The latest in an unrelenting run of severe rainstorms is pushing its way into the Southwest this weekend, following deadly floods that have transformed some neighborhoods into hazmat zones requiring costly cleanups.

Traditionally, the heaviest rains associated with an El Niño phenomenon arrive in the U.S. during the winter months. But warming ...Read more

An attorney and former political party chief whose name has repeatedly surfaced in the ongoing federal trial of a South Florida pastor accused of conspiring to kill or kidnap Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been turned over to U.S. custody following his arrest in Haiti.

Gordon Phenil Desir was handed over to FBI agents in Port-au-Prince on...Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he won’t rush a trade agreement with the U.S. if the terms aren’t in Canada’s best interests, and suggested he expects his country will still be in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs after the U.S. midterm elections.

Carney told Politico that he wouldn’t sign something that he thinks is a bad deal, ...Read more

Iran’s Supreme Leader ordered his top military commanders to prepare for renewed confrontation with the U.S. and Israel and expand Tehran’s options for retaliation, even as his top diplomat signaled progress in diplomatic talks.

“Every level and type of threat must be met with an immediate, effective response, without geographical ...Read more

As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens renewed attacks against Iran, Tehran’s intermittent strikes on commercial vessels have left the two sides locked in a painful economic standoff.

For Iran, the U.S. blockade of its oil exports has snuffed out a key part of its military funding and severely hobbled the $300 billion economy, with only a ...Read more

Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri. Overnight hospital wings for kids have also shuttered in Illinois and California.

Depending on the hospital, ...Read more

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a Florida county with a startling rate of child firearm injuries, a boarded-up elementary school named for famed educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune sits in a 250-acre site once called “ Brown’s Dump.”

The dump emerged in an era of redlining, systematic racism that divided American cities large...Read more

California’s vintners, struggling with a precipitous drop in wine consumption, are experimenting with making an American version of tequila.

Facing state-imposed water restrictions and an oversupply of grapes, second-generation farmer Stuart Woolf is one of those betting on agave. He has planted about 550 acres over four years on his land in ...Read more

MIAMI — Mayumi Castro Fernandez voted for Donald Trump twice, but after high food and fuel prices, higher health insurance costs and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, she switched her voter registration from Republican to no party affiliation and voted blue this election.

“If after all these years, they didn’t keep their...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — About once a year, in recent years, Dr. Becky Uranga has found herself in the same high-stakes situation: The Meridian OB-GYN sees a patient whose water has broken around 20 weeks into her pregnancy.

At that stage, the chances of the fetus surviving are low, “but not zero,” Uranga said. In a best-case scenario, she and her ...Read more

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to not threaten California election officials with criminal prosecution over the handling of election ballots cast by people swept up in a crackdown on alleged noncitizen voting.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco on Friday granted a request from labor and civil rights groups to ...Read more

An Orange County, California, woman is facing federal criminal charges after being accused of luring a pit bull puppy underneath her minivan and running it over in an incident that was caught on video.

Animal services officers responding to a report of an injured dog in Santa Ana on Sept. 8 found 9-month-old pit bull, Blackey, dead on the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State workers at the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency moved to a new building this January. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he’s renaming the building after labor advocate Dolores Huerta, who died earlier this week.

“Dolores Huerta’s legacy is inseparable from the story of California’s labor...Read more

NEW YORK — A man arrested for injuring a cop responding to a giant snowball fight in Washington Square Park accepted a plea deal, officials said Friday.

Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, pleaded guilty to harassment and agreed to perform 20 hours of community service for the NYC Parks Department in exchange for prosecutors dropping the top charge of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal immigration agent pulled out a handgun and pointed it just inches from the face of a bystander during an apparent operation in North Hollywood on Friday morning, according to video obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

The bystander was not detained or taken into custody by federal officials during the incident, but a ...Read more