LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s first significant storm in more than eight months has already forced the closure of the 5 Freeway at the Grapevine, unleashed mud on roadways, and triggered the closure of Malibu’s public schools Monday due to dangerous road conditions.

There’s still concern about the potential for mudslides and ...Read more

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are travelling back to the devastated neighborhoods of northern Gaza after being displaced during the Israel-Hamas war, as a fragile 42-day ceasefire moves into a second week.

Israeli troops stepped away from large parts of the Netzarim Corridor that divides the north of the territory from the south to enable ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A third of the Baltimore City Council has expressed support for or openness to reforming the Board of Estimates, potentially reducing the mayor’s power over city spending.

“It’s a challenge for the board to truly be effective when the mayor’s got such a commanding control of how the votes play out,” Councilman Mark ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An impasse between the United States and Colombia over Colombia's refusal to accept deportation flights ended Monday, following a day in which each side threatened tariffs on the other and then backed down amid rushed negotiations.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro early Sunday turned back two U.S. military flights carrying ...Read more

CHICAGO — A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to continue his final pitch to the jury Monday by attacking allegations of a ComEd bribery scheme as well as the FBI mole at the center of the landmark case: ex-Ald. Daniel Solis.

Attorney Dan Collins began his closing argument Friday and foreshadowed what was to come, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, who “hasn’t been feeling his best” over the past few days, is cancelling most public appearances this week and will undergo medical tests, according to a statement from his spokesman.

The statement, issued shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday by Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy, said the 64-year-old ...Read more

NASA’s plans to return to the moon continue to highlight goals of landing the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface even amid the agency’s recent shutdown of diversity, equity and inclusion programs known as DEI under executive orders from President Trump.

“With NASA’s Artemis campaign, we are exploring the moon ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Convicted murderer Robert Telles wrote his subordinate hundreds of romantic emails on Clark County time and devices, telling Roberta Lee-Kennett “I love you so, so much,” “I wish we could just run away together” and “I love you, my distraction.”

But after complaints from other staff at the county public administrator�...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California students have a chance to win thousands in college scholarships.

Golden 1 Credit Union is offering in-state students a chance to take home $20,000 in college scholarships.

The California-based credit union recently announced it would award up to $500,000 in financial aid this year for Californians seeking ...Read more

DENVER — Two people are dead, one is in custody and a fourth is on the run after an early morning shooting at a Denver 7-Eleven, police said.

Just after midnight on Monday morning, two groups arrived at a 7-Eleven gas station on the corner of East 35th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Denver police chief Ron Thomas said in a briefing.

What ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Some Las Vegas Valley drivers are personalizing their vehicle’s licenses plates with various markings and meanings outside of official means.

From sports-related messaging to representing one’s school or just sprucing the plate up, bedazzling it for extra flash, there’s no shortage of altered plates on Southern Nevada roads....Read more

The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S.. The number of outbreaks is up significantly over previous years, possibly due in part to a new strain of the virus. Outbreaks can occur after direct contact with someone who is infected. Food and ...Read more

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

“Investigating the Paranormal”

My training and professional work have been in Mesoamerican archaeology, but I’ve had a lifelong fascination with paranormal concepts. In fact, I considered studying the ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

“How come you feel pain when you fall and get a scrape?” – Tillman, age 9, Asheville, North Carolina

Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will ...Read more

For more than a decade, Syrians have been the world’s largest refugee population.

More than 6 million Syrians have fled the country since 2011, when an uprising against the regime of Bashar Assad transformed into a 13-year civil war. Most ended up in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, while a ...Read more

While concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide, millions of Texans are already seeing a rapid decline in democratic standards.

In December 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion-inducing medications to a woman in Collin County, Texas, alleging that ...Read more