LOS ANGELES — Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins of the home her father had built more than 60 years ago, searching for any surviving link to the past.

She took stock of what was left: the bricks that her dad laid at the base of the house, the chimney, screen doors that had been blown off their hinges. The home was her ...Read more

Britain's Princess Beatrice has welcomed her second child.

Baby girl Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi was born Jan. 22 and weighed 4 pounds and 5 ounces, according to her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

"We welcomed Baby Athena into our lives last week. She is tiny and absolutely perfect," Mapeli Mozzi wrote Wednesday on Instagram, sharing...Read more

In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the 63-year-old can view grazing lands of the dairy company he runs that produces products such as unpasteurized milk and cheese for almost 2,000 stores.

Federal regulators say it’s risky business....Read more

The Trump administration’s decision to revoke the recent extension of Temporary Protected Status granted to Venezuelans by former President Joe Biden could affect hundreds of thousands living and working in the United States, setting the stage for possible deportations.

Here is a look at some of the key questions and answers about the issue. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to accept thousands of dollars in bribes for speeding up inspections for businesses with matters before the department.

Saccavino, 59, is accused of expediting fire inspections for building owners who could pay up in a scheme that saw him and his co-...Read more

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines trended on social media Wednesday while sitting front row for her husband Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate confirmation hearing to become the nation’s next Secretary of Health and Human Service.

While Larry David’s TV ex-wife got some support on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, she also ...Read more

CHICAGO — Early in their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, leaning forward with his hand out.

That image, secretly recorded by alderman-turned-FBI mole Daniel Solis, is surely the portrait of Madigan that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the chaos of fleeing from the fast-moving flames of the Palisades and Eaton firestorms, many evacuees were forced to abandon their cars, some in the middle of the street, to escape the blaze.

There are a few options for disposing of your damaged or destroyed vehicles.

Fire survivors from both communities are currently not ...Read more

DETROIT — Four Macomb County high school students charged in a 2023 shooting that paralyzed a person pleaded no contest to charges, an official announced Tuesday.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in a statement that the teens each pleaded to assault with intent to murder, a life felony, armed robbery, a life felony, and conspiracy ...Read more

DENVER – Military officials have opened Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to process and temporarily house detained immigrants.

U.S. Northern Command opened the base to ICE on Monday at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a statement provided by military ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversity policies and deporting immigrants who are in this country illegally.

Despite fierce criticism, he is likely to succeed on those fronts because the Constitution and the laws generally put those ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The showdown between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature over immigration enforcement continued today with the governor threatening to veto the Legislature’s $500 million bill drafted with input from President Donald Trump’s team.

“The veto pen is ready,” DeSantis posted on X moments before he held a ...Read more

Several California highway projects could be delayed indefinitely after President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order — titled “Unleashing American Energy” — aimed at rolling back pair President Joe Biden-era infrastructure laws, which Trump has termed the “Green New Deal.”

“In recent years, burdensome and ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Council set a new timeline to find a permanent city manager Tuesday, establishing a plan to hire a recruitment firm by March.

Following a national search, whomever takes the job will be tasked with leading the city’s roughly 6,000 employees, overseeing an annual operating budget of more than $1.6 ...Read more

A Kansas man whose Jan. 6 case was dismissed last week by President Donald Trump is demanding that Kansas State University immediately give him back the teaching job it fired him from, along with four years of back pay.

William Pope, of Topeka — among the hundreds whose criminal cases were dismissed last week when Trump granted clemency to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Howard County is revamping its arts and culture plan after more than two decades without a major update, officials announced at an event last week.

The Howard County Arts and Culture Plan will be developed during a nearly two-year process involving a steering committee of leaders from local organizations, consultants from the Ohio...Read more