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The rolling grasslands and rocky beaches of Vandenberg Space Force Base, home to more than a dozen at-risk species, easily could pass for a peaceful nature preserve — but that’s an illusion.

The nearly 100,000-acre ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 2004, Gavin Newsom, at the time the mayor of San Francisco, posed with his then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle for a magazine photograph that quickly became infamous.

In the photo, the couple lay ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — When Minneapolis’ immigrant communities were targeted by ICE in December, University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham’s message spoke of students feeling “vulnerable and afraid” but didn’...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The spread of a highly contagious disease is creeping into the Charlotte region. But experts say there are steps the community can take to prevent the kind of widespread outbreaks springing up in other ...Read more

MANKATO, Minn. — The pickup truck with Texas plates rolled slowly past as the driver looked at the home, then his phone, before turning the corner.

Inside the mobile home, two families — three adults and six children ...Read more

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt made it official this week, filing paperwork to enter the 2026 race for mayor of Los Angeles.

“The Hills” alum announced his candidacy last month on the anniversary of the Palisades Fire ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and FBI are set to announce a joint investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, according to two people with direct knowledge of the agreement.

The deal ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — An ice sculpture made out of frozen letters spelling “Prosecute ICE” in front of the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul was vandalized shortly after its unveiling Thursday.

Jake Lang, a Jan. 6 rioter ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With the Trump administration reportedly in talks to create an anti-fraud task force for California, state Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday vehemently denounced what he described as the administration...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ahead of a planned rally at the State Capitol this weekend, Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang was arrested after damaging an ice sculpture on the front steps on Thursday.

Lang, 30, of Lake Worth, Florida, is ...Read more

In a defiant gesture, Cuba’s handpicked president Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted President Donald Trump on Thursday and vowed his government will resist the U.S. “oil blockade” with creativity, but warned the population ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal enforcement of polluters slumped in the first year of the second Trump administration, a new analysis of government data by a nonprofit watchdog group has found.

Compared with the first year of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — About 40 people were arrested after an activist group Thursday evening conducted a demonstration inside a Target store in South Philadelphia to demand that the company take a public stand against ICE ...Read more

A 4-year-old Connecticut girl was summoned for jury duty this week, according to her parents.

Darien residents Dr. Omar and Sadia Ibrahimi assumed the notice that arrived in their mail was meant for one of them, but were ...Read more

In a meeting with reporters on Tuesday, the governor’s budget director, Lori Wolff, discussed state agencies’ plans to slash their budgets.

Those cuts could include cutting funding to the 988 crisis hotline and ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Federal officials met in San Diego on Thursday to discuss the government’s response to the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis, with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expressing confidence in Mexico’s ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday, Feb. 5, to allocate $1 million to help residents pay rent as part of an effort to help immigrants who have lost income amid the federal immigration crackdown.

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A Los Angeles County man was arrested after he sent “imposter” ransom messages to the family of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, whose mother remains missing from her Arizona home in a suspected abduction, federal...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Facing a possible mistrial, jurors in the felony vandalism case against five Stanford activists appeared deadlocked Thursday on a conspiracy charge, bringing prosecutors and defense attorneys back to ...Read more

The FBI has arrested a California man for allegedly sending a fake ransom demand amid the ongoing search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy.

Derrick Callella, 42, was arrested in Hawthorne, California, on ...Read more