LOS ANGELES — Wide swaths of Southern California are under a smoke advisory through Thursday night, as wildfires burn across the area.

According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, onshore winds will push smoke from the Sandy fire into Los Angeles County, impacting residents along the coast and from the San Fernando Valley to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite finding nearly one in five homes had excessive levels of lead, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week claimed that recent soil testing in Altadena proved that expedited federal cleanup efforts had effectively removed toxic ash and debris from homes destroyed by the deadly Eaton fire.

Earlier this year, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — New questions have emerged about whether President Donald Trump has lost sway with some Republican senators as they mull action related to a number of thorny foreign policy matters after they have clashed with Trump over the Iran war, the White House ballroom and his targeting of respected incumbents.

Trump’s Senate headwinds ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran said the latest proposal from the U.S. partly bridged the gap between the warring sides but comments from the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader about keeping Tehran’s uranium stockpile and a dispute over tolls in the Strait of Hormuz clouded the outlook for a breakthrough.

Tehran is in the process of responding to a ...Read more

In what appears to be a carefully calibrated show of force, the United States deployed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its accompanying strike group into Caribbean waters this week, a move that coincided with the unsealing of murder charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro on Wednesday and an intensifying pressure campaign by the ...Read more

In a landmark decision several years into fierce litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an appeals court order that had tossed a $400 million judgment against four cruise ship companies that took passengers to Cuba and were sued for damages for “trafficking in confiscated property” by an American company owning a concession ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the woman prosecutors call the “mastermind” behind the nearly $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme to 41 years in prison.

Aimee Bock, 45, of Apple Valley, was convicted in March 2025 for her role at the top of what the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office called the single largest ...Read more

Walmart Inc. warned rising fuel costs are squeezing the company’s bottom line and could lead to higher prices for shoppers.

The world’s largest retailer said comparable sales in U.S. stores, excluding fuel, rose 4.1% in the latest quarter, slightly better than what Wall Street analysts were expecting. It also forecast adjusted profit for ...Read more

Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez’s decision to hand over regime financial operator Alex Saab to the United States to face corruption charges has placed all members of Venezuela’s socialist ruling movement at risk of facing the same fate, an influential hardliner claims.

Mario Silva’s comments, delivered in a video posted on social ...Read more

CHICAGO — Just five days before a jury trial was set to begin, a judge has vacated next week’s trial date for the remaining “Broadview Six” defendants amid controversy over grand jury transcripts.

No new trial date was immediately set by U.S. District Judge April Perry, who had whistled prosecutors into court to explain redactions made ...Read more

The San Diego Islamic Center is typically a bustling crossroads, with kids in school, the faithful coming to pray and others simply taking part in cultural activity.

But these days, the site is busy for another, much darker reason. The community is mourning. An ever-growing pile of bouquets of lilies, daisies and sunflowers and notes sits at ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County religious leaders remain on edge in the wake of Monday’s deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego, even as law enforcement officials said they were increasing patrols around houses of worship.

Muslims, in particular, said they felt vulnerable given that the teenage shooters targeted a mosque, violence ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis, the highest elected Democrat in Colorado, will be barred from serving as a guest of honor at state party functions for the foreseeable future as a rebuke for easing Tina Peters’ prison sentence last week, the state party’s central committee voted Wednesday night.

The prohibition is part of a formal condemnation ...Read more

Vanessa Trump opened up about her new health battle, revealing for the first time that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Trump, who was previously married to President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., offered the “personal health update” in a post shared to Instagram on Wednesday.

“While this isn’t news anyone expects,...Read more

King Charles III is, in fact, still alive — prompting an apology from a U.K. radio station that falsely reported his death.

Radio Caroline, based in Essex, England, made the false announcement during a broadcast on Tuesday.

“Due to a computer error at our main studio the Death of a Monarch procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness...Read more

Iran said the latest proposal from the U.S. has partly bridged the gap between the warring sides, as they seek to turn a fragile ceasefire into a peace deal.

Tehran is in the process of responding to a text submitted by the U.S., which “has narrowed the gaps to some extent,” the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A group of immigrants at a detention facility in Southern California launched a hunger strike this week to protest inhumane conditions, according to a coalition of immigrant rights groups.

At least 20 immigrants are taking part in the hunger strike at the Desert View Annex, next door to the Adelanto Immigration and Customs ...Read more

Child safety advocates say the massively popular gaming platform Roblox could be bad for kids.

Fairplay and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation have requested the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if the games on Roblox are designed to make kids spend an unhealthy amount of time and money on their screens.

Roblox's core users are ...Read more

Uganda urged the U.S. and other partners to reverse deep cuts to global health funding, warning the pullback may hamper efforts to contain imported Ebola cases linked to an outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sudden reductions in support for disease surveillance and healthcare programs have left African countries more exposed...Read more