CHICAGO — In the summer of 2023, strange things happened to the tiny creatures that swim and float in the Chicago River.

One type of water flea, Chydoridae, basically disappeared from the South Side stretch known as Bubbly Creek, while another, Moinidae, experienced a dramatic population surge.

“You could see them with your eyes — clouds...Read more

Kansas and Missouri voters have spoken on abortion.

But nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to the procedure, sending the issue back to the states, abortion continues to dominate politics on both sides of the state line.

And it’s now clear that the situation will continue for at least two more years,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite local officials repeatedly stating U.S. Marines “do not have arrest power,” troops outside a Los Angeles federal building temporarily detained an U.S. Army veteran on Friday.

The U.S. military’s Northern Command confirmed that troops stationed at the Wilshire Federal Building, near the intersection of Wilshire and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pledged to “stand up " to President Donald Trump if he tries to take control of the Pennsylvania National Guard. But that won’t stop the Democratic governor from calling up the Guard on his own if needed, though he expects local law enforcement to be able to handle protests of the Trump ...Read more

Four men who escaped Thursday from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, were being held on serious charges ranging from aggravated assault and burglary to making terroristic threats.

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the men who broke ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Brian Gavidia was working on a BMW in a small dealership on West Olympic Boulevard in Montebello around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when he heard immigration agents were outside.

Gavidia, 29, who was born and raised in East Los Angeles, said he stepped outside. There stood four to six agents.

Within seconds, he said, one of them — ...Read more

PARIS — One day after the Air India crash, which killed at least 241 people Thursday, the airline on Friday was ordered to inspect its fleet of 787 Dreamliners as Boeing and its suppliers pulled back from public events ahead of the Paris Air Show.

It could take months to fully understand what went wrong in the crash, the first involving a ...Read more

Japan and the U.S. held another round of trade talks in Washington as officials try to reach an agreement ahead of a Group of Seven summit in Canada and a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for 70 minutes and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles and other major cities across the nation are girding for widespread demonstrations against the Trump administration Saturday as the federal government expands its aggressive immigration enforcement crackdown beyond Southern California.

In Washington, the Army will celebrate 250 years of service, as well as President ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Facing a formal ethics hearing for allegations of misconduct toward women, Kentucky Rep. Daniel Grossberg is asking a Kentucky court for emergency relief, calling the investigation against him “retaliatory and discriminatory.”

The 23-page complaint, filed Friday afternoon in Franklin Circuit Court, asks for immediate ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Iconic folk singer, political activist and long time Bay Area resident Joan Baez is coming full circle Saturday, set to speak and possibly sing at a “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump in Palo Alto, the city where she engaged in her first act of civil disobedience at age 17.

Baez, 83, has come a long way ...Read more

SEATTLE — Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide.

The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering” and coincides with a drop in ...Read more

Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles against Israel following an unprecedented direct attack on its nuclear facilities, ramping up a conflict between sworn enemies that threatens to engulf the Middle East and disrupt global oil supplies.

Multiple waves of missiles targeting Israeli cities amount to the most forceful step yet by Tehran ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department has made more than 500 arrests since demonstrations over the federal immigration enforcement that started last week, according to command staff.

On Thursday night, the third night of a curfew in and around downtown L.A., LAPD made 26 arrests. The total was a far cry from Tuesday, when the agency...Read more

Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles against Israel following an unprecedented direct attack on its nuclear facilities, ramping up a conflict between sworn enemies that threatens to engulf the Middle East and disrupt global oil supplies.

Multiple waves of missiles targeting Israeli cities amount to the most forceful step yet by Tehran ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pacific Palisades will reopen to the general public on Saturday, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell told the Los Angeles Times on Friday afternoon.

The affluent coastal enclave has remained closed to the public since the devastating January wildfires, months after other fire-damaged neighborhoods reopened. Access ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County Superior Court judge who shot and killed his wife during an argument at the couple’s Anaheim Hills home will wait a little longer to find out how long he will have to spend behind bars, with his sentencing delayed this week until September.

Jeffrey Ferguson, now 74, was convicted of second degree murder for ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Friday passed a budget to balance the state’s $12 billion shortfall. But the vote was not without disagreement as certain Democratic lawmakers remained opposed to it due to limits on health insurance for people with “unsatisfactory” immigration status.

For weeks, leaders in both the ...Read more

A 21-year-old TSA agent was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old airline passenger at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Janiyah Wilson-Robinson is accused of “forcefully pushing” a woman to the ground on Wednesday as the victim waited to board a JetBlue flight, according to local ABC affiliate WPLG. It�...Read more