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WASHINGTON — War ships are cruising the Caribbean. U.S. missiles are obliterating motorboats in two oceans. And bombers are buzzing Venezuela, where sources say the Trump administration has identified targets on land for...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the Palisades fire, calling the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposition 50 could give Democrats in the southern Central Valley the boost they need to finally oust Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, for good.

But in oil-rich and water-poor Kern County, where big ...Read more

Argentine President Javier Milei announced late Friday that his former spokesman Manuel Adorni will be his new Cabinet chief, as the libertarian leader seeks improved ties with Congress.

The move marks the first shake-up ...Read more

This autumn brought something that isn’t always common for much of California — a decent amount of rain in October. Rather than heat waves, there have been umbrellas.

After years in which some of the worst wildfires ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami’s top Catholic leader Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who turned 75 this month, will be submitting a retirement letter to the Vatican.

But that doesn’t mean he plans to go anywhere — at least just yet.

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A federal judge in Oregon said she’ll rule this weekend on whether President Donald Trump can legally deploy National Guard troops to Portland to quell protests outside a federal immigration facility.

During a three-day...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House restricted the ability of members of the media to access the part of the building that includes press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s office, unless they first make an appointment to do so.

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Wall Street’s bull market got fresh fuel at end of a month that’s lived up to its volatile reputation, with optimism about earnings outweighing worries about a rally that’s heavily concentrated on tech giants.

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SEATTLE — The city of Seattle will direct $4 million per month in food assistance toward food banks in response to the halt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because of the ongoing partial federal ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s efforts to remodel the White House in his image continued on Friday with the unveiling of a shiny new Lincoln Bathroom.

The president’s social media accounts shared photos of the renovated ...Read more

CHICAGO — In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and ...Read more

The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday asked Alex Acosta, the former U.S. attorney who signed off on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2007 plea deal, if he wanted to clarify...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois stands to become the next state that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives after the controversial measure cleared its final legislative hurdle early Friday in a ...Read more

The Trump administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told The Miami Herald, as the U.S. prepares...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Rep. Cecil Brockman, facing criminal charges for alleged sex crimes involving a minor, resigned his seat on Friday, the same day a House committee formed to investigate and potentially ...Read more

MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard investigators Thursday recommended the Justice Department charge the operators of the push tug and barge that rammed into a Miami Yacht Club summer camp sailboat, killing three young girls, with ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters mopping up a small brush fire that authorities say reignited as the Palisades fire five days later were ordered to leave the original burn scene even though they complained the ground was still...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The six armed federal agents loomed around their detained suspect, Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who was handcuffed and sitting on the sidewalk, moaning as he held his right leg.

A small crowd had gathered ...Read more