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US Secret Service says armed man shot, killed at Mar-a-Lago
The U.S. Secret Service said an armed man was shot and killed after entering a secured area at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida even as the president spent the weekend in Washington.
The Secret Service said in a statement posted on X that a man in his early 20s was seen entering the property “carrying what appeared to ...Read more
Russia hits Kyiv overnight as war about to enter fifth year
Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s capital and other targets with missiles and drones overnight, days before the Kremlin’s full-scale war on its neighbor enters a fifth year.
Strikes with some 50 missiles of various types and nearly 300 attack drones “targeted Kyiv and the region, and the Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava and ...Read more
Blizzard cancels thousands of flights as NYC braces for 18 to 22 inches of snow
New estimates are forecasting New York City might see nearly two feet of snow, as the five boroughs brace for a blizzard that could rival the record books.
The storm will start with light snow at first but the squall will “worsen rapidly,” with the severe weather hitting about 9 p.m. Sunday and persisting until 9 a.m. Monday, city Office of...Read more
US bilateral trade deals stand despite tariff ruling, Greer says
President Donald Trump’s tariff-policy defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court won’t unravel individual deals the administration has sealed with its trading partners, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.
Those deals, which the administration made with China, the European Union, South Korea and others, remain in place, Greer said Sunday ...Read more
Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat − a toxicologist advises on what to watch out for
When you open the refrigerator and find a wedge of cheese flecked with green mold, or a package of chicken that smells faintly sour, it can be tempting to gamble with your stomach rather than waste food.
But the line between harmless fermentation and dangerous spoilage is sharp. Consuming spoiled foods exposes the body to a range of ...Read more
The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping success, social media saturation and frenzied debate over her artistic evolution.
Nonetheless, despite this warm reception, opinions on Swift are deeply polarized by party. Democrats are far more likely to view her positively; ...Read more
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California's earthquake work
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Wendy Bohon approached a table at the California Geological Survey library in Sacramento and began to give Puck’s closing speech from William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Only this time, some of the speech was adapted to be about earthquakes. Once again, Bohon was making her worlds converge.
Bohon ...Read more
Florida plan to verify citizenship could snare lawful registered voters in bureaucratic morass
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An effort in the Florida Legislature sounds simple and straightforward: ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in state elections.
Republicans who control the state Senate and House of Representatives are advancing legislation they say would do just that, brushing aside warnings that they are about to create a logistical ...Read more
Hundreds of San Diego County schools, parks and care facilities are near potentially dangerous oil wells, data show
SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of schools, child cares, parks and other care facilities around San Diego County are located near idle oil wells, which can emit toxic gases, a new study finds.
They’re among the nearly 4,500 wells statewide that an analysis of state data by the Center for Biological Diversity found are within 3,200 feet of such ...Read more
Baltimore ramps up 911 crisis diversions, yet response times draw concern
BALTIMORE — Baltimore officials say they’ve boosted the number of 911 calls diverted to mental health professionals, but acknowledge that long wait times and continued police involvement show the city’s crisis response system remains a work in progress.
An investigation by The Baltimore Sun in July 2025 found a sharp drop in emergency ...Read more
Australia's Albanese rejects immigration cuts as far-right grows
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dismissed the idea of immigration cuts or tighter border checks, even as electoral polls show a surge in support for the country’s hard-right One Nation Party.
“We have tight checks,” Labor leader Albanese said in an interview with Sky News aired on Sunday, when asked if he planned to harden ...Read more
Moroun donates $1 million to MAGA fund days before Trump's bridge threat
DETROIT — Matthew Moroun, whose family owns the Ambassador Bridge, gave $1 million to a political action committee that supports Republican President Donald Trump less than a month before Trump threatened to block the opening of a new, competing span between Detroit and Canada.
The $1 million receipt for the super PAC MAGA Inc. was revealed ...Read more
Amid affordability woes, Maryland Democrats focus on immigration
WASHINGTON — Marylanders have for months faced high grocery prices and rising energy bills. Polls show affordability is a major issue. But lawmakers in Annapolis have focused on a more divisive topic: immigration.
While the state legislature has been slow to address cost concerns, they moved quickly to act against the U.S. Immigration and ...Read more
Feds say former North Miami mayor lived a 30-year lie, move to strip him of citizenship
MIAMI — From the moment Philippe Bien-Aime stepped foot in the United States on July 25, 1995, immigration authorities, say the Haitian native has been living a lie.
The former mayor of North Miami arrived in the U.S. with his photo on someone else’s passport, authorities say in a federal lawsuit seeking to strip Bien-Aime of his ...Read more
Trump threatens Netflix with 'consequences' over Susan Rice board seat
Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” after she said that Democrats would take action against corporations that “take a knee” to the president.
Rice, who was former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser and United Nations ambassador and also served in Joe Biden’s White...Read more
Measles case confirmed in a person who visited a Montgomery County car dealership and a Wawa
PHILADELPHIA — Montgomery County health officials on Saturday warned residents of a possible measles exposure at two locations in the county, after confirming another case of the highly contagious disease.
A person infected with measles visited a car dealership and a convenience store in Royersford and Limerick earlier this week, officials ...Read more
LA County pushes to change law that opened floodgates for billions in sex abuse payouts
LOS ANGELES — At a luncheon this week for L.A. County politicos, Supervisor Kathryn Barger pitched what she framed as a commonsense reform.
Legislators in Sacramento, she argued, need to change a 2019 law that extended the statute of limitations for sex abuse lawsuits, opening the floodgates for decades-old claims that have cost the county ...Read more
Massachusetts AG representing lawmakers against DiZoglio in audit lawsuit: 'Insanity'
BOSTON — The Massachusetts AG’s office is representing House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka as they look to dismiss Diana DiZoglio’s lawsuit against them, a move that the state auditor describes as “insanity.”
DiZoglio is speaking out after the Attorney General’s Office wrote letters to the state Supreme ...Read more
LAUSD borrowing $250 million to settle sex abuse claims -- on top of earlier half billion
LOS ANGELES — With costs mounting for alleged sexual misconduct cases, the Los Angeles school board has approved $250 million in bonds — on top of $500 million already authorized less than a year ago — to fund payouts to victims.
The cost of both bond issues, including financing, is expected to be more than $1 billion, based on cost ...Read more
Black Altadena fire victims clash with Edison over compensation
LOS ANGELES — Outside a hall where Southern California Edison was celebrating Black History Month on Friday, a group of Altadena residents stood on the sidewalk, waving signs and talking of the homes and family members they lost in last year's Eaton fire.
"They're in there celebrating Black history and they've destroyed a Black town," said ...Read more
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