Opinion polls in Britain are still pointing to a crushing defeat for the governing Conservatives after 14 years in power as the election campaign reaches its final days.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a broadcast appearance on Sunday to insist everything remains in play, saying Britain is a “better place to live” than when the ...Read more

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators climbed over barricades, tossed fake blood and held up New York City’s Pride Parade on Sunday.

About a dozen protesters descended on the annual march as it approached Christopher St. and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village around 2:45 p.m.

They protesters splattered red paint on the route and on a Chevrolet ...Read more

North Korea shot off a suspected ballistic missile Monday, Yonhap News agency reported, days after firing a rocket to test a new multiple warhead system for delivering a nuclear strike.

At least one missile was launched eastward, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap reported. It’s North Korea’s second launch in less ...Read more

President Joe Biden’s campaign is going on the attack against a chorus of donors, consultants, officials and media voices calling on him to drop out of the 2024 race after his devastating debate performance.

The strategy will be remembered as a display of either remarkable foresight or incredible hubris.

Aides spent the weekend publicly ...Read more

Ahead of a weeklong heat wave that will bake Sacramento and most of Northern California in sweltering temperatures, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning that critical fire danger may lead to its first public safety power shutoffs of the year in across eight counties to prevent the utility’s equipment from sparking wildfires.

On Sunday, ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boeing has until the end of the week to decide whether to plead guilty to the charge, the department told the families of victims of ...Read more

As the Archdiocese of New York and its insurance company, Chubb, battle over who is responsible for millions in potential payouts to survivors of clergy sexual abuse, a new group has entered the picture.

Announcing its presence in November with a full page ad in The New York Times, the Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation, which ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department has told Boeing Co. that it will charge the planemaker with fraud, leaving the company to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boeing will have until the end of the week to decide whether to plead guilty to the charges, the department told ...Read more

DOWNEY, Calif. — A mentally ill man was fatally shot Saturday by Downey police in his backyard after a neighbor called the police on him for lighting fireworks, his family said.

The Downey Police Department said it was responding to a call about a "disturbance" on Stewart and Gray Road about 6:15 p.m. Downey is 13 miles southeast of downtown ...Read more

Beryl became the season’s first major hurricane on Sunday, reaching Category 4 strength as it approached the Caribbean with winds topping 130 mph, forecasters said.

Beryl has strengthened rapidly since forming and is likely to bring “life-threatening winds and storm surge” on its approach to the far eastern Caribbean early Monday, ...Read more

Hurricane Beryl grew into a Category 4 major hurricane Sunday afternoon as it took aim at the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 2 p.m., the hurricane was located about 310 miles east-southeast of Barbados and 405 miles east of Grenada with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph moving west at 21 mph. Hurricane-force winds...Read more

Tiara Parker once clung to her cousin, who took her last breath in Pulse nightclub’s bathroom stall.

Now, cousin Akyra Monet Murray’s voice looms in her mind.

“‘You always did all that crying,’” Parker remembered Murray saying as they grew up. “‘Turn your pain into gain.’”

And she did.

Today, Parker is an advocate for gun...Read more

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally dominated the first round of France’s legislative election and set its sights on an absolute majority as President Emmanuel Macron and her other opponents began strategizing to keep the far-right party out of power.

The National Rally was projected to get between 33% and 34.2% of the vote, according to ...Read more

From a $36 billion state budget to election changes, more than 100 Georgia laws go into effect Monday, the first day of the fiscal year.

Other measures cut income taxes, create protections for renters, guarantee patient visitation rights and protect student health.

All of these laws were passed by the Georgia General Assembly and signed by Gov...Read more

Beryl became the season’s first major hurricane on Sunday, reaching Category 4 strength as it approached the Caribbean with winds topping 130 mph, forecasters said.

Beryl has strengthened rapidly since forming and is likely to bring “life-threatening winds and storm surge” on its approach to the far eastern Caribbean early Monday, ...Read more

French voters are turning out at the highest level in nearly 40 years for the first round of a snap legislative election that has seen the far-right National Rally dominating the polls.

Figures show 59.4% of registered voters had cast a ballot as of 5 p.m. Paris time, compared with 39.4% at the same time in the last vote two years ago, ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule Monday on Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from criminal charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a strong possibility the case will be kicked back to a lower court for more legal wrangling.

The court’s view may boil down to this: Was he acting as president or as a private citizen?

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Bay Area schools have experienced the third largest decline in student enrollment in California over the past 10 years, as families left high-cost coastal areas for more affordable inland cities and states, new data shows. The region is expected to see an even larger loss over the next 10 years.

Data from the state’s Department of Education, ...Read more

French voters are turning out at the highest level in nearly 40 years for the first round of a snap legislative election that has seen the far-right National Rally dominating the polls.

Figures show 59.4% of registered voters had cast a ballot as of 5 p.m. Paris time, compared with 39.4% at the same time in the last vote two years ago, ...Read more