to the shoreline. They lowered it onto the wet sand ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A suite of habitat restoration goals on a federal wildlife refuge offshore Pinellas County promised big benefits for human and animal residents alike:

More eastern oyster reefs to clean Tampa Bay’s water and curb erosion; more marsh grasses to soften storm surge and give shelter for nesting birds; more hardened shorelines for ...Read more

Temple University has asked its schools, colleges, and administrative units to cut a total of $60 million to help offset a projected deficit for 2026-27.

President John Fry shared the plan in a message to the campus community Friday and said a reduction in employees is “inevitable.”

The message did not reveal how many layoffs the ...Read more

LIMA, Peru — Conservative Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s presidential election by a slim margin in her fourth bid for the highest office in the copper-rich nation.

Fujimori received 50.14% of the vote, according to the full count by the electoral agency ONPE on Monday, after a lengthy review of thousands of disputed ballots from the June 7 ...Read more

BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Massachusetts over a state law that it says provides in-state college tuition rates and financial aid to “illegal aliens” while denying out-of-state students the same cost-cutting benefits.

The DOJ lawsuit was filed Monday in Boston’s federal court against the Commonwealth of ...Read more