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LOS ANGELES — After the National Weather Service warned of strong Friday evening thunderstorms and heavy rain in the Inland Empire, Santa Ana Mountains, and Orange County, a brief, powerful storm hit Orange County, ...Read more

The United Nations-authorized gang-fighting force in Haiti is grappling with the possibility that badly burned corpses it received from a humanitarian organization on Saturday afternoon could be that of four Salvadoran ...Read more

Saudi Arabia’s main airport was gearing up to reopen as early as Sunday after operations had been disrupted by a spate of attacks by Houthi rebels.

King Khalid International Airport said in a post on X that Terminal 1 ...Read more

The police officer who was critically wounded by a gunman in West Philadelphia was released from the hospital on Saturday, two weeks after the shooting that killed his partner.

Officer Hector Rodriguez III, who was shot ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Gary Heffern, who died last weekend at the age of 72 in his native Finland, had an outsized international impact as the lead singer and lyricist of the pioneering San Diego punk-rock band the Penetrators from...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani cast his ballot for the midterm elections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art early Saturday — the first day of early voting in the city.

With several boxes of Dunkin' in hand, the mayor ...Read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Top Democratic and Republican leaders are sweeping through California as the Nov. 3 election approaches, evidence of the state’s pivotal role in deciding which party will control the U.S. House ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buying a home in California requires a colossal amount of money — and coming up with a 20% cash down payment of $180,000 for a median price home is a staggering hurdle for many would-be buyers.

That down...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s effect on the nation’s capital will last far longer than the results of any election — or his presidency — if he has his way.

Lawsuits over a growing number of projects are reaching ...Read more

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Early in-person voting opened Saturday morning across the state amid intense campaigning for Michigan’s Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Michigan law requires municipalities to begin offering early...Read more

CHICAGO — A Trump administration proposal to eliminate questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation from the U.S. census could hurt efforts to address inequities in Chicago and across the nation, health and ...Read more

SEATTLE — When you think about the mansion- and yacht-owning millionaire crowd, retired schoolteachers don't typically leap to mind.

Nevertheless, foes of Washington's new high-earner income tax are making a pitch to ...Read more

Bill Murray has admitted that constantly being asked for selfies while he's out and about can be "hard".

The 76-year-old actor has long been a favourite in Hollywood thanks to roles in movies such as Ghostbusters and ...Read more

Kristen Bell's kids "just eat fast food" whenever she leaves them in the care of their dad Dax Shepard.

Being a Hollywood star, Kristen is often called away from home to promote her projects, such as the third season of ...Read more

Sam Fender has hit out at the "inflated" ticket prices for his upcoming tour, insisting they cost a "lot more" than he had anticipated or wanted.

The 32-year-old singer announced earlier this week that he will be hitting ...Read more

President Donald Trump cast his ballot for the midterm elections in Palm Beach on Saturday, opting to vote early in his adopted home state of Florida.

At rallies ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3, Trump has been urging ...Read more

Four planeloads of soldiers from El Salvador landed in Haiti on Friday, days after the Central American nation’s president angrily threatened Haitian gangs that ambushed a group of Salvadoran soldiers over the past ...Read more

Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse crowds in Paris after tens of thousands of people marched largely peacefully on Saturday to protest the high cost of living and insufficient school funding.

The clashes...Read more

Ukraine said limits on the speed of its SpaceX Starlink terminal connections had been lifted in overnight testing, a move that may ease the latest tensions between Kyiv and Washington.

“The Defense Ministry’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In what one environmental law expert described as “a dangerous ultimatum,” the Trump administration said it would strip California of its authority to protect its coastline unless state regulators ...Read more