The Nicolas Maduro regime arrested Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday after opening fire against the driver of the motorcycle in which she was riding, people close to her team said.

The opposition leader, who had appeared in public for the first time on Thursday after having remained in hiding for four months, was ...Read more

On Wednesday, evacuees trickled into the Pasadena Convention Center in a steady stream, many holding only one or two bags containing belongings saved before the multiple fires in the region might claim their homes. Parked out front was the Yeastie Boys white-and-black food truck staffed by two employees handing off brown paper bags stuffed with ...Read more

Americans have long been divided on immigration, a perennial issue in U.S. politics.

But the partisan divide, at least when it comes to one question about immigration, has grown in recent years.

The latest YouGov poll asked respondents whether immigration makes America better off, whether legal immigration should be increased and whether more ...Read more

Two years after Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial measure restricting the use of personal pronouns in schools, legislative debate about the gender-related issue could shift to cities and counties.

John Labriola, a lobbyist for Christian Family Coalition Florida, told Marion County lawmakers Wednesday that his ...Read more

Sen. John Fetterman plans to visit President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago as the Pennsylvania Democrat cements his role as one of the most moderate members of the party.

The burly first-term lawmaker is expected to jet to Palm Beach over the weekend at Trump’s invitation, although Trump transition officials warned that the meeting was not...Read more

WASHINGTON — All but nine members of the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to move forward on legislation that would allow law enforcement agencies to detain undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes like burglary or theft.

Named for Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student killed last year on the University of Georgia’s campus, ...Read more

Patients are piling up in Minnesota emergency rooms once again, but it’s not just from COVID-19.

State health officials say influenza is making a comeback, combining with COVID, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to put more pressure on Minnesota hospitals than they’ve faced since the end of the pandemic. Thursday’s weekly ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The first two district courthouses in Baltimore found to have water contaminated with Legionella bacteria since November have now been cleared after the latest round of remediation and retesting.

Results received Wednesday from the tests conducted at the 5800 Wabash Ave. and 700 E. Patapsco Ave. courthouses on Dec. 30 have found ...Read more

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would impose sanctions on International Criminal Court officials in retaliation for their issuance of an arrest warrant last year against Israel’s leader for his wartime actions in the Gaza Strip.

The bipartisan vote, 243-140, in favor of the legislation showed that supporting Israel in its military ...Read more

Vicky Collison and Andrew Grinsfelder hurried past a burning home on an upscale residential street just off Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades. There were piles of rubble on all sides and glowing embers swirled in the air.

The mother and son had just checked on a friend's house threatened by the massive Palisades fire, and they were headed ...Read more

A Republican state senator backed by a coalition of gun rights advocates plans to file a suite of bills this month that attempt to repeal a major firearms law Gov. Maura Healey approved last year.

Sen. Peter Durant of Spencer said he is preparing six different pieces of legislation that target a gun law top Beacon Hill Democrats have hailed as ...Read more

A bipartisan eight-bill package is aiming to modernize Maryland’s military laws and create consistent and equal benefits among the uniformed services and reserve units.

The package, submitted by Republican Sen. Bryan Simonaire, an Anne Arundel County Republican, and supported by five House delegates, would restructure Maryland’s military ...Read more

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.

Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the University of California-San Diego’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, tracks the state’s water supplies. He ...Read more

Nick Libonati was drinking Turkish tea with his sister Tuesday morning as he started his day in Pacific Palisades.

She leaned over to pour the 21-year-old boot salesman more tea in their home office when she glanced out the window.

"She screams, 'Fire!'" Libonati recalled.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has said that the Palisades fire — ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The nation this week celebrated Jimmy Carter, the religious man who truly practiced what he preached.

The services in Washington Thursday were reflections and solemn tributes, not so much for the 39th president but for a man who lived a rich, rewarding life.

“Through it all he showed us how character and faith starts with ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama appeared to indulge in some grave humor at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., sharing laughs and conversation before the start of Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Despite their political differences, Trump and Obama seemed more like old pals as they waited for Carter’s service ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two long-haul truckers, with the backing of a legal nonprofit that has argued multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases, are suing Minnesota over the state’s refusal to recognize more than half of the firearm permits issued by other states.

The plaintiffs, one from Texas and another from Georgia, are leaning on a 2022 landmark opinion...Read more

The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape early Sunday with the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, a two-day delay from original plans to launch early Friday.

Blue Origin announced Thursday morning it was delaying because of bad weather in the Atlantic for a potential rocket booster recovery.

The NG-1 mission ...Read more