Skirmishes between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia intensified as a pause in the nearly two-week run of nightly U.S. strikes on Iran raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war.

The Houthis, Islamist militants based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said they fired missiles and drones at facilities linked to oil giant ...Read more

Chandler Bondurant fly-fishes in the Boise River every day, but since the first week of July, the only thing he’s caught is slime.

“It’s pretty much unfishable in town,” Bondurant told the Idaho Statesman.

As soon as he casts his line, brown globs floating through the water get caught on his hook and the knots in his line. “If you ...Read more

In the face of amped-up federal immigration enforcement actions, Maryland has passed more laws that aim to protect the immigrants living within its borders than most states.

Baltimore’s Hispanic and Latino residents say they’re seeing fewer Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement actions – arrests or detentions, typically �...Read more

It was a blistering day in Butte County when a man revved his wheels in dry grass until a spark ignited, then pushed the flaming vehicle down a 60-foot hill.

Whipped by strong winds amid 100-plus degree temperatures, that spark grew into California's fourth-largest wildfire on record, ultimately scorching some 429,000 acres and destroying 427 ...Read more

Wildfire smoke is once again straining relationships between Minnesota and its neighbor to the north.

For the second year in a row, Minnesotans experienced some of the worst air quality in the world as hundreds of Canadian wildfires, along with more than a dozen in northern Minnesota, burned out of control and spread massive plumes of smoke ...Read more

India’s youth protesters called off their nationwide demonstrations after the government accepted their key demands including the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, marking rare concessions to a popular movement.

Federal ministers and leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party announced the agreement at a joint media briefing in...Read more

From his perch in the driver’s seat of a horse-drawn carriage eight feet above Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Ahmet Bilici insists he sees all manner of bicycle offenses in Central Park and wonders what all the fuss surrounding his industry is about.

He says he’s seen reckless e-bike riders, dangerous delivery people, and lost count long ago ...Read more

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the war in Ukraine and returning to a revamped version of the 2022 Istanbul talks, in a rare public nudge toward peace from one of Moscow’s closest partners.

Tokayev, speaking at a meeting with Putin in the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday, said ...Read more

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after protests over exam paper leaks, marking the biggest concession yet by the government to one of the country’s largest student movements in years.

Pradhan said he submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a post on X. The recent events have ...Read more

Public health officials and infectious disease experts are urging Bay Area residents to take added precautions against COVID-19 as wastewater testing shows high concentrations of the virus in parts of the region.

Measurements at wastewater treatment plants in Santa Clara County and San Francisco have shown high concentrations of the virus over ...Read more

The Houthis claimed to have hit Saudi Arabia with missiles on Saturday morning, deepening their involvement in the Middle East war, while the U.S. appeared to end a run of 13 days of strikes on Iran.

Saudi authorities issued emergency warnings for the provinces of Jazan and Yanbu around 6:10 a.m. local time, asking people to seek shelter. It ...Read more

Fire broke out at the Tyumen oil refinery in Russia’s Ural region after a drone attack as Ukraine and Russia press intensifying strikes on each other’s critical infrastructure.

Emergency services are at work on the site, regional governor Alexander Moor said in Telegram post, without providing details about the damage.

The Tyumen facility,...Read more

President Donald Trump had gone mostly quiet on trade wars since the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs and the start of the Iran conflict in February, making many think his campaign of import taxes would fade until after the U.S. midterm elections in November.

“What we learned this week was that’s not true,” Josh Lipsky, vice ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As wildfires rage across Canada and the American West, the announcement from federal forecasters that an El Niño warming is forming thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean may offer some regions relief — next year, at least.

The El Niño climate pattern materializes erratically every two to seven years and can ...Read more

Getting into an airline lounge these days is complicated: Some sell day passes. Others don’t. Some allow guests. Others charge extra. Certain elite-status members qualify automatically for entry while others need a combination of specific credit cards, fare classes or spending levels.

The post-pandemic travel boom, combined with rising demand...Read more

While preparing thousands of meals for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, as well as for rescuers and relatives of those still missing, chef Olivier de Belleroche also listens to the stories of those who refuse to give up the search.

One mother told him she only wanted to recover “a little piece” of her son so she could give ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Over the past decade, the LAPD has received thousands of complaints accusing officers of targeting people solely because of their race, ethnicity or other form of outward appearance.

Only one has been fired for it.

The now-former officer, Edgar Garcia Cancino, was part of a San Fernando Valley anti-gang unit whose members were ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — COVID-19 is on the upswing in California and across a swath of the West and the South, a sign that the virus may be starting its seasonal summer uptick.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that COVID is growing in California, Texas, Florida, Missouri, Alabama, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Hawaii...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than a quarter-century, a lawsuit settlement from a case brought in Los Angeles federal court has dictated conditions for children held in immigration detention.

But now, the long-standing settlement — which set minimum standards for housing, education and medical care for migrant kids in federal custody, while ...Read more

Companies accused of recklessly marketing and distributing prescription opioid painkillers are paying roughly $58 billion to settle lawsuits over their role in fueling the addiction crisis. It’s a pot of gold eyed by addiction treatment providers, companies creating the latest opioid-related products, and government officials struggling to ...Read more