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Zambia’s president maintained an early lead in elections in which he’s seeking to extend his rule of the copper-rich southern African nation.

Hakainde Hichilema garnered 438,708 votes in 49 of the country’s 226 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Pico Rivera man who killed his friend and girlfriend in a 124-mile-per-hour crash in Ventura County has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, officials said this week.

Leonardo Rodriguez, 21,...Read more

China lodged a formal protest with Japan after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to Yasukuni shrine and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited it on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II.

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BOSTON — Calls for the excommunication of Gov. Maura Healey are mounting after she signed a bill removing restrictions on abortion access — though the Archdiocese of Boston has not yet stated how it will respond to the...Read more

BALTIMORE — LaFayette Boone Jr. imagined a childhood for his son much like his own in Baltimore, attending Catholic school and playing with other kids in the neighborhood.

The plan hit an early hiccup: Amid declining ...Read more

MIAMI — Stilt walkers danced to traditional Bahamian festival music. People lined up for plates of home cooked food. Vendors sold snow cones. And candidates exchanged hugs and handshakes with voters amid a sea of ...Read more

A wildlife center west of Sacramento, California, is expecting a speedy recovery for a river otter brought in Friday morning after the male was hit by a car.

The young river otter suffered no broken bones or fractures in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police have filed hate crime charges against a 46-year-old man who attacked two people at a Midtown synagogue as he charged down the aisle, disrupting the sanctity of a peaceful Sabbath service, officials said...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Health officials in California are defending the traditional childhood vaccination schedule against efforts by the Trump administration to weaken it.

The long-standing childhood vaccine schedule is safe, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Under Armour are parting ways after a nearly 10-year partnership, a spokesperson for the company confirmed.

Johnson, a WWE wrestler turned actor, launched “Project Rock”...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s attack on New York’s in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented immigrants has migrant college students worried they will be forced to quit school — along with their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A hammerhead shark paid a rare visit to the Southern California coast this week in what is likely a predictable outcome of unusually warm ocean temperatures.

Fisherman Ariel Kohanchi was out around noon ...Read more

SEATTLE — Maya Crowder felt horror and disbelief as she watched federal immigration enforcement agents arrest a man at Seattle Center on July 27, just around the corner from where a mass shooting killed three and injured...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Uber and Lyft drivers in California are a step closer to unionizing after state regulators confirmed the budding union had gained enough support to be certified.

Rideshare drivers have been fighting for a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.

On Saturday, the Westside community marked a ...Read more

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella asked U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods as the country grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 300...Read more

NEW YORK — The family of a teen killed in a wild June carriage horse crash in Central Park will be filing a $105 million lawsuit against the city — and names stray voltage in the park as a possible cause of the crash, ...Read more

Damian Lewis has insisted his music is not an "act of therapy" to process the death of his wife.

The 55-year-old actor released his debut LP, Mission Creep, in 2023, just two years after Helen McCrory lost her battle with...Read more

Selena Gomez has blasted a "meritless" lawsuit from investors that accused her of fraud.

The Only Murders in the Building actress co-founded Wondermind in 2021 with her mother Mandy Teefey and their former business ...Read more

Carmen Electra wants to date a "dad type".

The 54-year-old actress - who was previously married to Dennis Rodman and Dave Navarro - is still attracted to "edgy" guys but she's open to the idea of embarking on a ...Read more