WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the critical waterway.

“It could happen. Tomorrow or the next day,” Trump told reporters in Los Angeles, when asked about reports that an announcement is ...Read more

Philadelphians who live near industrial land and major roads – those who live in the Port Richmond and Bridesburg neighborhoods along I-95, or the Delaware River port-industrial corridor, for example – face worse air pollution and are more likely to have asthma than residents who live farther from those sites.

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For millennia, the Wounaan people, who live in parts of what is now Panama and Colombia, have hewn and sculpted various woods. Cocobolo rosewood, Dalbergia retusa, is particularly favored for carving ceremonial staffs used in traditional medicine and commercial art depicting tropical plants and animals.

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Severe storms, heat waves and wildfires can shut down the social life of a community, flooding out festivals, canceling community events and keeping people indoors.

They’re also evidence of how climate change isn’t just changing the environments we all live in, but also impeding our ability to connect with one another.

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“Look around.”

“Pay attention.”

“Be mindful of where you are and who you are with.”

“Check in. With us. With yourself.”

For parents of Black children, these four statements represent routine guidance they give, part of currentnews/newsheadlines/s-4268932">Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the critical waterway.

“It could happen. Tomorrow or the next day,” Trump told reporters in Los Angeles, when asked about reports that an announcement is ...Read more

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured in Russian air attacks on Ukraine amid fresh signs that Kyiv’s ability to defend against missile strikes is becoming exhausted.

Russia fired 28 missiles including 24 ballistic projectiles and 115 drones mainly at Kyiv and its surrounding region overnight, Ukraine’s Air Defense said in a ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found, suggesting the conservative challenger is gaining traction as the official campaign gets underway.

Lula would receive 44% of votes compared to Bolsonaro’s 39% in a runoff scenario, according to a Genial/Quaest ...Read more

A predawn launch by SpaceX on the Space Coast marked the 50th from Florida in 2026.

A Falcon 9 rocket a mission to deploy the BlueBird 11, 12 and 13 satellites for AST SpaceMobile took flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 lifting off at 3:49 a.m.

The first-stage booster for this mission made its 30th trip ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin this weekend implored states and cities to cooperate with federal immigration officials, which he said would lead to safer and lower-profile arrests and deportations.

Speaking to a group of Democratic and Republican governors gathered for the National Governors Association ...Read more

As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month.

Those extreme weather conditions fueled disaster in ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has been a major oil producer for more than a century, but its lack of refining capacity creates a quandary: The country must import much of its gasoline and diesel from the United States.

That's a boon for U.S. refineries and related industries on both sides of the border, but U.S. and Mexican authorities say Mexican ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In Orange County, California, an email landed in attorney Sabrina Rivera's inbox in April, from a Colorado man panicked about the status of his immigration case.

He told Rivera that she was his lawyer. But Rivera had never heard his name before, never represented him and had no idea why he thought she had.

The man sent ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The criminal case involving Sheng Thao has extended through the former mayor’s entire orbit, leading federal prosecutors to name 68 witnesses who are expected to testify in the corruption case involving Thao and her romantic partner Andre Jones, along with father-and-son business partners David and Andy Duong.

Thao, ...Read more

DENVER — In January, Brea C. Burgie told an Aurora courtroom that an official in Washington, D.C., had emailed her and the rest of the nation’s immigration judges.

The judges weren’t bound, the email said, by a California court that had ruled it was illegal for the Trump administration to deny bail hearings to many immigrants sitting in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Declining enrollment in California public schools is spawning a new and growing partnership that is helping to keep childcare centers in business — vacant classrooms are being filled with toddlers and babies.

From Los Angeles to Solano counties, nonprofit day-care operators see underused facilities already centered on children...Read more

CHICAGO -- On a recent summer Saturday evening, María and her 6-year-old daughter sat at a bustling intersection in the West Loop with a large bucket filled with flowers wrapped in ribbon and decorative wrap. While María stayed on the street corner, the young girl wandered solo a short distance away.

As diners rushed to reservations at the ...Read more

MIAMI — A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the federal case of a Florida Keys parasailing boat captain, who is accused of voluntary manslaughter and seaman’s manslaughter, court records show.

Daniel Couch was operating a boat on May 30, 2022, when he cut the tow-line to three parasailers during a thunderstorm. An Illinois mother was ...Read more

SEATTLE — A man suspected of intentionally starting one of three major wildfires that have forced tens of thousands to evacuate and burned more than 10,000 acres across Spokane County since Saturday was previously contacted by authorities in at least two other arson investigations in the same area.

The 37-year-old was stopped twice by Spokane...Read more