LOS ANGELES — West Hollywood has become the latest city to create a domestic partnership registry for polyamorous relationships, with the city's five-person City Council unanimously approving the legal protections for alternative family structures.

The ordinance, approved Tuesday and introduced by Mayor John Heilman, allows people to register...Read more

Amid record ocean temperatures, a third olive ridley sea turtle has laid its eggs in Southern California — this time on San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura.

The rare event occurred on Sunday, according to witnesses and officials, and marks the third naturally-occurring sea turtle nest ever found on the U.S. West Coast.

Ventura resident ...Read more

After more than a year of electoral contention and court challenges, Muhith Mahmood will be sworn in as the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, on Nov. 8.

The former council member, who appeared to have lost a tight race in the November 2025 general election only to come out on top after 37 disputed ballots were tabulated late last month, said he ...Read more

BOSTON — Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said overtime spending is putting a strain on Boston’s $4.9 billion budget, which is something the city is keeping an eye on following the $70 million shortfall it had to plug with reserves last year.

Wu’s office on Monday released its first quarterly budget report, representing the first three months...Read more

MIAMI — A cruise ship scheduled to depart from PortMiami on Sunday was detained by the U.S. Coast Guard for an “expanded examination,” officials said, causing the cruise line to cancel the voyage, a spokesperson told the Miami Herald on Tuesday.

“We recognize how disappointing and frustrating this news is for our guests, and we ...Read more

DENVER — The two college students who died during a backcountry trip in the Colorado mountains fell to their deaths while rappelling, Chaffee County authorities said Tuesday.

Search teams found Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, dead in a basin of West Apostle Mountain on Oct. 28, two days after they were reported missing when they ...Read more

CHICAGO — Less than a month after a fourth beluga whale transferred from a defunct Canadian marine park died at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, officials this week revealed that examinations found no singular cause of death in the final two deceased whales.

Each of the rescued whales, Caspian, Osiris, Peekachu and Rain, suffered chronic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, while watching Fox News’ election night coverage from the White House, lashed out at a poll showing voters were unhappy with his handling of the economy and the direction of the country.

In a post on social media, Trump called the Fox News poll “so insulting with the questions they ask.” He added: �...Read more

DENVER — A Colorado jury on Tuesday awarded more than $200,000 to a Mexican tourist who was bitten by an Aurora police dog three years ago after officers gave nonsensical Spanish-language warnings about the dog.

Jurors found Robert Wong, the dog’s handler, liable for using excessive force during the SWAT operation and a second officer, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In its latest chapter on religion in schools, the Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether Colorado may fund private preschools for 4-year-olds but exclude Catholic schools that refuse to serve same-sex parents and their children.

The court’s six conservatives, all of whom were raised Catholic, leaned in favor of ruling the state...Read more

MIAMI — Pieces of the Learjet plane were falling off in the sky before it crashed into a Palm Beach County road Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Investigators found the majority of the plane’s left elevator broken into three pieces scattered from around 1.3 to 3.8 ...Read more

DETROIT — A bomb threat at a Downriver polling place on Election Day is under investigation, police said.

Authorities evacuated the building, at Carlson High School in Gibraltar, according to a social media post by the Brownstown Township Police Department, which is aiding in the investigation.

The location serves as the polling location for...Read more

DENVER — Residents in the Conejos County town of Sanford have been ordered to evacuate as flooding continues to thrash southern Colorado.

The Conejos County Sheriff’s Office told residents to leave immediately and plan to be away from home for days. A shelter is available at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 521 Spruce St.

The new ...Read more

NEW YORK — Vandals scrawled “F— Israel” and other antisemitic remarks on the sides of four school buses parked outside a Brooklyn Yeshiva — a hate crime quickly blasted by Mayor Zohan Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul and other city leaders.

The graffiti was spotted on the yellow school buses parked at Bedford Ave. and Williamsburg St. in ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As federal investigators continue their probe of Sunday’s Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County amid rainy weather challenges, key pieces of evidence have been found, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday.

The jet’s left tail elevator was found in three pieces Monday within a range of 1.3 miles...Read more

BALTIMORE — The polls had barely opened for the 2026 midterm elections Tuesday morning when about two dozen voters were already waiting in the 46-degree chill outside William Paca Elementary School in East Baltimore.

Beneath colorful murals of birds and mountains inside, election workers hauled out a 13th voting booth to accommodate the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Backlash against San Diego City Hall over housing policies and administrative blunders reached a new level this week when critics of Mayor Todd Gloria launched a recall effort against him.

Recent polling by City Council campaigns shows widespread disapproval of the mayor’s performance, making a recall effort seem potentially ...Read more

The United Nations is distancing itself from El Salvador’s unprecedented military buildup in Haiti, confirming that the vast majority of the Central American nation’s troops are operating outside the Gang Suppression Force authorized by its Security Council and beyond the mandate and reporting of its U.N. Support Office.

The Miami Herald ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Community members say they need answers about the actions of St. Paul police officers as the one-year mark approaches since a federal immigration operation, during which officers responded and used force against some people who had gathered.

The St. Paul Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission has been reviewing ...Read more