U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s holding off from new strikes on Iran, after Tehran and other Middle Eastern powers told him they’re working on an agreement that might quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said he’d agreed to cancel the attack, “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” according to a post on Truth ...Read more

TOOLIK FIELD STATION, NORTH SLOPE, Alaska — Unlike most people, Rose Cory wasn’t drawn to northern Alaska for the vistas of the weather-scarred Brooks Range or the braided rivers winding through seemingly endless tundra. Rather, she was lured by what it contains on an atomic level: “It’s the carbon,” Cory said.

To Cory, an aquatic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At the turn of the century, wildfires destroyed only about 3% of the California homes they came into contact with. By 2020, the rate had risen to 18%, according to a new study from UC Merced.

It’s an indication that decades of efforts to clear flammable plants around homes and fortify their exteriors against flames, heat and ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former FedEx driver who was sentenced to death in May for the capital murder of 7-year-old Wise County girl Athena Strand has had his request for a new trial denied.

Tanner Horner’s attorneys filed the motion in Tarrant County on June 4, alleging that widespread media coverage intimidated some key witnesses who ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Carlitos Ricardo Parias had long complained to his family about the quality of drinking water at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.

In a video call from the Southern California facility where he is detained, he finally showed them proof — a plastic bottle filled with drinking water and what appeared to be worm-like creatures....Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A small city in Anoka County is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court for permission to use paper voter rolls, a change that critics argue could create long lines during this fall’s midterm election and set a precedent to allow other cities to follow suit.

The state’s high court is weighing a petition from Oak Grove, which ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, saying the federal agency cannot compel the Illinois Board of Elections to release sensitive information about the state’s roughly 8.3 million registered voters.

Seven months after Trump’s DOJ filed suit, U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless in the Central ...Read more

DENVER — Buying certain firearms will be notably more onerous starting Saturday as one of Colorado’s most consequential gun regulations goes into full effect.

Senate Bill 3 requires Coloradans looking to buy rifles and shotguns with detachable magazines or gas-operated pistols — weapons popularly conceived of as assault-style rifles — ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Emanuel Lexius’ market in El Cajon is typically bustling.

Not this week.

Lexius is Haitian, and so are most of the shoppers at Miche Caribbean Market. They come to stock up on familiar Haitian staples — Ti Malice vegetable oil spread, long-grain heirloom rice, Cola Couronne soda.

“People don’t want to be out,” he said,...Read more

The U.S. Army soldier charged with making winning Polymarket predictions based on classified information about the raid to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro asked a judge to throw out the case, saying the alleged bets aren’t a crime.

Lawyers for Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a special forces soldier who prosecutors said was involved in...Read more

NEW YORK — Fear of mass deportation has gripped New York City’s Haitian community after the Trump administration announced that federal Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants expired this week following a Supreme Court ruling.

The city’s hospitals, staffed by many TPS holders, and Haitian businesses may already be feeling ...Read more

Michigan joined Minnesota in announcing cyberattacks on its state water supply, saying nine systems were the target of attacks that intelligence officials have blamed on Iran.

Federal agencies have said at least seven states’ water systems were compromised, but didn’t name the states. No damage or injuries were reported.

Minnesota ...Read more

CHICAGO — When Chicago Public Schools passed its $9.96 billion budget on Thursday night, several board members made a high-stakes gamble: that state lawmakers will deliver $150 million in additional funding.

The Chicago Teachers Union and its board allies argued that CPS is chronically underfunded by the state, and that the amended 2026-27 ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York took a major step this week toward enacting new social media restrictions for kids and teens after the state finalized rules that curb access to a number of “addictive” design features.

The law, called the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, aims to protect youth mental health by limiting algorithmic...Read more

BALTIMORE — When Maryland Democrats tried to redistrict congressional seats five years ago, a judge struck the effort down, calling the map “extremely gerrymandered.” This week, lawmakers seek to change the law to clear the way for another try.

In 2021, Democrats pursued a redraw of Maryland’s congressional map with lawmakers seeking to...Read more