Traverse City — More than 105,000 customers were without power in Michigan Tuesday morning after a historic blizzard dumped more than 30 inches of snow in some places, closing schools for a second day and continuing to make roads impassable.

Southeast Mount Arvon area in the Upper Peninsula's Baraga County appears to have broken the one-day ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A group of California trial lawyers is backing a package of bills aimed at policing their industry by ramping up the penalties for attorneys who recruit clients illegally or prioritize the desires of hedge fund investors.

The Consumer Attorneys of California, a prominent trade group, said it is supporting two bills this session ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — With San Diego County under a heat advisory and fire season approaching, Ring is launching a new feature that lets neighbors and first responders share real-time wildfire information through the company’s app, the company announced Tuesday.

The new feature is called Fire Watch. Built into the Ring app, the integration combines ...Read more

NEW YORK — The MTA in New York on Tuesday filed suit against the Trump administration for stalling the release of tens of millions of contractually obligated funds for the second phase of the Second Ave. subway tunnel.

​The complaint filed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the court of federal claims says New York has been ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida’s 2026 regular session ended, and with it, a slew of hotly debated bills.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda for the session this year was thin. But even with the reduced wishlist, many bills died in House-Senate squabbles.

Here is some of the legislation that didn’t make it to DeSantis’ desk.

Vaccine exemptions

Florida ...Read more

Israel said it killed Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, in an overnight attack, intensifying a region-wide war that shows no sign of abating well into its third week.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been “eliminated,” along with the commander of Iran’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jewish faculty, students and others are calling on UC leaders to improve how they handle complaints of antisemitism — saying university response has been inadequate — but their viewpoints paint widely differing pictures of the campus climate for Jews.

One letter originated from a national group that works to combat ...Read more

A Denver food and cannabis investigator became suspicious of PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars sitting next to convenience store energy shots and nicotine pouches in January 2026.

Months earlier, California public health officials warned about PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars. California authorities destroyed more than US$3 million of ...Read more

Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to reshape cancer care: mRNA cancer vaccines with the potential to significantly boost the immune system’s ability to fight and eliminate tumors.

Since the early 2000s, there have been over 120 promising clinical trials testing the use of mRNA vaccines ...Read more

Before launching his war on Iran, President Donald Trump said his most important goal was that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon.” Yet it is not clear what, if anything, his administration has planned for dealing with Iran’s stock of enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear bombs – or its remaining deeply buried ...Read more

Israel said it killed Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, in an overnight strike, intensifying a region-wide war that shows no sign of abating well into its third week.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and the commander of Iran’s paramilitary Basij unit have both been “...Read more

It’s open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people currently enrolled in private managed-care plans can either sign up for a new one or switch to original Medicare through March 31.

But there’s a catch: If people want to move to original Medicare and buy a supplemental Medigap insurance plan to cover some out-of-pocket costs, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, left state service with two things: a federal corruption investigation and more than $50,000 in pay for vacation time she accrued but never took.

State payroll records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times show Williamson used approximately $30,000 in unused ...Read more

MIAMI — Instead of whizzing through the open marsh of the Everglades like he usually does, Tristan Tigertail steers his airboat alongside the man-made canal along Tamiami Trail.

On one side, cars speed past on the two-lane road that bisects the southern part of the state. A telecommunications tower looms above the landscape. On the other, ...Read more

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadfast supporters are pressing for more aggressive action — like restricting covid-19 vaccines and pesticide use — to carry out the Make America ...Read more

César Manuel González, 37, used to work with stone that was engineered to endure: dense, polished slabs designed to outlast the kitchens in which they were installed.

Engineered quartz countertops have surged in popularity in the home renovation market, with industry analysts estimating the global engineered stone market at around $30 billion...Read more

Eight-year-old Jonah woke up one May morning with a swollen face and a toothache. He refused the pain medication that his mom, Geneva Reynolds, tried to give him. He didn’t sleep or eat and cried constantly.

Within a few days, Reynolds became so desperate that she and her husband had to physically restrain Jonah, dumping pain medication down ...Read more