DENVER — After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

Negotiators from the seven river basin states said in a series of meetings in recent weeks that they were discussing a plan rooted in a concept that breaks from decades of management practice. Rather than ...Read more

Israel will send a delegation aimed at restarting talks with Hamas, after the militant group said it was ready to “immediately” negotiate a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

Guy Levy, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, confirmed on Saturday an Israeli television report ...Read more

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed to “defeat corruption in and out” as he announced a reshuffle within Socialist Party ranks — even as an ally was forced to resign over sexual harassment allegations.

“My biggest mistake has been to trust who I shouldn’t have trusted, but my determination against corruption is total, wherever...Read more

BEIRUT — After a hastily cobbled together ceasefire between Israel and Iran took hold on June 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jubilantly declared that the "existential threats" of Iran's nuclear program and ballistic missile arsenal had been destroyed. The "historic victory," he said, would "abide for generations."

But nearly ...Read more

Ukraine’s military said its special forces struck the Borysoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region as Kyiv continues to look for ways to reduce the Kremlin’s ability to conduct airstrikes.

The facility in southwest Russia is the “home base” of the Russian military’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets, the Ukrainian General...Read more

Turkish police detained the mayors of three cities and a number of other officials, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, in an escalation of a probe into municipalities governed by the opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.

Responding to the arrests, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said Turkey had reached a “crossroads” in what he called �...Read more

Challenges to Kentucky public library books soared by 1,061% last year, rising from 26 incidents in 2023 to 302 incidents in 2024, according to a recently released state report.

That eye-popping number is buried in small type at the bottom of page six of the annual Statistical Report of Kentucky Public Libraries, published in April by the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By early spring, Paramount Global was in crisis. President Donald Trump wouldn't budge from his demand for an eye-popping sum of money and an apology from the company to settle his lawsuit over a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris. Journalists at the storied broadcaster were in revolt against the parent company.

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LOS ANGELES — Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were closed to the public for months after a January firestorm devastated the community, but since its recent reopening, there have been sightings of a new, disturbing visitor in the neighborhood: disaster tourists. Busloads of them.

"My office and others have received numerous reports about ...Read more

Late one Friday night, a truck carrying sound equipment for legendary cumbia band Los Angeles Azules was pulled over along the Mexico-Puebla highway. Police at the checkpoint were in fact bandits, and upon seeing the pricey cargo they drew their guns and drove off with the loot.

The driver and another passenger were left stranded by the side of...Read more

The largest wildfire in California this year has grown to 70,800 acres in San Luis Obispo County and poses an immediate threat to life, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The Madre fire sparked around 1 p.m. on Wednesday in a rural area of the county. The fire has burned one structure and is 10% contained, ...Read more

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. ambassador to Canada gave an optimistic assessment of trade talks between the countries, playing up the odds that a fair deal will emerge soon from negotiations between Donald Trump and Mark Carney.

“We’ve got two guys that are negotiating for each of our countries,” Pete Hoekstra told an audience during an ...Read more

Boston has declared its independence from disgraced City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, whose last day of work after resigning following her conviction on federal corruption charges was July 4.

Fernandes Anderson, 46, pleaded guilty on May 5 to two of six public corruption charges that were lodged against her in a federal indictment last ...Read more

Young Noble, a former member of the Outlawz rap group founded in the 1990s by Tupac Shakur, has died by apparent suicide at the age of 47, according to reports.

Noble, who’s real name was Rufus Lee Cooper III, was found dead Friday morning in Atlanta from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, sources told TMZ.

His death was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lawrence Herrera started carrying a folded-up copy of his birth certificate in his wallet last week. He also saved a picture of his passport on his phone's camera roll.

For the 67-year-old Atwater Village resident who was born and raised here, the precaution felt silly. But he's not taking any chances.

"I started hearing, 'He's...Read more

BALTIMORE — Households in Maryland struggling with rising utility costs will receive increased energy assistance benefits this year, Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced Thursday.

The expanded aid comes from increased appropriations for the Strategic Energy Investment Fund, which is a state reserve made up of fines paid by utility companies ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Waiting in a lineup of floats ready to embark on Eagan’s annual July Fourth parade, DFL Rep. John Huot flinched when he heard a loud pop.

It was a balloon tied to a van behind him, bursting from the heat. But Huot and his family felt a little on edge on the bright, sweltering morning of Independence Day, just a few weeks after...Read more