LOS ANGELES — A fire in rural San Luis Obispo County grew Friday night to nearly 80,000 acres and is California’s largest this year, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The Madre fire started around 1 p.m. Wednesday, east of Santa Maria near the town of New Cayuma. More than 200 people were under ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the July 4 holiday, federal agents arrested more immigrants as part of ongoing raids that have rounded up more than 1,600 for deportation in Southern California.

In West Hollywood, video footage broadcast by NBC 4-LA showed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in bulletproof vests at the Santa Palm Car Wash on ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday as it slowly moved in the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service.

What had been Tropical Depression Three that formed off the coast of Florida on Friday grew into the season’s third named storm by 8 a.m.

As of the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. ...Read more

At least 32 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls ...Read more

Israel will send mediators on Sunday to restart talks with Hamas, after the militant group said it was ready to “immediately” negotiate a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

But the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said unspecified changes sought by Hamas were “unacceptable to Israel.”

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NEW YORK — As ICE agents continued arresting immigrants leaving their hearings at city courts, attorneys, advocates and lawmakers joined them in the narrow hallways ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, bearing witness to what they say is an obliteration of due process.

Democrat lawmakers filed into courtrooms on the 12th floor of 26 Federal ...Read more

DENVER — After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

Negotiators from the seven river basin states said in a series of meetings in recent weeks that they were discussing a plan rooted in a concept that breaks from decades of management practice. Rather than ...Read more

Israel will send a delegation aimed at restarting talks with Hamas, after the militant group said it was ready to “immediately” negotiate a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

Guy Levy, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, confirmed on Saturday an Israeli television report ...Read more

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed to “defeat corruption in and out” as he announced a reshuffle within Socialist Party ranks — even as an ally was forced to resign over sexual harassment allegations.

“My biggest mistake has been to trust who I shouldn’t have trusted, but my determination against corruption is total, wherever...Read more

BEIRUT — After a hastily cobbled together ceasefire between Israel and Iran took hold on June 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jubilantly declared that the "existential threats" of Iran's nuclear program and ballistic missile arsenal had been destroyed. The "historic victory," he said, would "abide for generations."

But nearly ...Read more

Ukraine’s military said its special forces struck the Borysoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region as Kyiv continues to look for ways to reduce the Kremlin’s ability to conduct airstrikes.

The facility in southwest Russia is the “home base” of the Russian military’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets, the Ukrainian General...Read more

Turkish police detained the mayors of three cities and a number of other officials, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, in an escalation of a probe into municipalities governed by the opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.

Responding to the arrests, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said Turkey had reached a “crossroads” in what he called �...Read more

Challenges to Kentucky public library books soared by 1,061% last year, rising from 26 incidents in 2023 to 302 incidents in 2024, according to a recently released state report.

That eye-popping number is buried in small type at the bottom of page six of the annual Statistical Report of Kentucky Public Libraries, published in April by the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By early spring, Paramount Global was in crisis. President Donald Trump wouldn't budge from his demand for an eye-popping sum of money and an apology from the company to settle his lawsuit over a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris. Journalists at the storied broadcaster were in revolt against the parent company.

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LOS ANGELES — Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were closed to the public for months after a January firestorm devastated the community, but since its recent reopening, there have been sightings of a new, disturbing visitor in the neighborhood: disaster tourists. Busloads of them.

"My office and others have received numerous reports about ...Read more

Late one Friday night, a truck carrying sound equipment for legendary cumbia band Los Angeles Azules was pulled over along the Mexico-Puebla highway. Police at the checkpoint were in fact bandits, and upon seeing the pricey cargo they drew their guns and drove off with the loot.

The driver and another passenger were left stranded by the side of...Read more

The largest wildfire in California this year has grown to 70,800 acres in San Luis Obispo County and poses an immediate threat to life, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The Madre fire sparked around 1 p.m. on Wednesday in a rural area of the county. The fire has burned one structure and is 10% contained, ...Read more