Wildlife experts are in the process of capturing gray wolves from Canada in order to release them in Colorado, effectively doubling the state’s small, recently reintroduced population.

Until recently, gray wolves were virtually extinct in Colorado, but state officials are going to great lengths to change that.

As many as 15 gray wolves will ...Read more

As elected officials came together in Fresno on Saturday to discuss this week’s immigration raids, they spoke with uncertainty about future enforcement operations in the Central Valley.

U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, reported during a Saturday news conference that his office has been inundated with concerned calls from the Central Valley’s ...Read more

A look at how intense gusts rarely before seen in Southern California stoked blazes in urban areas in and around Los Angeles.

Los Angeles has experienced one of its worst disasters as powerful Santa Ana winds, sometimes at hurricane strength, swept down the surrounding mountains and pushed wildfires into several neighborhoods starting Tuesday. ...Read more

Donald Trump chanted "drill, baby, drill" like a mantra on the campaign trail last year, but the incoming president will have a difficult time fulfilling that promise in federal waters — especially on the Central Coast.

On Monday, President Joe Biden banned new leases for offshore oil and gas extraction on about 625 million acres on the ...Read more

An initial batch of proposed legislation was unveiled Friday, revealing some of Alaska lawmakers' personal priorities ahead of a legislative session that will begin later this month.

The state's House and Senate are both expected to be led by bipartisan coalitions that bring together Democrats, independents and moderate Republicans all hoping ...Read more

A top aide in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration signaled that Ukraine will be asked to lower the conscription age to strengthen its battlefield position ahead of any settlement with Russia.

Michael Waltz, a former Army Green Beret and combat veteran of Afghanistan whom Trump tapped as his White House national security ...Read more

The Toyota Tacoma would have looked out of place even if a leg hadn’t been sticking out of an open door.

The surrounding neighborhood gleamed with two-story homes and curated gardens cut into the hillsides of unincorporated El Cajon. Yet the truck, parked on a dirt lot in a cul-de-sac, featured dented metal and a bed filled with blankets. A ...Read more

The clock could be ticking for thousands of asylum seekers who have been waiting months for an appointment to show up at a U.S. port of entry, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches.

At the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, some people have already given up.

The uncertainty comes as Trump has signaled that he will ...Read more

Justin Trudeau says Canada is ready to respond with counter-tariffs against the U.S. if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat to begin a trade war in North America.

Speaking on MSNBC’s "Inside With Jen Psaki," the outgoing Canadian prime minister said his government isn’t looking for a trade fight with the new ...Read more

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic won a second term as voters in the Balkan nation delivered a resounding election victory to a populist leader who has denounced NATO expansion and military aid to Ukraine.

The former Social Democratic leader took 74.5% of the second-round vote on Sunday with 98% of ballots counted, the most dominant result in ...Read more

The man accused of randomly stabbing a Bronx teen to death threatened to snap the necks of court officials and screamed he was “with Satan” during his Sunday murder arraignment.

“My name is Waldo Mejia, so get ready to f–king suffer along with me!” the 29-year-old suspect shouted during his chaotic arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court....Read more

The last thing Anthony Mitchell Sr. told his eldest son was that he was still waiting for an ambulance as the swiftly moving Eaton fire bore down on his Altadena home.

"He called everybody and said, 'I'm OK, I'm just waiting to be evacuated,'" the junior Mitchell said of their 5 a.m. phone call. "He probably knew nobody was coming, but he ...Read more

Dry, hot winds will fan blazes in Los Angeles into midweek — and some forecasts show little relief from the gusts for the rest of January — as Southern California struggles with one of the worst starts to a year for wildfires.

While good progress has been made blunting two of the region’s smaller blazes, the largest were raging almost ...Read more

Vice President-elect JD Vance said he believes a deal to release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza could be struck before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in a week.

The signal comes as Trump has escalated threats against Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, to agree to a hostage deal before his Jan. 20 inauguration or...Read more

Impacting millions of children in the U.S. alone, asthma can be particularly problematic to diagnose with specificity — leaving the majority of kids without treatments that target their subtype of the condition.

Using a new, noninvasive nose swab test, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have for the first time detected multiple ...Read more

Los Angeles authorities said they arrested 29 more people overnight in the fire zones, including one burglary suspect who was allegedly dressed as a firefighter.

Of the arrests, 25 people were apprehended in the Eaton fire zone, four in the Palisades fire zone, authorities said.

"We have people who will go to all ends to do what they do," Los ...Read more

Vice President-elect JD Vance said he believes a deal to release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza could be struck before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in a week.

The signal comes as Trump has escalated threats against Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, to agree to a hostage deal before his Jan. 20 inauguration or...Read more

Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters. He knows the difference between destruction and utter devastation, and puts the nation's truly cataclysmic events — those that erase entire communities in a blink — in a category all their own.

The wildfires that ...Read more