CHICAGO — More than three weeks have passed since the last beluga whales were transported from a shuttered marine park in Canada to Shedd Aquarium and other facilities across the U.S. and Spain. The dramatic rescues involved lifting the whales with cranes and flying them across international borders.

But since then, five belugas have died: ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A wind-tattered and soggy Jersey Shore was reeling Saturday from the effects of an early-season nor’easter trudging up the coast this weekend.

Massive waves and rough surf were reported along the Shore — where New Jersey officials had issued a state of emergency — flooding streets and leaving some people without power.

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he rejected a deal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Saudi Arabia’s capital came under attack from Yemen’s Houthis over the weekend.

“They made a proposal but I rejected it,” Trump said as he departed the White House on Saturday. “They want to make a deal where they open the strait ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the issue of Taiwan came up in meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as he refrained from repeating Washington’s decades-old stance on the self-governing island.

“We didn’t talk about it too much. Right now, it’s fine. It’s just moving along,” he told reporters when asked ...Read more

LAS VEGAS -- When advocates pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Nevada, one of their arguments in favor of the policy was anticipated elimination of the drug’s black market.

Those expectations have not materialized, according to a review of police and court records and interviews with experts.

In fact, robberies and killings linked ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to decide whether a law passed by the state legislature in 2024 can require violent offenders to serve at least 85% of their prison sentence, even if they were convicted before the new law.

People being held at Kentucky prisons who were convicted before the Safer Kentucky Act was passed argue...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For years, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner has been portrayed as the civilized way to travel to and from San Diego.

No gridlock on Interstate 5. Glorious views of the Pacific Ocean. Even the chance to grab a drink and relax.

But the iconic rail line connecting Orange County to San Diego is under threat thanks to coastal erosion —...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Liz Goodman struggled for years to get support for Logan, her 17-year-old autistic son, through government programs with long waitlists.

She felt optimistic during a gathering for disabled people in Orlando a couple of years ago, where she heard a program called Hope Florida could share vital resources with families in need. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declined Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and expects to resume bombing Iran after the U.S. midterm elections in November, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Trump is skeptical about Iran’s willingness to meet his demands, WSJ said, citing unidentified U.S. officials. The move again stymies a...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The White House this month issued an executive order to support the sportfishing industry by, among other things, paving the way for increased harvests of sharks and pinnipeds, including sea lions and seals.

The order specifically aims to help saltwater anglers, offshore boaters and charter operators — an industry in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is refusing to allow CNN to travel on Air Force One to cover President Donald Trump’s trip to Tennessee Saturday, the network reported.

A White House schedule of the president’s public itinerary for Saturday, released late Friday, lists no major U.S. television networks in either the in-town pool that covers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — State regulators have launched an inquiry into the Santa Monica sober living home where Presley Gerber died Sunday of a suspected overdose.

The California Department of Health Care Services, responding to a complaint from a rehab reform advocate, is reviewing whether the sober home, Resolutions Living, was illegally providing ...Read more

NEW YORK — The scores of protesters demonstrating against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the U.N. in Midtown Manhattan — which included actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder and several local politicians — were all given summonses and sent home after being briefly detained, police said Friday.

In total, 103 people ...Read more

Oil fell on tentative signs that talks between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the world’s most important energy shipping route were progressing.

West Texas Intermediate futures fell about 2.3% to settle near $92 a barrel, notching its first weekly drop since late August, as traders increasingly expect that the negotiations will be productive. ...Read more