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US, Iran keep up missile strikes after Trump delays deadline
The U.S. and Israel exchanged missile fire with Iran as the war across the Middle East approached the one-month mark, with no sign of Tehran accepting U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for a ceasefire.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military would escalate its assault on the Islamic Republic in response to the targeting of...Read more
US senators launch investigation into Alligator Alcatraz 'torture' allegations
MIAMI – Two U.S. senators are launching an investigation into the controversial Everglades detention center, Alligator Alcatraz. The senators announced Thursday that their inquiry will focus on allegations of torture at the facility.
In a three-page letter addressed to the recently sworn-in Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, ...Read more
LAPD chief backed cops who shot at author, Weezer bassist's ex; commission overruled him
LOS ANGELES — For the second time in recent months, the civilian commission that oversees the LAPD has overruled Chief Jim McDonnell in a police shooting, concluding that officers were in the wrong when they shot at Jillian Lauren, an author and the estranged wife of Weezer bass player Scott Shriner.
McDonnell wrote in a report made public ...Read more
Rep. Goldman demands ICE turn over full account of migrant arrests fueled by false justification
NEW YORK — Following the revelation that Immigration and Customs Enforcement misrepresented its authority to arrest people in immigration court, Congressman Dan Goldman Friday demanded ICE and the Department of Homeland Security provide a full accounting of everyone swept up by the aggressive practice.
In a letter to federal immigration ...Read more
Judge extends order improving Minnesota immigration detainees' access to lawyers at Whipple Building
MINNEAPOLIS – A federal judge extended her order improving detainees’ access to their lawyers while in immigration custody in Minnesota.
In a 69-page ruling issued March 26, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel said attorneys have shown numerous examples of difficulties reaching clients brought to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building by ...Read more
War in the Middle East made the case for renewables -- what’s happening in each country tells a harder story
The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas flow – is at a virtual standstill. Oil prices have climbed, briefly topping US$119 a barrel.
The largest release of oil from countries’ ...Read more
Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter
Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close. Her passing marks more than the loss of a scientist – it’s the end of one of the most extraordinary ...Read more
American politicians talk about persecuted Christians abroad – but here’s what happens when those Christians migrate to the US
Two months ago, Terez Metry arrived at a Department of Homeland Security office in Nashville with her husband, a U.S. citizen, expecting a routine step in beginning her green card application. The couple had prepared documents for a Form I-130 petition and anticipated an interview about their marriage.
But the appointment took a ...Read more
War on Iran during nuclear negotiations undermines the US’s ability to talk peace around the world − and the effects won’t end when Trump leaves office
Operation Epic Fury – the latest round of military strikes against Iran – began when Iran was engaged in negotiations with the United States to renew restrictions on its nuclear program.
This is not the first time the United States has bombed Iran during nuclear negotiations.
In June 2025, while its representatives were in...Read more
Artemis II astronauts set to arrive to KSC today ahead of next week's launch
ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission travel farther from Earth than any human ever has, they first have to get to the launch site.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Glover are set to arrive from Houston today at Kennedy Space Center ...Read more
DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have 'started hitting' protesters, emails show
LOS ANGELES — A lead attorney for the Department of Homeland Security suggested that federal agents should have "just started hitting the rioters and arresting everyone that couldn't get away" during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles last June, internal emails show.
The note was in an email chain obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group ...Read more
$22 million siphoned from LAUSD in record-setting scam, D.A. says
LOS ANGELES — "I broke all law for you already lol," an L.A. Unified employee allegedly texted to a co-conspirator amid what prosecutors say is the largest money-laundering scheme in the school district's history.
Hong "Grace" Peng, 56, of Pasadena, is accused of using her role as an IT employee at the Los Angeles Unified School District to ...Read more
Senate passes bill to fund most of Homeland Security Department
WASHINGTON — The Senate broke a logjam in the wee hours of Friday morning to pass a funding bill by voice vote that would effectively end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
After a late night of negotiations, the Senate agreed to a modified version of a bill that would fund all of the department with the exception of ...Read more
Iran and Israel keep up attacks after Trump extends deadline
Iran and Israel exchanged missile fire and Tehran targeted several Gulf states, underscoring the willingness of the two sides to keep fighting even as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for peace talks.
Saudi Arabian authorities reported that they intercepted several drone and missiles on Friday, many heading to the capital, Riyadh. In Qatar, ...Read more
Pakistan resumes attacks in Afghanistan after temporary halt
Pakistan has resumed its military operations in Afghanistan that have killed hundreds on both sides of the border, ending a temporary ceasefire that was agreed last week to observe the Muslim festivity of Eid.
The operation will continue until the objectives are achieved, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at a weekly briefing in...Read more
Trapped between bombs and hope: Why Tyre has become Lebanon's last refuge
TYRE, Lebanon — Whatever choices Hassan Kareet had left were all bad.
Israeli bombardment, not to mention the threat of an invasion, meant Kareet couldn't stay in the village of Bazourieh, some 11 miles from Lebanon's border with Israel.
But finding a place to stay in a country where an estimated 1.3 million people are already displaced was...Read more
Players in Hope Florida saga could keep grand jury report secret for months
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Tallahassee grand jury investigating the Hope Florida scandal appears to have issued a report on its findings, but a process allowing people named in it to push for redactions could keep it secret for months.
Leon County State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of a report, ...Read more
As No Kings protests grow, a bigger question looms: What comes next?
Thousands of protests are scheduled across the United States on Saturday as part of the “No Kings” movement opposing President Donald Trump’s administration.
Organizers expect millions of people to turn out for this third round of No Kings demonstrations, with more than 3,000 local-level events mapped on the movement’s official website....Read more
Don't want to miss the bloom? This LA scientist created a poppy forecast
LOS ANGELES — Imagine waking up early, eager to peep dazzling carpets of brilliant orange flowers at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. Instagram posts promised a spectacle.
You drive to the reserve north of Los Angeles, but the rolling hills aren’t alive with color.
Bummer. The bloom is over.
Thanks to AI, and a local ...Read more
Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle
LOS ANGELES — Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe was in her California home, anxiously tracking her parents' movements in Mexico.
The capture and death of the world's most wanted drug trafficker — Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes — triggered a violent...Read more
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