President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran’s trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on U.S. terms.

But like other U.S. efforts to force Iran into capitulation, there’s one main problem: ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Anderson and Meg Nohner were driving through the heart of Minneapolis on a recent weekday when they got a call from headquarters: A woman was talking to herself outside a business on Lake Street.

Part of the city’s behavioral crisis response team, Anderson and Nohner arrived to find a tall woman wearing bright blue yoga ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Early last year, while he was being held in a San Diego County jail, John Wilson accused a sheriff’s deputy of a kind of excessive force that body-worn camera footage might have made quick work of proving or disproving: He said he had been pushed while handcuffed, causing him to plunge down a flight of stairs.

But his March 2025...Read more

When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn’t just travel through the atmosphere to our ears.

When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves that ripple through the soil and rock beneath. The resulting vibrations are ...Read more

NEW YORK — Telling Central Synagogue members, “I stand with you,” New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Friday called last week’s attack at the Midtown house of worship, for which a man was charged with federal hate crimes, part of a “broader pattern” of bias attacks against Jews in New York City and around the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A 7-year-old Labradoodle named Honey was shot and wounded while on a walk with her owner in Brooklyn, police said Friday.

Honey, hit in the shoulder, was taken to an area animal clinic where she was treated and is expected to recover.

It was not immediately clear if the gunman was aiming for the dog, her 62-year-old owner or ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The raging debate over standardized test requirements in the University of California’s admissions policy may soon enter the California State Capitol.

In a letter to university leadership, two Republican lawmakers urged the University of California system to move quickly to reinstate the use of SAT and ACT scores in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A long-running dispute between cemeteries and bike-lane and safe streets advocates in the San Fernando Valley has escalated to become a campaign issue in the Los Angeles mayor's race.

The fight revolves around a one-mile stretch of Forest Lawn Drive — a commuter route linking the Valley and Hollywood — and the main road ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-López’s former wife claimed he spent “incredible” amounts of their money on prostitutes and pornography, according to divorce records that were recently unsealed ahead of his reelection campaign launch.

Sigcho-López denied his ex-wife’s allegations Friday. And he alleged the Coalition Opposing...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged Donald Trump to resume negotiations over U.S. tariffs on Brazil during a Friday phone call, seeking to soothe relations with Washington ahead of the country’s October election.

The leftist Lula pushed back on U.S. allegations of unfair trading practices that led to the imposition of 25% tariffs on ...Read more

Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend Brian Hickerson administered Narcan to the “Heroes” actor on the day she died, according to his brother.

Zach Hickerson told TMZ that his brother Brian tried to revive the 36-year-old star with the nasal spray meant to counter opioid overdoses on Sunday afternoon. It was Zach who reportedly found Panettiere ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she will return to MAGA Inc., the president’s super political action committee, when she leaves her post later this month.

Leavitt told reporters about her plans on Friday as she traveled with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One to a rally in South Carolina.

Leavitt ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After months of contentious debate, California lawmakers voted this week to advance a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk that would protect the confidentiality of immigration service providers.

Assembly Bill 2624, authored by Democrat Assemblymember Mia Bonta, would allow immigration service providers to protect ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Law enforcement and first responders here have trained for decades on how to track and approach autistic people who have wandered away from their homes. Federal officials could soon use similar tactics nationwide.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday announced federal officials plan to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is weighing President Donald Trump’s claim that his new White House ballroom is urgently needed to protect him, his staff and guests from attacks by drones, terrorists and snipers.

On Friday, with a lower-court order about to go into effect halting construction on the controversial project, Chief Justice John...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Iryna Zarutska’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit blaming the city of Charlotte and its contracted light rail security company for the train stabbing death of the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee one year ago.

Zarutska and her family were living in Charlotte after fleeing the Ukraine war when DeCarlos Brown, Jr. ...Read more