LEXINGTON, Ky. — On a spring afternoon two years ago, Barbara Martin pulled on the front door of the Louisville day care where her 8-month-old granddaughter had been dropped off earlier that day.

The door didn’t move. It was locked.

Then Martin heard a baby’s familiar wail.

She recognized it as her granddaughter, forgotten by the staff ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Spotting a trademark colorful and elegant bird on the Palos Verdes Peninsula can be exciting for visitors or vacationers, but as the peacock population has rocketed, officials say some of those birds have got to go.

This fall, Rancho Palos Verdes will restart a rarely used program to trap and relocate peafowl from the peninsula ...Read more

ATLANTA — A controversial plan to remove homeless people from downtown Atlanta before the 2026 FIFA World Cup could lead to some arrests “solely to make the city look nice,” according to a Fulton County judge.

Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who co-chairs a justice board that seeks alternatives to incarceration in metro Atlanta, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — When Macauley Reuben watched the riots and civil unrest spread through Minneapolis after George Floyd was murdered five years ago, he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

“I honestly wanted to build up the city again, be a positive change and be a good example,” he said.

Macauley, now 20, was a high school sophomore in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Some Maryland university research projects on the Trump administration’s chopping block have been fully discontinued, while others are scrambling to resume after a pause in funding.

Johns Hopkins has lost more than $800 million in federal grant money. The University of Maryland lost tens of millions of dollars. But some cuts ...Read more

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump’s decision Saturday to bomb key nuclear sites in Iran drew praise from most top Georgia Republicans — but also revealed a sharp break within the GOP ranks and a divide among Democrats.

Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Attorney General Chris Carr and Insurance Commissioner John King were among the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation that U.S. strikes had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s three main nuclear facilities, and threatened further military action if Tehran did not make peace with Israel.

“This cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran,...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said American bombers struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, pulling the U.S. directly into the country’s conflict despite his longtime promises to avoid new wars.

Trump said a “payload of BOMBS” was dropped on Fordow, the uranium-enrichment site buried deep under a mountain and seen as vulnerable only to �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Johnny had Ed. Conan had Andy. And Gov. Gavin Newsom? A single-use plastic water bottle.

In most of the YouTube video recordings of Newsom’s new podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom,” a single-use plastic water bottle lurks on a table nearby.

Sometimes, it is accompanied by a single-use coffee cup. Other times, it stands alone....Read more

President Donald Trump said American jets struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, pulling the U.S. directly into the country’s conflict despite his longtime promises to avoid new wars.

Trump said Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan were struck in the operation, specifically describing a “payload of BOMBS” dropped on Fordow, a key location of ...Read more

CHICAGO — Jey McCreight underwent hormone replacement therapy and top surgery in their mid-30s to transition into a transmasculine person. They said the medical treatment helped them “live life to the fullest.”

“It was like my depression was magically cured after struggling with it my entire life — going to therapy, being on other ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santa Clara County’s homeless population has hit a record number despite local efforts that moved more than 8,000 people into permanent housing over the last few years, according to preliminary results from the county’s “point-in-time” count.

The biennial count, which took place over the course of two days in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The two towering sculptures comprising thousands of pounds of bronze and stainless steel took artist and filmmaker Sir Daniel Winn more than a year to complete.

They vanished in a weekend.

Police believe that on June 14 or 15 at least one thief made off with both "Icarus Within" and "Quantum Mechanics: Homme," — sculptures ...Read more

The head of Haiti’s presidential transition panel acknowledged for the first time the government’s use of foreign contractors to help in the fight against armed gangs.

But Fritz Alphonse Jean, in an interview he afforded a group of five local Haitian journalists on Friday, declined to provide details on the private security company ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The city of Pasadena canceled swimming lessons and other recreation programs at three of its parks on Saturday, citing concerns about possible immigration enforcement by federal agents.

Lisa Derderian, a spokesperson for the city, said officials made the decision after seeing posts on social media that showed "what appears to be...Read more

BALTIMORE — A squad of construction workers descend daily under the streets of Baltimore. They labor deep down, in the semi-secret and highly restricted chamber known as the Howard Street Tunnel.

The massive brick-lined tube, hand-dug in the 1890s under the bed of downtown Baltimore’s Howard Street, has been closed to freight rail traffic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bridgette Covelli arrived near Los Angeles City Hall for the June 14 “No Kings Day” festivities to find what she described as a peaceful scene: people chanting, dancing, holding signs. No one was arguing with the police, as far as she could tell.

Enforcement of the city’s curfew wouldn’t begin for hours. But seemingly ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The temperature made it to 91 on Saturday in Philly, and by the end of the workweek, that kind of heat may seem like a cool shower.

By then, said Zack Taylor, chief of the analysis section at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center, heavily populated areas in the Midwest and East may ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When ICE agents raided the construction site of a burned property in Altadena earlier this month, they made no arrests. The man they were after was not there. But the mere specter of them returning spooked the workers enough to bring the project to a temporary halt.

The next day, half of the 12-man team stayed home. The crew ...Read more