LOS ANGELES — It was the height of the dinner rush at L.A. Live, a glittering, neon-drenched complex of restaurants and bars steps from Crypto.com Arena.

Around 6 p.m. on Nov. 28, 2023, a white Ford Escape pulled out of rush hour traffic on Figueroa Street, stopping along the curb outside Fixins Soul Kitchen.

A man stepped out of the Ford, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — As chaotic, violent and arbitrary as Sunday night’s Clearwater Ferry crash was, it also seemed like an obvious crime scene.

Onlookers watched as the boat that slammed into the ferry drove away. Police later found the boat and its driver nearly 4 miles away. Retrieved footage soon revealed the seconds leading up to the crash �...Read more

ATLANTA — Most Georgia voters say marijuana should be made legal for recreational use, a sign of growing acceptance of a drug that‘s allowed in 24 other states.

Nearly 56% of respondents in a poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution supported legalizing marijuana, the highest level of support in recent years. Just 46% favored recreational ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's leader said Saturday that she rejected an offer by President Donald Trump to send U.S. troops into her country to fight drug cartels.

Speaking at a public event, President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed a report published Friday in the Wall Street Journal that said that Trump had pressured Mexico to allow more U.S. ...Read more

Singapore’s ruling party was on track to secure a convincing victory in Saturday’s election as voters worried about rising costs and a worsening global economic climate rallied behind incumbent Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his first electoral test since taking office a year ago.

Official results from the nation’s elections department ...Read more

AMMAN, Jordan — The message was contrite but direct. "I'm heartbroken. If you're receiving this letter, I'm letting you go — effective immediately."

The email came from Jeffrey Gedmin, head of Middle East Broadcasting Networks,or MBN, the nonprofit overseeing the U.S.-government-funded, Arab-language news channel Alhurra.

It was April 12,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nine people — including one student — were arrested early Saturday morning on the campus of Swarthmore College as police disbanded a recently formed pro-Palestinian encampment.

Shortly before 8 a.m. Vice President of Student Affairs Stephanie Ives entered Trotter Lawn, with police officers, warning the Swarthmore chapter of...Read more

Donald Trump has gone from the presidency to the papacy.

With just days left before the start of the papal conclave — where a new leader of the Catholic Church will be selected — Trump took to his Truth Social platform to share an AI-generated image of himself dressed up as the pope. It shows him adorned in the traditional attire, complete...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — They had one job.

The Florida Legislature had 60 days to pass a balanced budget – the only job the state constitution requires of them. And they couldn’t do it.

The combative tone among legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis was foreshadowed by a bitter battle in February over immigration that took three special ...Read more

A jolt of staff upheaval this week made Marco Rubio the first person in 50 years to hold the top two national security jobs in the U.S. government, the culmination of a journey from his role as Donald Trump’s rival for the presidency to one of his most prominent aides.

Rubio’s ascent to both secretary of state and interim national security ...Read more

Ukraine wants to host a meeting of national security advisers from the U.S., U.K., France and Germany at a yet-to-be-determined date to discuss further steps in the peace process, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The advisers held gatherings in London and Paris in April to exchange views on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine that’s well ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Since her Altadena rental home burned down in January’s Eaton fire, Tamara Johnson has crisscrossed Southern California looking for a place to live. She started in San Bernardino, where she stayed with a friend, and continued to Oceanside, where an Airbnb voucher let her remain a week.

She’s driven from Long Beach to Azusa ...Read more

The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to ...Read more

CHICAGO — When a converted Kenwood hotel opened its doors to migrants in the summer of 2023, officials who announced the news received vociferous pushback from residents.

They had numerous concerns about the shelter at 4900 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive: whether migrants would be vaccinated and fingerprinted; how their children would be ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — New security cameras are arriving in Altadena as law enforcement attempts to stem skyrocketing rates of residential burglary in the fire-ravaged community, but some residents fear that won't be enough to keep thieves away.

From Jan. 1 to April 15, the number of residential burglaries reported in the Altadena area was up about ...Read more