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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Illinois — Tens of thousands of gallons of fluid spilled from the open pit, urged on by heavy spring rains and unencumbered by an emergency pump disabled by a power failure.

The toxic mix of oil and an ...Read more

Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, telling her it was time to renew her coverage under Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid.

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LONDON — At King’s College Hospital in the south of London, anyone who has blood drawn in the emergency department is automatically tested for hepatitis B and C.

Posters throughout the facility inform patients that ...Read more

MIAMI — The drones zip through school hallways, buzzing loudly like a swarm of bees. They can shoot puffs of pepper spray, flash dizzying lights and hurl themselves at 60 miles per hour at their target: a school shooter....Read more

CHICAGO -- For three years, Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct have had to sit and wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide the future of officer discipline.

Bad cops are not being fired, and good ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the night of her murder, Robert Blake took his new wife to dinner at Vitello’s Italian Restaurant in Studio City. It was a place where diners squinted at fading celebrity glossies on the wall and said,...Read more

In vying for confirmation from the Senate to be the next U.S. ambassador to Colombia, Nate Morris said he’s “proud” of the campaign he ran to replace one of the voters he’s counting on: Mitch McConnell.

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Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman on a proposed route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a potential step toward a reopening of the critical waterway for energy supplies.

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CHICAGO — Advocates urged the state to invest in community-based alternatives to nursing homes for people with disabilities before attempting to enter Gov. JB Pritzker’s Chicago office in the West Loop on Wednesday.

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A South Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal charges after he posted online threats against Trump administration officials Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem, including one in which he wrote, “Both of you will be executed,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cal Fire has arrested a Valley Springs man on suspicion of starting the Gann fire, the fast-moving wildfire that has burned more than 9,300 acres in Calaveras County, forced hundreds of evacuations ...Read more

A 19-year-old fisherman was bitten on the leg by a beaver in Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County on Wednesday morning, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources spokesperson said.

This is the second beaver ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Like Wyclef Jean’s hit song, North Carolina lawmakers are gone til November.

The state House of Representatives adjourned Wednesday after passing a flurry of bills over two days, as well as making time...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump addressed a crowd at Red Rock Resort on Wednesday afternoon to promote his administration’s tax policies.

The event, intended to highlight the Working Families Tax Cuts from the 2025...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 15 years in state prison for his role in a 2024 home invasion robbery in Koreatown in which he and a group of co-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For nearly a decade, Jeanine John Taele was a U.S. Marine with tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Until July 2025, the Downey resident was licensed to work as an armed security guard.

Then, over the last...Read more

CHICAGO — Just a year after his career took off, Omar David Panqueva, known as DJ TUNJO, made it to one of the largest music festivals in Chicago earlier this summer. It was a dream come true for the Colombian native to ...Read more

SEATTLE — Firefighting crews are making progress containing wildfires burning hundreds of square miles across Washington, including the catastrophic trio of fires in Spokane.

But winds are predicted to pick up this ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in Lexington Wednesday to announce the federal government is ending its contract with Kentucky’s organ donation organization.

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