WASHINGTON — For most of his second term, President Donald Trump has been arguing that the “golden age” he promised for America’s economy is already here. There’s hardly been much evidence that voters agreed.

Now, with midterm elections less than three months away and campaigning poised to get underway in earnest, the gap has become ...Read more

INCHELIUM, Colville Reservation, Wash. — Flames thrashed in the crowns of the ponderosas, spewing chunky embers as a family fought to halt the fire’s spread toward their home.

The Modrite fire raced toward Inchelium along the Columbia River on the Colville Reservation in late July, consuming homes and just about everything else in its path....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, experts in California say the disease appears to be becoming more of a summer rather than a winter phenomenon.

The shift was noted over the past couple of years and has become even clearer in 2026, prompting health officials to refocus their prevention efforts. The U.S. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Mauri Friestleben knows what it’s like to close schools in north Minneapolis, having served 20 years ago as an assistant to former Superintendent Bill Green when Willard Elementary and other buildings were shuttered.

“It was really hard. It was emotional,” she said. “I think people are assuming that’s what we’re ...Read more

A political ad released last month depicts Gov. Gavin Newsom operating a robotic Democratic Party machine that chooses former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra as the next governor.

Newsom explains to his would-be successor that the machine was “created to make sure that nothing ever changes” — as long as Becerra “submit(s) to the machine...Read more

“It’s all in your head.”

By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard these five words more times than they can count. They are told their brain scan was normal. Their electroencephalogram, a test that measures the brain’s electrical activity, is reassuring. “The good ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s Cuba strategy is increasingly focused on ramping up sanctions and economic pressure rather than deploying military force to break the island’s Communist leadership, people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. attention is now centered on cutting off all revenue sources for the regime rather than any ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — California Department of Justice investigators will not pursue criminal charges against Fullerton police officers who fatally shot a man following a high-speed pursuit in 2023, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday.

Austin Heiselman, 48, of Whittier, was shot and killed by Fullerton police on Feb. 10, 2023, after a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun searching for new members for a vaccine advisory committee it is quietly reshaping to look at alternatives to vaccinations, a move that has drawn worries from outside groups.

The National Vaccine Advisory Committee, created in 1987, has worked across agencies to advise the Health and Human ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A family vacation last month turned to grief when a Kansas City man was seriously injured by a falling rock at Glacier National Park in Montana and later died at a hospital.

The family of Rex Schowengerdt, 72, shared their story on a GoFundMe page, describing the man as a beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather who...Read more

NEW YORK — Two more people have died of Legionnaires’ disease, raising the death toll from this summer’s Upper East Side outbreak to nine, officials announced Friday.

“I’m saddened to share that 2 more people have died in connection with the UES Legionnaires’ disease cluster,” city Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said in a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Friday to stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a dramatic turning point in the high-profile prosecution over the executive’s predawn murder outside a Midtown hotel in December 2024.

In a stunning courtroom admission before Thompson’s tearful widow, ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday vented long-simmering frustrations with the Trump administration, accusing Washington of "meddling" after the State Department revoked the visa of the son of her predecessor and mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The Mexican leader denounced as "political" an ongoing...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The family of murdered UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson called Friday’s guilty plea by Luigi Mangione an “important step toward justice for Brian and our family.”

“While nothing will ease the pain of losing him, we are grateful that the federal justice system has held the person responsible for this ...Read more

DETROIT — Six people are dead, including the suspect, in a mass shooting in Northern Michigan, Michigan State Police confirmed Friday.

Details of the attack were emerging late Friday from the MSP officials, including that a person was critically wounded.

MSP Lt. Ashley Miller told WWJ Newsradio that said a call came in to 911 dispatchers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Boyle Heights was reaching a breaking point as a deadline passed to clean up 88 million pounds of rotten food from the burned-down warehouse and residents begged for relief from the horrifying stench.

The city says Lineage failed to meet the deadline Friday, while the company says it should have more time. Residents say the end ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has largely ended a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients who marry U.S. citizens.

President Donald Trump tried, unsuccessfully, to end DACA during his first term. This week's action reflects his administration's ongoing focus on the Obama-era program that shields from deportation hundreds of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, S.C. — As expected, the efficient state Judge Debra McCaslin started Friday’s pretrial hearing for Alex Murdaugh second double murder trial right on time, at 10 a.m.

But over the next 31/2 hours, the unexpected kept popping up.

First, there was an allegation — possibly baseless — aired by the defense that the missing assault...Read more

President Donald Trump touched down Friday on Long Island to highlight his record on crime and try to boost Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s campaign for governor.

With Blakeman by his side, Trump released FBI statistics showing decreases in violent crime after touring the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City.

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