SAN DIEGO — Eligible San Diego higher education students commuting from Mexico can now cross the border faster through special lanes at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa pedestrian ports of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Students enrolled in the pilot program, known as the Coordinated Access Program, or CAP, were able to...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has taken a hit in her approval rating, which dropped seven points in a new UNH Survey Center poll released on Thursday, with 51% of respondents either disapproving of her job performance as governor or left undecided as the 2026 election draws closer.

The UNH poll found that Healey’s net approval rating fell ...Read more

Since the beginning of the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV has frequently called for peace, cautioning that the “delusion of omnipotence” makes military force seem preferable to diplomacy. Although U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, criticized some of the pope’s comments, a growing choir of Catholic voices has criticized the conflict by ...Read more

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by stagecoach and horseback to every colony, where officials posted it and newspapers circulated it.

But the declaration was also meant ...Read more

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.

The administration has ordered Department...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Friday that she is dropping her investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the cost for renovations at the central bank, a move that could clear a path for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh as Powell’s replacement.

“I have directed my office to close our investigation as the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Prosecutors are still presenting civil and criminal cases in Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman’s court, continuing with business as usual, despite Lexington’s top prosecutor serving as a key witness in state lawmakers’ unprecedented effort last month to remove the judge from office.

Fayette County prosecutor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused European and Asian countries of relying on the U.S. military to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was closed by the war against Iran.

“Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for freeriding is over,” Hegseth said at a news conference on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday he is vetoing a controversial bill that would have directed the NYPD to set up “buffer zones” around schools and educational institutions during protests.

Mamdani said he was letting a similar bill, to establish security perimeters around houses of worship, go into law.

On the schools-related ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Prominent Democratic governors, some considering 2028 presidential bids, gathered Thursday in Los Angeles for a high-dollar fundraiser.

Tickets to attend the event cost up to $100,000, according to an invitation. Closed to the press, it was expected to raise more than $1.5 million for the Democratic Governors Assn., among the ...Read more

The U.S. increased pressure on Iran with its naval blockade, as it seeks to get Tehran to agree to talks, while Israel and Lebanon are set to extend a ceasefire for three weeks.

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to shoot any boat putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, after the military intercepted two oil supertankers that tried to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized European and Asian countries for relying on the U.S. military to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was closed by the war against Iran.

“Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for freeriding is over,” Hegseth said at a news conference on ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Mayor Jacob Frey has earned glowing attention in the national media since the federal immigration surge, with talk show appearances and magazine mentions and even a hint of presidential buzz. Meanwhile, back home, you can buy a T-shirt that says “Frey is a bad mayor.”

There’s no doubt the 12-week Operation Metro Surge ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With the Iran war continuing to strangle Middle East oil supplies, public transit agencies looking to add passengers might expect high gas prices to incentivize people to ride the rails more than ever.

Historically, high gas prices do lead to spikes in public transportation use. But the pandemic hit mass transit hard, ...Read more

A judge on Thursday threw out most of Smokey Robinson’s $500 million defamation suit against four former housekeepers who accused him and his wife of labor law violations and sexual assault.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Brazile ruled there was no evidence of “actual malice” in the women’s accusations that would meet the legal ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would look into the actions of banks in their response to last year’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires following a meeting with that city’s mayor, Karen Bass.

Trump said he met with Bass and other officials to discuss the “progress made on the horrific fires that ravaged Los Angeles, and the surrounding ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated his commitment to working with Los Angeles officials who want to secure federal wildfire recovery funding for victims of the 2025 fires during a private White House meeting with local leaders, County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.

Trump spoke for about an hour and a half Wednesday with ...Read more