Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will discuss a plan to end Russia’s invasion of his country during his trip to the U.S. next month.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said he plans to meet Joe Biden as he travels to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September. He also ...Read more

The FDA has approved an updated COVID shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot now, with the latest COVID outbreak sweeping the country, or hold it in reserve for the winter wave?

The new vaccine should provide some protection to everyone. But many healthy people who have already been...Read more

Years of litigation now comes down to a brutal choice: to make room for shelter and housing to get thousands of veterans off the streets, should a judge tear up the lease that allows UCLA to operate its Jackie Robinson baseball stadium on veteran land? And the sports complex of an exclusive private school in Brentwood? Or a Los Angeles city park...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A San Bernardino County man has been sentenced to life in prison a little over a year after he set two people on fire in a pickup truck in Johnson Valley, a small community in the high desert.

Joshua Kaiser was convicted of attempted murder, arson and domestic violence in the wake of the vicious attack on his ex-girlfriend — ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The body of a woman found floating in the Dominguez Channel in Carson last month has been identified as that of a missing 60-year-old grandmother, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner identified the woman as 60-year-old Prisciliana Rose Douglas of Los Angeles.

Douglas' body was...Read more

Anita Diamant, the prolific writer and Jewish feminist activist, begins her book “The Jewish Wedding Now” with a simple statement: “According to Jewish law, the requirements for a kosher wedding can be summed up in a few words: a bride accepts an object worth more than a dime from a groom; the groom recites a ritual formula to ...Read more

Over the past four years, Congress and state governments have worked hard to prevent the aftermath of the 2024 election from descending into the chaos and threats to democracy that occurred around the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

A new federal law cleaned up ambiguities that could allow for election subversion. New state laws have...Read more

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his intention, if elected to a second term, to use the U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic protests. The New York Times reports that Trump’s allies are marshaling legal arguments to justify using National Guard or active-duty military troops for crowd control.

Moreover,...Read more

It was midday on a Saturday, and Simonetta led me from the open front door of her home in southeast Chicago to her sitting room and settled next to her husband, Christopher, on the couch.

In the 1980s, Christopher had worked a few blocks away at U.S. Steel South Works, earning three times the minimum wage with a high school diploma �...Read more

The town of Kelseyville bills itself as one of Northern California’s best-kept secrets — an idyllic wine country community that overlooks the state’s largest freshwater lake, as well as a 4,305-foot volcano that is blanketed in greenery.

But a dispute has erupted over a proposal to change the town’s name because of the history it evokes...Read more

CUILCO, Guatemala — In their native village in southern Mexico, people once lived a tranquil existence. The 30 or so families planted coffee, corn and beans, while some kept chickens and a few cows.

"We were never afraid of anything," said Melina Martínez, 28. "We could come home at night, at 1 o'clock in the morning. It was peaceful."

The...Read more

The red flag signs of a hearing-related issue that requires medical attention include sudden hearing loss, or hearing loss in only one ear. Such symptoms should be taken seriously and assessed by a physician, audiologist Stephanie DiSpigno advises.

DiSpigno treats hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the ear), and fits patients with hearing ...Read more

The presidential race gets the hype, but the nearly 6,000 state legislative races across the country in November’s elections could reshape power dynamics in some states.

While Republicans are primed to maintain their national advantage in statehouse control, several legislative chambers could flip, said Ben Williams, associate director of ...Read more

DENVER -- At Raíces Brewing Company, a sea of festival-goers — many wearing the yellow soccer jerseys of the Colombian national team — braved the summer heat on a July afternoon. With cumbia music pounding over the speakers and cold cocktails in hand, they celebrated their culture at Denver’s eighth-annual Colombian Festival.

Attendees ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri will have new laws surrounding Planned Parenthood, property taxes, chicken ownership and more starting Wednesday, Aug. 28.

This year’s session was remarkably unproductive, as the House and Senate passed just 28 non-budget bills, a record low in the modern era.

Republican infighting was a constant this election ...Read more

CHICAGO — Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan have asked a federal judge to exclude a laundry list of potentially prejudicial evidence from his upcoming racketeering trial, including details about controversial gaming legislation, Madigan’s influence over hiring at Metra, and payments made to a political operative who was ...Read more